# 119-s-1634: ACCESS Act of 2025

119-s-1634, ACCESS Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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- As of: 2026-09-10
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1634
- Congress: 119
- Title: ACCESS Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-07
- Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**This bill creates a federal regime to force major online platforms to provide user-focused** data portability and cross‑provider interoperability so people and competing services can move data and communicate across apps more easily. It also builds a system for trusted third parties to act on users' behalf under rules set by the Federal Trade Commission.** - Users and households: Users can direct platforms to transfer their data to another service or to a registered custodial third‑party agent that will manage interactions for them. Covered platforms are those that earn income from user data and have more than 100,000,000 monthly U.S. users. - Competing providers and custodial agents: Competing services that receive ported data must secure it and cannot monetize data obtained through the interoperability interface. Custodial agents must register with the FTC, follow privacy and security duties, and can charge fees for their services. - Platforms, standards, and enforcement: Large platforms must expose APIs and publish interface documentation within 120 days after enactment and meet nondiscrimination, reasonable fees, and advance‑notice rules. The FTC issues implementing rules within 1 year and treats violations as unfair or deceptive acts with penalties applied per affected user. NIST will publish model technical standards within 180 days for messaging, multimedia sharing, and social networking. - Legal scope: The law preempts inconsistent state rules and preserves existing federal privacy and security law coverage.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] (R-MO), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- FTC enforcement, state preemption, and privacy laws: benefit, high. If enacted, violations of this Act would count as unfair or deceptive acts under the FTC Act. The FTC would use its full enforcement powers, including over common carriers. The FTC would treat each harmed user as a separate violation for fines. The Commission would set complaint procedures for user…
- New rules for custodial agents: benefit, high. If enacted, the FTC would have 180 days to set rules for custodial-agent access and verification. The FTC would have one year to write implementing rules for interoperability and delegation. The Act would only take effect when the FTC issues those regulations. People could delegate access to regist…
- NIST standards for platform interoperability: benefit, high. If enacted, NIST would have 180 days to publish model technical standards for interoperability. The standards must cover online messaging, multimedia sharing, and social networking. A large platform that uses a NIST open standard would get a rebuttable presumption its access terms are fair, reasona…
- Open interfaces and data portability for large platforms: benefit, high. If enacted, a "large communications platform" would be a service that makes money from user data. It would also have more than 100,000,000 monthly active U.S. users. Large platforms would have to give competing providers interface documentation within 120 days. They would have to keep APIs and inte…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-237: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025
- 119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act
- 119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1634 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1634)

## Related
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-554)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-237: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-237)
- [119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2763)
- [119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1816)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1634 (as of 2026-09-10).