Click to Cancel Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4819 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4819

 To codify the rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission relating to 
                click-to-cancel, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2025

 Mr. Sherman (for himself, Mr. Magaziner, and Mr. Deluzio) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To codify the rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission relating to 
                click-to-cancel, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Click to Cancel Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. CODIFICATION OF CLICK-TO-CANCEL RULE.

    (a) Codification.--The rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission 
on November 15, 2024, relating to the ``Negative Option Rule'' (89 Fed. 
Reg. 90476), shall have the force and effect of law.
    (b) Enforcement.--
            (1) Unfair or deceptive acts or practices.--A violation of 
        this section shall be treated as a violation of a regulation 
        under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or 
        practices.
            (2) Powers of federal trade commission.--The Federal Trade 
        Commission shall enforce this section in the same manner, by 
        the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and 
        duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the 
        Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were 
        incorporated into and made a part of this section, and any 
        person who violates this section shall be subject to the 
        penalties and entitled to the privileges and immunities 
        provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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