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On June 20, 2024, U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), released a new draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), a summary, and a section-by-section analysis.

Chair Rodgers announced a full committee markup of the APRA, H.R. 8818, a bipartisan bill she introduced with Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), the ranking member on the full committee, Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), the chair of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee of Energy and Commerce; and Jane Schakowsky, the ranking member of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee of Energy and Commerce (D-IL),

The committee memo for the full committee markup said that

H.R. 8818 was introduced by Reps. Rodgers, Pallone, Bilirakis, and Schakowsky on June 25, 2024. On May 23, 2024, the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce forwarded a discussion draft of the bill to the Full Committee by voice vote. This bill would establish a preemptive national consumer data privacy and security standard to govern how certain entities can collect, process, retain, and transfer Americans’ personal information. The bill would require certain entities to be transparent about how they use consumer data and give consumers the right to access, correct, delete, and export their data, and to opt out of targeted advertising. The bill would establish a data minimization standard that would limit how companies can collect, process, retain, and transfer information. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), State attorneys general, and consumers could enforce against violations of the Act. The bill would also amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

On the morning of the scheduled markup, June 27, the markup was abruptly cancelled. Chair Rodgers issued a statement following the cancellation.

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