# 119-s-1060: AMERICA Act

119-s-1060, AMERICA Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1060
- Congress: 119
- Title: AMERICA Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-13
- Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**Reduce the market power of dominant digital-ad middlemen.** The bill would add a new digital-ad regime to the Clayton Act that defines key players, limits certain ownership ties based on market scale, and creates duties for transparency, data access, and recordkeeping to protect competition.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO] (R-MO), 2025-03-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New enforcement and big damages: benefit, high. If enacted, this bill would let brokerage customers and businesses sue very large ad firms for covered violations. A harmed customer could recover the greater of $1,000,000 for each month a knowing violation happened or actual damages. The $1,000,000-per-month rule applies only to defendants with m…
- New duties and transparency for ad brokerages: benefit, high. If enacted, very large digital-ad firms (over $5 billion revenue last year) would face new duties and disclosure rules. Covered firms would owe a best-interest duty and a best-execution duty to brokerage customers. Customer bid data and records would remain the customer's property unless publicly a…
- Limits on big ad firms' ownership: benefit, high. If enacted, companies with more than $20 billion in digital ad revenue last year would be barred from certain ownership mixes. For example, such a company could not own an exchange if it also owned a buy- or sell-side brokerage or sold ad space. The $20 billion threshold would be adjusted by CPI ea…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.
- 119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona.
- 119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina.
- 119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former Senator for the State of Michigan.

## Sources
- [119-s-1060 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1060)

## Related
- [119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1071)
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former Uni…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-913)
- [119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewel…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-897)
- [119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham,…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-801)
- [119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former S…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-755)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1060 (as of 2026-08-11).