# 115-hr-6547: APPS Act of 2018

115-hr-6547, APPS Act of 2018, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-6547
- Congress: 115
- Title: APPS Act of 2018
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
- Introduced: 2018-07-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Application Privacy, Protection, and Security Act of 2018 or the APPS Act of 2018 This bill directs mobile device application developers, before the application collects personal data about the user, to notify the user and obtain the user's consent regarding the terms and conditions governing the collection, use, storage, and sharing of such personal data.

## Cosponsors (4)

- JOE BARTON (R-TX), 2018-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2018-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] (R-OH), 2018-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2018-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

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- 115-hr-6469: Integration of Baseball Commemorative Coin Act
- 115-hr-5879: Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 115-hr-5447: Music Modernization Act
- 115-hr-4256: BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-6547 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6547)

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- [115-hr-6469: Integration of Baseball Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6469)
- [115-hr-5879: Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5879)
- [115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5499)
- [115-hr-5447: Music Modernization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5447)
- [115-hr-4256: BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4256)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6547 (as of 2025-11-18).