# 119-hr-6822: Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2025

119-hr-6822, Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-05-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6822
- Congress: 119
- Title: Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-05-01

## Summary

**Bans bots that bypass online purchase limits and bars selling products obtained through that circumvention.** The Federal Trade Commission enforces the rule and state attorneys general can sue to stop violations and seek damages. - Consumers: Helps regular shoppers by outlawing software or tricks that beat clearly posted purchase limits, aiming to reduce bulk buying that drains inventory. - Sellers and resellers: Makes it illegal to sell items across state lines if those items were acquired by circumventing site controls and the seller knew or controlled the misconduct. - Security researchers and defenders: Includes a narrow exception that lets researchers build or use tools to investigate, defend against, or study flaws in these controls when done to improve computer security or develop security products. - Enforcement: Treats violations as unfair or deceptive acts under the FTC Act and preserves the FTC's usual powers. State consumer protection officers may also bring civil actions, with notice rules and limits while the FTC is pursuing a case.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Ban bots that bypass purchase limits: benefit, medium. This bill would ban using software or other tools to bypass website controls that enforce posted purchase limits or manage inventory. It would ban selling items across state lines when the seller helped or controlled the bypass, or knew (or should have known) the items were obtained by bypassing th…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act
- 119-hr-5356: National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6822 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6822)

## Related
- [119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3077)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5658)
- [119-hr-5356: National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5356)
- [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6822 (as of 2026-05-01).