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US SB1060

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Mike Lee

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Prohibits companies with over $20 billion in annual digital advertising revenue from simultaneously owning a digital advertising exchange and a buy-side or sell-side brokerage, or from owning both buy-side and sell-side brokerages, requiring divestitures within 1 year of enactment

  • Imposes fiduciary duties on digital ad brokerages with over $5 billion in annual revenue, including "best interest" and "best execution" obligations to act in customers' interests and seek the most favorable transaction terms

  • Requires transparency disclosures to brokerage customers upon request, including bid data, routing practices, compensation sources, and all transaction records; mandates quarterly public reports on order routing practices

  • Establishes enforcement through Attorney General civil actions, state attorneys general suits for injunctive relief, and private rights of action allowing harmed customers to recover $1 million per month of violation or actual damages plus attorney's fees

  • Creates an Antitrust Consumer Damages Fund in the Treasury to collect and distribute damages recovered by the Attorney General, with unclaimed funds reverting to the general fund after 10 years

Legislative Description

AMERICA Act Advertising Middlemen Endangering Rigorous Internet Competition Accountability Act

Commerce

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

3/13/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/13/2025

Full Bill Text

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