1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Data Dissemination Act of 2019 or the ADD Act . 2. Definitions (a) In general In this Act— (1) the term agency has the meaning given the term in section 552a of title 5, United States Code; (2) the term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; (3) the term collect means to buy, rent, gather, obtain, receive, or access information about an individual by any means, including by— (A) receiving information from the individual, either actively or passively; or (B) observing the behavior of the individual; (4) the term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission; (5) the term covered provider means a person that— (A) provides a service that uses the internet; and (B) in providing the service under subparagraph (A), collects records; (6) the term disclose means to release, disseminate, make available, transfer, or otherwise communicate orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means; (7) the term maintain includes maintain, collect, use, disclose, or process; (8) the term Privacy Act of 1974 means section 552a of title 5, United States Code; (9) the term process means to perform an operation or set of operations on information or on sets of information, whether or not by automated means; (10) subject to subsection (b), the term record means any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that— (A) is maintained by a covered provider, including the education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history of the individual