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H.R. 1623 · Where this bill is now

In committee

Introduced in the House, sent to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Feb 26, 2025

What this bill does

In plain words · AI-written from the official summary

Requires age verification for harmful online content

Ever wonder how websites could check that kids aren't accessing adult material. This bill would require commercial websites that offer content harmful to minors—like sexually explicit or obscene material—to use technology that verifies users are adults before they can access it. The websites would need to publish how their verification process works and apply it even when people try to use VPNs or other tools to hide their location, unless they're outside the U.S. The websites would also have to protect the personal information they collect through this verification.

How it affects you

If you're a minor, this bill would make it harder to access content that is legally considered harmful to kids on those websites. If you're an adult using these sites, you may need to go through an age-verification process. Website operators would face new compliance requirements and regular audits from the Federal Trade Commission.

Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Feb 26, 2025)

Shielding Children's Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net Act or the SCREEN Act

This bill establishes age-verification requirements for commercial interactive computer services (e.g., websites) that make available content that is harmful to minors (e.g., content that appeals to the prurient interest in nudity or sex, is obscene, or is child pornography).

Specifically, the bill requires such services to adopt and utilize technology verification measures to ensure that (1) users of the service are not minors, and (2) minors are prevented from accessing any content on the service that is harmful to minors.

Additionally, such services must (1) use the technology to verify a user's age; (2) publish the verification process that the service uses; and (3) subject users' Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, including known virtual proxy network (VPN) IP addresses, to the technology verification measures, unless the service determines a user is not located within the United States.

Covered services also must implement data security measures to protect information about individuals collected through the verification process.

The Federal Trade Commission must conduct regular audits of such services, issue guidance, and otherwise enforce the requirements of this bill.

Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.

119th Congress
1st SessionH. R. 1623

A BILL

SCREEN Act

In the HouseNo vote yet

Sponsor: Rep. Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15) · Introduced Feb 26, 2025 · Commerce · 1 version of the text

Read the full billOfficial record on Congress.gov ↗

Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Dec 11, 2025: “Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.”

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