# 116-hr-6677: APPS Act of 2020

116-hr-6677, APPS Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA); status Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6677
- Congress: 116
- Title: APPS Act of 2020
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced: 2020-05-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Application Privacy, Protection, and Security Act of 2020 or the APPS Act of 2020 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. Such notice must include (1) the categories of data that will be collected, (2) the categories of purposes for which the data will be used, (3) the categories of third parties with which the data will be shared, and (4) the retention policies with respect to the data. Mobile device application developers also must provide users with a means of withdrawing consent to the collection of such personal data.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] (R-OH), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-7673: Represent America Abroad Act of 2020
- 116-hr-6813: Promoting Alzheimer’s Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act
- 116-hr-5674: Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2020
- 116-hr-5549: To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Doris Miller posthumously for acts of valor while a member of the Navy during World War II.
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6677 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6677)

## Related
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- [116-hr-7673: Represent America Abroad Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7673)
- [116-hr-6813: Promoting Alzheimer’s Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6813)
- [116-hr-5674: Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5674)
- [116-hr-5549: To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Doris Miller posthumo…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5549)
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6677 (as of 2025-11-18).