,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hgdc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ab1 #bjbf,mr4  
,deluzio 7for himself and ,mrs4         
,houchin7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
direct the ,surgeon ,general of the     
,public ,health ,service to develop     
recommendations for screen time limits  
for children to promote healthy         
development and well-being1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,screen-time   
,management ,and ,recommendations for   
,teens and ,kids ,act or the ,,smart    
,kids ,act4  #b4 ,screen time limit     
recommendations for children  7a7 ,in   
general ,the ,surgeon ,general of the   
,public ,health ,service shall develop  
recommendations for screen time limits  
for children to promote healthy         
development and well-being4 ,such       
recommendations shall be                
evidence-informed4  7b7 ,age-,based     

recommendations ,in carrying out        
subsection 7a71 the ,surgeon ,general   
shall develop separate recommendations  
for-- 7#a7 ages #j to #b years2  7#b7   
ages #b to #e years2  7#c7 ages #e to #h
 years2  7#d7 ages #h to #ac years2     
7#e7 ages #ac to #af years2 and  7#f7   
ages #af to #ah years4  7c7 ,qualitative
 recommendations ,in carrying out       
subsection 7a71 the ,surgeon ,general   
may1 in addition to the separate        
recommendations by age group required   
under subsection 7b71 develop           
recommendations based on qualitative    
factors1 including whether certain types
 of screen time may be less harmful to  
children than others4  7d7 ,coordination
 with independent entity ,the ,surgeon  
,general shall develop the              
recommendations under subsection 7a7 in 
coordination with an independent entity 
to be selected by the ,surgeon ,general4
 ,in making such selection1 the ,surgeon
 ,general shall ensure that the entity  
does not have a financial or other      

conflict of interest that might         
introduce bias into the process of      
developing the recommendations4  7e7    
,publication2 report to ,congress ,not  
later than one year after the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,surgeon    
,general shall--  7#a7 publish the      
recommendations developed under         
subsection 7a7 on the internet website  
of the ,department of ,health and ,human
 ,services2 and  7#b7 submit to         
,congress a report containing such      
recommendations4  7f7 ,screen time limit
 defined ,in this section1 the term     
screen time limit means the maximum     
amount of time per day spent using an   
electronic device with a display screen4