American Innovation and Choice Online Act

The American Innovation and Choice Online (AICO) is a proposed antitrust bill in the United States Congress.

The legislation was introduced by David Cicilline (D-RI) in the House of Representatives as the American Choice and Innovation Online Act (H.R.

[1] On October 14, 2021, companion legislation in the Senate was introduced by Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) as S.2992.

[6] Following a sixteen-month investigation, the House Committee on the Judiciary released a 450-page report in 2020 alleging that Big Tech companies have engaged in anti-competitive conduct.

[7] According to Cicilline, both AICO and five accompanying pieces of antitrust legislation approved by the House Committee on the Judiciary in June 2021 were borne out of the report's findings.

[3] According to reporting by Axios, AICO would prevent Apple and Google's Android from setting "prices and policies for their app stores that rivals have complained make them lose business and revenue".

3816 was introduced by Cicilline on June 11, 2021, with fellow Democrat Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Republicans Ken Buck (R-CO) and Lance Gooden (R-TX) as original cosponsors.