S. 3386 · 111th Congress · enacted
Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act
Became Public Law No: 111-345.
Latest official action 2010-12-29 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act - Defines "post-transaction third party seller" as a person that: (1) sells, or offers for sale, any good or service on the Internet; (2) solicits purchases on the Internet through an initial merchant after the consumer has initiated a transaction with the initial merchant; and (3) is not the initial merchant, a subsidiary or corporate affiliate of the initial merchant, or a successor to the initial merchant or subsidiary. Makes it unlawful for any post-transaction third party seller to charge or attempt to charge any consumer's credit card, debit card, bank account, or other such financial account in an Internet-based transaction, unless: (1) before obtaining the consumer's billing information, the seller has disclosed all material terms, including the fact that the such seller is not affiliated with the initial merchant, and a description and the cost of the offered goods or services; and (2) the seller has received the express informed consent from the consumer for the charge. Makes it unlawful for an initial merchant to disclose such financial account number or other billing information to any post-transaction third party Internet seller (sometimes referred to as a data-pass). Makes it unlawful for any person to charge or attempt to charge a consumer for goods or services sold in an Internet-based transaction through a negative option…
Congressional Research Service · 2010-12-29
Who reported lobbying on this bill?
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Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
5 of 5 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION PAC$10,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL FRESH PRODUCE ASSOCIATION FRESH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FRESH PAC)$6,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $6,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CROP INSURERS PAC$5,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN PISTACHIO GROWERS PISTACHIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION PAC (SOYPAC)$5,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordASIAN AMERICAN HOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION PAC (AAHOA PAC)$5,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordASSOCIATED MILK PRODUCERS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CANDY PAC)$5,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordOUTDOOR AMUSEMENT BUSINESS ASSOCIATION INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordSAINT PAUL PIPEFITTERS/STEAMFITTERS LOCAL 455 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordTHE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC$3,500
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $3,500
Official PAC recordCALIFORNIA CANNING PEACH ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA PEACH -PAC)$2,500
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordCALIFORNIA CITRUS MUTUAL FEDERAL PAC$2,500
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS AND ALLIED WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 49 PAC$2,500
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordMINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC)$2,500
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordNATIONAL POTATO COUNCIL POTATO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITEE$2,500
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordNATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordSOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordUNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE$2,500
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordWESTERN PEANUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordBROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND$2,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordSMART TD PAC$2,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN KENNEL CLUB$1,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordCALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FUND TO PROTECT THE FAMILY FARM (FARM PAC )$1,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordCALIFORNIA FRESH FRUIT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordCHS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordFOOD MARKETPLACE INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FMI FOODPAC$1,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordMICHIGAN FARM BUREAU POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC$1,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS PAC (NABIP PAC)$1,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL FARMERS UNION PAC$1,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION RURAL BROADBAND PAC$1,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordPLAINS COTTON COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordRICELAND FOODS, INC. PAC$1,000
Amy Klobuchar · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordThe largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
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Measured outcome: not established
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