,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ifib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ad1 #bjbf,mr4 
,whitesides 7for himself1 ,mr4          
,harrigan1 ,mrs4 ,mc,clain ,delaney1 and
 ,mr4 ,haridopolos7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and 
,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the 
,director of the ,national ,institute of
 ,standards and ,technology to support  
the development of a voluntary technical
 standard for setting a screentime limit
 across certain devices1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,tracking ,online   
,time ,and ,limits ,screen ,time ,act or
 the ,,total ,screen ,time ,act4  #b4   
,voluntary technical standard for       
setting a screentime limit across       
certain devices  7a7 ,development ,not  
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,director of the ,national ,institute of
 ,standards and ,technology 7in this    

section referred to as the ,director7   
shall solicit public comment and seek to
 convene the stakeholders specified in  
subsection 7b7 to support the           
development of a voluntary technical    
standard that satisfies the following   
requirements3 7#a7 ,is for setting a    
screentime limit across covered devices4
  7#b7 ,includes an authentication and  
authorization model that is for minors  
and the parents or guardians of such    
minors and does not require a certain   
identity scheme4  7#c7 ,with respect to 
such limit1 minimizes to the extent     
practicable the exchange of data across 
such devices4  7#d7 ,does not facilitate
 a centralized database of information  
relating to the activity of such minors 
on such devices4  7#e7 ,does not        
compromise the cybersecurity of such a  
device4  7b7 ,stakeholders specified    
,the stakeholders specified in this     
subsection are the following entities3  
7#a7 ,the ,assistant ,secretary for     
,communications and ,information4  7#b7 

,the ,chair of the ,federal ,trade      
,commission4  7#c7 ,the ,information    
,security and ,privacy ,advisory ,board4
  7#d7 ,the ,surgeon ,general4  7#e7    
,developers of covered devices4  7#f7   
,organizations that are composed of     
medical professionals who treat minors4 
7#g7 ,organizations that advocate for   
any of the following3  7,a7 ,the safety 
of minors4  7,b7 ,privacy4  7#h7        
,international standards organizations4 
7#i7 ,any other entity the ,director    
determines appropriate4  7c7 ,report    
,not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act and       
biennially thereafter until ,january #a1
 #bjcb1 the ,director shall submit to   
the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and 
,technology of the ,house of            
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate and publish on a        
publicly available website of the       
,institute a report regarding the       
development of the technical standard   

referred to in subsection 7a7 that      
includes information relating to the    
following for the annual or biennial    
period covered by such report3 7#a7 ,the
 extent to which such technical standard
 has been developed4  7#b7 ,the extent  
to which such technical standard has    
been adopted4  7#c7 ,recommendations1 if
 any1 of the ,director with respect to  
supporting such development and such    
adoption4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this    
section3 7#a7 ,covered device ,the term 
covered device means a device that      
satisfies the following requirements3   
7,a7 ,is any of the following devices3  
7i7 ,a phone4  7ii7 ,a tablet4  7iii7 ,a
 computer4  7iv7 ,a game console4  7v7  
,a television4  7vi7 ,any other device  
the ,director determines appropriate4   
7,b7 ,is capable of the following3  7i7 
,playing screen media or other          
audiovisual content4  7ii7 ,enforcing a 
screentime limit4  7#b7 ,minor ,the term
 minor means an individual who has not  
attained #ah years of age4  7#c7        

,screentime ,the term screentime means  
time during which screen media or other 
audiovisual content is played on a      
covered device1 regardless of whether   
such media or content1 as the case may  
be1 is so played in the foreground or   
the background4