,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #daj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ad1      
#bjbc,mr4 ,hawley introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to authorize a ,federal report 
and longitudinal study regarding the    
effects of social media on users under  
age #ah4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,federal ,social    
,media ,research ,act4  #b4 ,short-term 
study  7a7 ,study ,the ,comptroller     
,general of the ,united ,states1 in     
partnership with any other ,federal     
agency the ,comptroller ,general may    
designate1 shall study the impact of    
social media technologies on the mental 
and physical health of social media     
users under age #ah1 with particular    
attention to assessing current          
circumstances and expected trends4 ,such
 study shall aim to assess in particular
 any relationship between social media  

use patterns and the following medical  
conditions3 7#a7 ,suicidality4  7#b7    
,anxiety4  7#c7 ,depression4  7#d7      
,eating disorders4  7#e7 ,attention     
deficit hyperactivity disorder4  7#f7   
,gender dysphoria4  7b7 ,report ,not    
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,comptroller
 ,general shall submit a report to      
,congress on the study required under   
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,appropriations    
,out of any money in the ,treasury not  
otherwise appropriated1 there is        
appropriated to the ,comptroller        
,general1 for fiscal year #bjbc1        
#a1jjj1jjj1 to remain available until   
expended1 to carry out the study        
described in this section4  #c4         
,longitudinal study  7a7 ,study ,the    
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states1 in partnership with any other  
,federal agency the ,comptroller        
,general may designate1 shall study the 
impact of social media technologies on  
the mental and physical health of a     

cohort of social media users initially  
drawn from the population of such users 
under age #ah1 with particular attention
 to the long-term effects of social     
media technology use on the health of   
such users4 ,such study shall aim to    
assess in particular any relationship   
between social media use patterns and   
the medical conditions listed in section
 #b7;a74  7b7 ,report ,not later than   
#aj years after the date of enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general   
shall submit a report to ,congress on   
the study required under subsection 7a74
  7c7 ,appropriations ,out of any money 
in the ,treasury not otherwise          
appropriated1 there is appropriated to  
the ,comptroller ,general1 for fiscal   
year #bjbc1 #bj1jjj1jjj1 to remain      
available until expended1 to carry out  
the study described in this section4