[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 414 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 102
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 414
[Report No. 119-32]
To require covered digital advertising platforms to report their public
service advertisements.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 5, 2025
Mr. Sullivan (for himself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation
June 24, 2025
Reported by Mr. Cruz, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To require covered digital advertising platforms to report their public
service advertisements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Advancing Digital Support
for Mental Health Services Act'' or the ``ADS for Mental Health
Services Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. DIGITAL ADVERTISING PLATFORMS PUBLIC SERVICE
ADVERTISING REPORTING.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--A covered digital advertising platform
shall submit to the Commission an annual report that includes the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) The number and percentage of total
advertisements on the platform during the previous 12-month
period that were public service advertisements.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) The estimated dollar value of such public
service advertisements.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) The number of such public service
advertisements that focus on local or regional mental,
behavioral, and physical health care resources.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) The number of such public service
advertisements that promote free mental, behavioral, or
physical health care resources.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) A description of how such advertisements meet
the definition of a public service advertisement as described
in subsection (c)(3).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after
receiving the reports required under subsection (a), and annually
thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy
and Commerce of the House of Representatives a publicly available
report summarizing the information reported under such
subsection.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Definitions.--In this Act:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the
Federal Trade Commission.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Public service advertisement.--The term
``public service advertisement'' means an advertisement that--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) a covered digital advertising platform
displays for free and without receiving any payment or
other consideration in exchange;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) promotes mental, behavioral, or
physical health care resources, and may include
advertisements that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) raise awareness of community
events to address social isolation;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) promote State, local, or
regional mental health care resources that are
approved by the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration that mitigate--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) self-harm, suicide,
eating disorders, substance abuse, and
other matters that pose a risk to
physical and mental health;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (II) patterns of
addiction-like behaviors; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (III) social isolation;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) is relevant and accessible to targeted
audiences.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Covered digital advertising platform.--The
term ``covered digital advertising platform'' means a social
media platform, search engine, or other public-facing website,
online service, or application that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) sells digital advertising space;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) has more than 100,000,000 unique
monthly users.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Relationship to Other Laws.--Nothing in this Act shall
be construed to supersede any applicable privacy or data security
laws.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Advancing Digital Support for Mental
Health Services Act'' or the ``ADS for Mental Health Services Act''.
SEC. 2. DIGITAL ADVERTISING PLATFORMS PUBLIC SERVICE ADVERTISING
REPORTING.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (e), not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this section and annually thereafter, a
covered digital advertising platform shall submit to the Commission a
report that includes the following:
(1) The number and percentage of total advertisements on
the platform during the previous 12-month period that were
public service advertisements.
(2) The estimated dollar value of such public service
advertisements.
(3) The number of such public service advertisements that
focus on local or regional mental and behavioral health care
resources.
(4) The number of such public service advertisements that
promote free mental or behavioral health care resources.
(5) A description of how such advertisements meet the
definition of a public service advertisement as described in
subsection (c)(2).
(b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after receiving
the reports required under subsection (a), and annually thereafter, the
Commission shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce
of the House of Representatives a publicly available report summarizing
the information reported under such subsection.
(c) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal
Trade Commission.
(2) Public service advertisement.--The term ``public
service advertisement'' means an advertisement that--
(A) a covered digital advertising platform
electronically serves to a user over the internet for
free and without receiving any payment or other
consideration in exchange;
(B) promotes mental or behavioral health care
resources that--
(i) raise awareness of community events to
address social isolation; or
(ii) promote local or regional mental
health care resources that are approved by the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration that mitigate--
(I) self-harm, suicide, eating
disorders, substance abuse, and similar
matters that cause harm to physical and
mental health;
(II) patterns of behavioral
addiction; or
(III) social isolation; and
(C) is relevant and accessible to targeted
audiences.
(3) Covered digital advertising platform.--The term
``covered digital advertising platform'' means a social media
platform, public-facing website, online service, online
application, or mobile application that--
(A) derives revenue from advertising;
(B) as its primary function provides a community
forum for user-generated content, including messages,
videos, and audio files among users where such content
is primarily intended for viewing, resharing, or
platform-enabled distributed social endorsement or
comment; and
(C) has more than 100,000,000 unique monthly users
or visitors.
(4) User.--The term ``user'' means, with respect to a
covered digital advertising platform, an individual who
registers an account or creates a profile on such platform.
(d) Relationship to Other Laws.--Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to supersede any applicable privacy or data security laws.
(e) Sunset.--This Act and all requirements, responsibilities, and
obligations under this Act shall terminate on the date that is 5 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Calendar No. 102
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 414
[Report No. 119-32]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To require covered digital advertising platforms to report their public
service advertisements.
_______________________________________________________________________
June 24, 2025
Reported with an amendment