Extending the U.S. Safe Web Act of 2006

Floor Speech

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4779, the U.S. SAFE WEB Act. H.R. 4779 extends the U.S. SAFE WEB Act through 2027 and requires the Federal Trade Commission to submit a report detailing how the commission has used the program, how many cross-border complaints the commission has received and acted upon, the identification of foreign agencies the commission has cooperated with on enforcement actions, the litigation the commission has brought in foreign courts, and any recommendations the commission may have to advance its international mission.

The SAFE WEB Act ensures the FTC has the tools it needs to protect American consumers from foreign bad actors with respect to data privacy, data breaches, spyware, spam, robocalls, and the like. This is an important program to ensure cross-border data flows that are critical for our small businesses to have a global reach in our ever- connected world. This act also reinforces our efforts to set a strong Federal standard for consumer privacy to show the world we are united in this undertaking.

I want to thank the Republican leader of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, Mrs. Rodgers; Dr. Bucshon; Ms. Kelly; and the chair, Chair Schakowsky, for their bipartisan work to extend this critical program.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and seeing that I have no further speakers, I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. LATTA. Mr. Speaker, I also want to thank the chair for her work on this legislation. I urge support of H.R. 4779 from this House, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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