H.R. 5074

Summary

H.R. 5074, the Protecting Young Minds Online Act, was introduced in the House on Aug 29, 2025 by Rep. Bryan Steil (R) with 5 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Aug 29, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

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H.R. 5074 has 5 co-sponsors.

119 HR 5074 IH: Protecting Young Minds Online Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-08-29
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5074  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   August 29, 2025   Mr. Steil  (for himself and  Ms. Balint ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Center for Mental Health Services to develop and disseminate a strategy to address the effects of new technologies on children’s mental health.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protecting Young Minds Online Act  .
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Center for Mental Health Services strategy to address effects of new technologies on children’s mental health
Section 520(b) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb–31(b) ) is amended—
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in paragraph (16), by striking  and  at the end;
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in paragraph (17), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
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by adding at the end the following:
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develop and implement a strategy to help local communities address the effects of new technologies, such as social media, on children’s mental health.
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To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Center for Mental Health Services to develop and disseminate a strategy to address the effects of new technologies on children's mental health.

Sponsors

Rep. Bryan Steil (R) sponsors H.R. 5074, and 5 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Bryan Steil

Rep. · R–WI-1 · Sponsor

Introduced Aug 29, 2025

Becca Balint

Rep. · D–VT-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 29, 2025 · Original

Josh Gottheimer

Rep. · D–NJ-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 10, 2025

Laura Gillen

Rep. · D–NY-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 10, 2025

Eugene Vindman

Rep. · D–VA-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 10, 2025

Derek Tran

Rep. · D–CA-45 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 18, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 5074 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Aug 29, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5074 has taken 2 actions since Aug 29, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5074 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5074 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Protecting Young Minds Online Act — Display Title
• Protecting Young Minds Online Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Center for Mental Health Services to develop and disseminate a strategy to address the effects of new technologies on children's mental health. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 24 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5074 in 16 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Telecommunications, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Immigration, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Veterans.

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5074 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5074’s is Health.

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