The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade will hold a markup session to consider 18 bills focused on the online safety of children and teenagers. The session is scheduled for Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 10:15 AM ET in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
This announcement was made by Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
The list of bills to be reviewed addresses a range of issues including social media safety, prevention of fentanyl sales online, internet protections for minors, parental control tools, algorithm transparency, bot exploitation safeguards, app store accountability, data privacy for children and teens, and online gaming safety. Some specific titles include the Safe Social Media Act; No Fentanyl on Social Media Act; Promoting a Safe Internet for Minors Act; Kids Internet Safety Partnership Act; AI Warnings And Resources for Education (AWARE) Act; Assessing Safety Tools for Parents and Minors Act; Sammy’s Law; Safer Guarding of Adolescents from Malicious Interactions on Network Games (GAMING) Act; Stop Profiling Youth and (SPY) Kids Act; Algorithmic Choice and Transparency Act; Safeguarding Adolescents From Exploitative (SAFE) Bots Act; Shielding Children's Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net (SCREEN) Act; Safe Messaging for Kids Act of 2025; App Store Accountability Act; Parents Over Platforms Act; Don’t Sell Kids’ Data Act of 2025; Kids Online Safety Act; and Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act.
"This notice is at the direction of the Chairman. The hearing will be open to the public and press and will be livestreamed online at energycommerce.house.gov. If you have any questions concerning this hearing, please contact Alex Khlopin at Alex.Khlopin@mail.house.gov. If you have any press-related questions, please contact Daniel Kelly at Daniel.Kelly@mail.house.gov."
