,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdhg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #be1 #bjac     
,mrs4 ,davis of ,california 7for herself
 and ,ms4 ,schakowsky7 introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,federal      
,trade ,commission to promulgate rules  
requiring an ,internet merchant to      
disclose the use of personal information
 in establishing or changing a price1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,ensuring ,shoppers ,honest ,online     
,pricing ,act of #bjac or the ,e-,,shop 
,act4  #b4 ,disclosure requirement for  
internet merchants  7a7 ,rulemaking ,the
 ,federal ,trade ,commission shall1 not 
later than #ahj days after the date of  
enactment of this ,act1 promulgate rules
 under section #eec of title #e1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 requiring an ,internet  
merchant to disclose to each consumer1  
prior to the final purchase of any good 

or service1 the use of personal         
information in establishing or changing 
a price4  7b7 ,content ,the rules       
promulgated by the ,commission under    
subsection 7a7 shall--  7#a7 require1 at
 a minimum1 an ,internet merchant to    
clearly and prominently disclose to a   
consumer prior to the final purchase of 
a good or service the use of personal   
information in establishing or changing 
a price2 and  7#b7 provide an ,internet 
merchant procedures for complying with  
the requirement under paragraph 7#a74   
7c7 ,exceptions ,the ,commission shall  
provide for specific exceptions to the  
rules promulgated under subsection 7a7  
when a consumer should reasonably expect
 the price to be altered based on the   
personal information of such consumer1  
including but not limited to for the    
calculation of a shipping charge and for
 a financial service for which personal 
information is customarily used to      
formulate a price4  7d7 ,internet       
merchants subject to disclosure         

requirement ,the rules promulgated under
 subsection 7a7 shall only apply to an  
,internet merchant that has a total     
annual gross revenue of more than       
#a1jjj1jjj1 and such amount shall be    
indexed for inflation every #e years by 
the ,commission to reflect the change in
 the ,consumer ,price ,index for ,all   
,urban ,consumers published by the      
,bureau of ,labor ,statistics of the    
,department of ,labor4  7e7 ,enforcement
 ,a violation of a rule promulgated     
under subsection 7a7 shall be treated as
 a violation of a rule defining an      
unfair or deceptive act or practice     
prescribed under section                
#ah7;a77#a77;,b7 of the ,federal ,trade 
,commission ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4         
#eg;a7a77#a77;,b774 ,the ,commission    
shall enforce this ,act in the same     
manner1 by the same means1 and with the 
same jurisdiction1 powers1 and duties1  
as though all applicable terms and      
provisions of the ,federal ,trade       
,commission ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #da et  

seq47 were incorporated into and made a 
part of this ,act4  7f7 ,savings        
provision ,no provision of this ,act    
shall be construed as limiting or       
superseding any authority of the        
,federal ,trade ,commission under the   
,federal ,trade ,commission ,act or any 
other law4  7g7 ,definitions ,in this   
,act3  7#a7 ,internet ,the term         
,internet has the meaning given the term
 in section #aaja of the ,internet ,tax 
,freedom ,act 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #aea note74
  7#b7 ,internet merchant ,the term     
,internet merchant means a person that  
sells or offers to sell a good or       
service by way of an ,internet          
transaction4  7#c7 ,internet ,protocol  
address ,the term ,internet ,protocol   
address means the numerical label       
assigned to a particular computer or    
other device that accesses the          
,internet4  7#d7 ,personal information  
,the term personal information includes 
an individual's ,internet browsing      
history1 device type and manufacturer1  

operating system1 and ,internet         
,protocol address4