,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hgci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #bc1         
#bjbb,mr4 ,curtis 7for himself and ,mr4 
,peters7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition  
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,commerce to   
submit to ,congress a report on the     
protection of consumer information in   
the possession of ,united ,states       
companies operating in ,hong ,kong and  
requests issued by the ,government of   
,hong ,kong to such companies for       
consumer information1 content takedowns1
 or law enforcement assistance4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,hong ,kong ,business ,integrity and
 ,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,report on    

requests from ,government of ,hong ,kong
 to ,united ,states companies for       
consumer information1 content takedowns1
 or law enforcement assistance  7a7 ,in 
general ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
and every #ahj days thereafter1 the     
,secretary of ,commerce1 in consultation
 with the heads of other appropriate    
,federal departments and agencies1 shall
 submit to the appropriate congressional
 committees and make available to the   
public a report on-- 7#a7 the protection
 of consumer information in the         
possession of ,united ,states companies 
operating in ,hong ,kong2 and  7#b7     
requests issued by the ,government of   
,hong ,kong to ,united ,states companies
 operating in ,hong ,kong for content   
takedowns or law enforcement assistance4
  7b7 ,matters ,to be included ,the     
report required by subsection 7a7 shall1
 with respect to the #ahj-;day period   
preceding the date of submission of the 
report1 include the following3 7#a7 ,the

 number of requests1 issued by the      
,government of ,hong ,kong to ,united   
,states companies operating in ,hong    
,kong for consumer information in the   
possession of such companies1 content   
takedowns1 or law enforcement           
assistance1 that were fulfilled and by  
which companies4  7#b7 ,an              
identification of the ,hong ,kong laws  
under which such requests were issued4  
7#c7 ,an identification of any ,united  
,states consumer protection laws that   
may have been violated in the case of   
the fulfillment of such requests by such
 companies4  7c7 ,form of report ,the   
report required by subsection 7a7 shall 
be submitted in unclassified form1 but  
may include a classified index4  7d7    
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,appropriate congressional committees   
,the term appropriate congressional     
committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committee  
on ,commerce1 ,science1 and             
,transportation1 the ,committee on      
,foreign ,relations1 the ,committee on  

,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs1
 the ,committee on ,finance1 and the    
,select ,committee on ,intelligence of  
the ,senate2 and  7,b7 the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce1 the ,committee  
on ,foreign ,affairs1 the ,committee on 
,financial ,services1 the ,permanent    
,select ,committee on ,intelligence1 and
 the ,committee on ,ways and ,means of  
the ,house of ,representatives4  7#b7   
,content takedown ,the term content     
takedown means the removal of1 disabling
 of access to1 or restriction of access 
to any material1 including-- 7,a7       
material on a website or online service2
  7,b7 a software application2 and  7,c7
 any feature of a software application4