# 116-hr-5573: PROTECT Kids Act

116-hr-5573, PROTECT Kids Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] (R-MI); status Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5573
- Congress: 116
- Title: PROTECT Kids Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced: 2020-01-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] (R-MI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Preventing Real Online Threats Endangering Children Today or the PROTECT Kids Act This bill addresses the online collection of personal information from children. Specifically, the bill raises the age for parental consent protections for children online from under 13 to under 16, adds geolocation and biometric information to protected personal information, and extends all protections for children online to mobile applications. The bill also requires the operator of a website, online service, or mobile application to delete a child's personal information upon the verified request of a parent, and it prohibits such operator from terminating service to a child whose parent has refused to permit further collection or use of that child's personal information. Additionally, the Federal Trade Commission must study and report on the appropriateness of the existing actual knowledge standard (preventing an operator from collecting personal information without meeting certain requirements when it has actual knowledge that it is collecting such information from a child) and what effects changing such standard will have on children's online privacy.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2020-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-7642: Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act
- 116-hr-4326: Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-4031: GLRI Act of 2019
- 116-hr-3742: Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2019
- 116-hr-3589: Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-5573 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5573)

## Related
- [116-hr-7642: Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7642)
- [116-hr-4326: Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4326)
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
- [116-hr-4031: GLRI Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4031)
- [116-hr-3742: Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3742)
- [116-hr-3589: Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3589)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5573 (as of 2025-11-18).