 On March 8, the Coalition to Protect America's Small Sellers (PASS Coalition) joined 37 stakeholder partners in a letter to congressional leadership requesting the removal of the SHOP SAFE Act (H.R. 5374) from the conference legislation between the Senate’s U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) and the House’s America COMPETES Act. The groups warned that, as currently written, the SHOP SAFE Act could impose unreasonable regulations on electronic commerce companies to prevent the sale of counterfeit products. “Congress should not shoehorn this kind of dramatic policy change into the final compromise between USICA and America COMPETES or other ‘must-pass legislation,” the letter states. “Allowing SHOP SAFE to proceed, as-is and tacked-on to unrelated legislation, would set a dangerous precedent for policymaking that is fundamentally connected to our economy, innovation, competition, and free speech.”
 On January 27, The Coalition to Protect America's Small Sellers (PASS Coalition), along with 12 stakeholder organizations representing companies, small businesses, entrepreneurs, and civil interest groups, penned a letter to House leadership that expresses strong opposition to the inclusion of the SHOP SAFE Act (H.R. 5374) in the recently-introduced America COMPETES Act.
Pass coalition, Buy safe America, & NAM pen letter of support for inform for consumers Act12/13/2021
H.R. 5502 Protects Americans from Criminals Who Sell Dangerous Counterfeit and Stolen Goods on Online Marketplace Media Contacts: [email protected]; [email protected] (PASS Coalition)
Losses mount as retailers fight theft rings, resale of stolen goods on online storefronts10/21/2021
 MILWAUKEE — Thefts from retailers are soaring, with companies saying they are seeing increasingly brazen, organized thieves hitting their stores regularly.
Allowing for a certain amount of theft is part of the business for retailers. It is built into their financial plans. But the growing costs related to thefts have lately become too big to ignore, large national retailers say.  Amazon must decide whether to go it alone in the fight against a bill meant to deter online sales of counterfeit and stolen goods, after its e-commerce peers Etsy and eBay threw their support behind updated House legislation set for a Thursday hearing.
eBay, Etsy, Mercari, OfferUp, and poshmark Form Coalition to Protect America's Small Online Sellers3/30/2021
Coalition members are committed to encouraging lawmakers to find thoughtful solutions to issues impacting eCommerce while also protecting the important role casual and small-scale sellers play in this economy.  Washington, DC. – Today, a number of leading third-party marketplaces and eCommerce platforms announced the formation of the Coalition to Protect America’s Small Sellers (PASS Coalition). The PASS Coalition brings together like-minded industry leaders who are working to protect the interests of everyday people, small business entrepreneurs, and medium-sized businesses who sell online. Member companies will help to educate policymakers on the benefits of their eCommerce business models while also working collaboratively with policymakers to find thoughtful solutions to consumer protection, competition and economic development issues impacting their industries. The Coalition will support policy initiatives which favor business growth, support entrepreneurship and digital innovation and ensure a safe, secure and convenient shopping experience for consumers
 Amazon rivals are banding together to launch a new coalition that will urge lawmakers to think twice about how legislative reforms targeting Big Tech could harm smaller players.
The Coalition to Protect America’s Small Sellers — launched today by online marketplaces eBay, Etsy, Poshmark, Mercari and Offer Up — aims to represent entrepreneurs and small- and medium-sized businesses on competition, consumer protection and other tech policy issues. The members are concerned that some new regulation in these areas could inadvertently create more burdens for sellers and threaten their ability to do business on those sites, potentially feeding even more power to the very giants Congress is trying to rein in. |
