ACCESS Act of 2025
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (7 May 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
What this bill does
The ACCESS Act of 2025 (S. 1634) would require large online communications platforms—defined as consumer services with more than 100 million U.S. monthly users that earn revenue from user data—to make it easier for users to move to, or communicate across, competing services. Covered platforms would have to maintain accessible technical interfaces allowing users to export their data to themselves or to a competing provider (portability), to communicate with users of competing services (interoperability), and to authorize vetted third-party agents to manage their accounts on their behalf (delegatability). Platforms could charge reasonable fees for high-volume access and set security standards, but could not use these obligations to unfairly block competitors or misuse data obtained through these interfaces.
The bill primarily affects very large communications platforms (such as major messaging, social media, or multimedia-sharing services), their smaller competitors seeking interoperable or ported data access, and third-party agents users might authorize to manage their accounts. Ordinary users would gain new rights to transfer their data and communicate across services more easily. The Federal Trade Commission would write implementing rules, verify data-transfer requests, register and oversee third-party agents, and enforce the law as an unfair-or-deceptive-practices violation; NIST would develop related technical standards. State laws inconsistent with the Act would be preempted.
The bill was introduced in the Senate on May 7, 2025, by Sen. Mark Warner with bipartisan co-sponsors, and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. It has not yet received a committee vote or floor action, and its provisions would only take effect once the FTC issues implementing regulations.
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Timeline
7 May 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Common questions
- What does S. 1634 do?
- The ACCESS Act of 2025 (S. 1634) would require large online communications platforms—defined as consumer services with more than 100 million U.S. monthly users that earn revenue from user data—to make it easier for users to move to, or communicate across, competing services. Covered platforms would have to maintain accessible technical interfaces allowing users to export their data to themselves or to a competing provider (portability), to communicate with users of competing services (interoperability), and to authorize vetted third-party agents to manage their accounts on their behalf (delegatability). Platforms could charge reasonable fees for high-volume access and set security standards, but could not use these obligations to unfairly block competitors or misuse data obtained through these interfaces. The bill primarily affects very large communications platforms (such as major messaging, social media, or multimedia-sharing services), their smaller competitors seeking interoperable or ported data access, and third-party agents users might authorize to manage their accounts. Ordinary users would gain new rights to transfer their data and communicate across services more easily. The Federal Trade Commission would write implementing rules, verify data-transfer requests, register and oversee third-party agents, and enforce the law as an unfair-or-deceptive-practices violation; NIST would develop related technical standards. State laws inconsistent with the Act would be preempted. The bill was introduced in the Senate on May 7, 2025, by Sen. Mark Warner with bipartisan co-sponsors, and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. It has not yet received a committee vote or floor action, and its provisions would only take effect once the FTC issues implementing regulations.
- Has S. 1634 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 1634. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 1634?
- S. 1634 was sponsored by Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA), with 2 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on S. 1634?
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (7 May 2025).
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