Below is a list of proposed bills (including as draft discussion not yet introduced) in Congress that relate to AI. The bills are listed in reverse chronological order with links to the text of the bills.
Highlights:
- 41 bills in 2 years
- 16 bills with Republican sponsors or co-sponsors
- 28 bills with Democrat sponsors or co-sponsors
- 11 bills related to AI deepfakes
- 8 bills attempting to require some form of disclosure of AI generation or training data
Note: this list might not capture all bills affecting AI. It focuses on the major bills that expressly regulate or affect artificial intelligence.
| Title and sponsors | Summary | Subject | Date | Status |
| The Future of AI Innovation Act Sen. Cantwell (D-Wash.), Sen. Young (R-Ind.), Sen. Blackburn (R-Tenn.); Sen. Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), | To establish artificial intelligence standards, metrics, and evaluation tools, to support artificial intelligence research, development, and capacity building activities, to promote innovation in the artificial intelligence industry by ensuring companies of all sizes can succeed | Innovation Standards Testbeds Prizes Publicly available datasets International coalition | 4/18/24 | introduced Text |
| Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act Rep. Schiff [D-CA-30] | Require filing in USCO list of all copyrighted works used to train AI models 30 days before public use. Applies retroactively to existing AI models–disclosure required 30 days after law’s effective date. | Disclosure Training data involving copyrighted works Copyright | 4/9/24 | introduced H.R. 7913 |
| American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 Rep. McMorris Rodgers [R-Wash-05]; Sen. Cantwell [D-Wash.] | Create individual federal rights to personal data privacy | Personal data privacy | 4/7/24 | discussion draft |
| Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act Rep. Eshoo [D-CA-16] | To require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish task forces to facilitate development of technical standards and guidelines relating to the identification of content created by AI | Deepfakes Standards for Disclosure of AI | 3/21/24 | introduced H.R. 7766 |
| AI CONSENT Act Sen. Welch [D-VT] | To require companies to receive consent from consumers to having their data used to train an artificial intelligence system. | Personal data privacy | 3/19/24 | introduced S. 3975 |
| Preparing Election Administrators for AI Act Sen. Klobuchar [D-MN] | To require the Election Assistance Commission to develop voluntary guidelines for the administration of elections that address the use and risks of artificial intelligence technologies | Elections Risk of AI uses re elections | 3/11/24 | introduced S. 3897 |
| Protect Victims of Digital Exploitation and Manipulation Act of 2024 Rep. Mace [R-SC-1] | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the production or distribution of digital forgeries of intimate visual depictions of identifiable individuals | Deepfakes of intimate visual depictions of identifiable people | 3/6/24 | introduced H.R. 7567 |
| Comment Integrity and Management Act of 2024 Rep. Higgins [R-LA-3] | To amend section 206 of the E-Government Act of 2002 to improve the integrity and management of mass comments and computer-generated comments in the regulatory review process | Agency Mass comments Computer generated comments | 3/5/24 | introduced H.R. 7528 |
| Federal AI Governance and Transparency Act Rep. Comer [R-KY-1] | To amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, to establish Federal AI system governance requirements for agencies | Agencies | 3/5/24 | introduced H.R. 7532 |
| Technology Workforce Framework Act of 2024 Sen. Peters [D-MI] | To expand the functions of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to include workforce frameworks for critical and emerging technologies, to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop AI workforce framework, periodically review and update the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity | Workforce frameworks: means a common taxonomy and lexicon for any given domain that includes the building blocks of tasks, knowledge, or skills that can be structured to form work roles or competency areas | 2/8/24 | introduced S. 3792 |
| Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2024 Sen. Markey [D-MA] | To require the Administrator of the EPA to carry out a study on the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence, to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to convene a consortium on such environmental impacts, and to require the Director to develop a voluntary reporting system for the reporting of the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence | EPA Environmental impacts | 2/1/24 | introduced S. 3732 |
| DEFIANCE Act of 2024 Sen. Durbin [D-IL] | To create civil action as relief for individuals affected by non-consensual activities involving intimate digital forgeries | Deepfakes Identifiable individual | 1/30/24 | introduced S. 3696 |
| Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2024 Sen. Klobuchar [D-MN] | To prevent anticompetitive conduct through the use of pricing algorithms by prohibiting the use of pricing algorithms that can facilitate collusion through the use of nonpublic competitor data, creating an antitrust law enforcement audit tool, increasing transparency, and enforcing violations through the Sherman Act and Federal Trade Commission Act | Antitrust Pricing algorithms | 1/30/24 | introduced S. 3686 |
| R U REAL Act Rep. Schakowsky [D-IL-9] | To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule to require disclosures for telemarketing using artificial intelligence and to provide for enhanced penalties for violations involving artificial intelligence voice or text message impersonation | Telemarketing Robocalls Deepfakes | 1/29/24 | introduced H.R. 7120 |
| QUIET Act Rep. Sorensen [D-IL-17] | To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require disclosures with respect to robocalls using artificial intelligence and to provide for enhanced penalties for certain violations involving artificial intelligence voice or text message impersonation | Robocalls Deepfakes | 1/29/24 | introduced H.R. 7123 |
| Do Not Disturb Act Rep. Pallone [D-NJ-6] | To strengthen certain provisions relating to restrictions on robocalls and telemarketing | Telemarketing Robocalls Deepfakes | 1/29/24 | introduced H.R. 7116 |
| No AI FRAUD Act Rep. Salazar [R-FL-27] | To provide for individual property rights in likeness and voice | Right of publicity IP in likeness, voice Deepfakes | 1/10/24 | introduced H.R. 6943 |
| Federal Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Act of 2024 Rep. Lieu [D-CA-36] | To require Federal agencies to use the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology with respect to the use of artificial intelligence | Agencies | 1/10/24 | introduced H.R. 6936 |
| Transparent Automated Governance Act Rep. Higgins [R-LA-3] | To direct agencies to be transparent when using automated and augmented systems to interact with the public or make critical decisions | Agencies | 12/22/23 | introduced H.R. 6886 |
| AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2023 Rep. Beyer [D-VA-8] | To direct the Federal Trade Commission to establish standards for making publicly available information about the training data and algorithms used in artificial intelligence foundation models | Training data | 12/22/23 | introduced H.R. 6881 |
| Eliminating Bias in Algorithmic Systems Act of 2023 Sen. Markey [D-MA] | To require agencies that use, fund, or oversee algorithms to have an office of civil rights focused on bias, discrimination, and other harms of algorithms | Bias Civil rights | 12/12/23 | introduced S. 3478 |
| AI Labeling Act of 2023 Rep. Kean [R-NJ-7] | To require disclosures for AI-generated content | Disclosure Labels | 11/21/23 | introduced H.R. 6466 |
| Five AIs Act Rep. Gallagher [R-WI-8] | To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a working group to develop and coordinate an artificial intelligence initiative among the Five Eyes countries | Military Defense | 11/15/23 | introduced H.R. 6425 |
| Artificial Intelligence Research, Innovation, and Accountability Act of 2023 Sen. Thune [R-SD] | To provide a framework for artificial intelligence innovation and accountability | AI generated content Disclosure | 11/15/23 | introduced S. 3312 |
| Federal Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Act of 2023 Sen. Moran [R-KS] | To require Federal agencies to use the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology with respect to the use of artificial intelligence | Agencies | 11/2/23 | introduced S. 3205 |
| TEST AI Act of 2023 Sen. Lujan [D-NM] | To improve the requirement for the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish testbeds to support the development and testing of trustworthy artificial intelligence systems and to improve interagency coordination in development of such testbeds | Trust Testbeds | 10/30/23 | introduced S. 3162 |
| Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act Sen. Coons [D-Del.] Sen. Klobuchar [D-MN] | Create new federal right of publicity to protect against unauthorized use of a person’s “digital replica” means a newly-created, computer-generated, electronic representation of the image, voice, or visual likeness of an individual. | Deepfakes Right of publicity | 10/23/23 | discussion draft |
| Artificial Intelligence Advancement Act of 2023 Sen. Rounds [R-SD] | To require a report on artificial intelligence regulation in the financial services industry, to establish artificial intelligence bug bounty programs, to require a vulnerability analysis study for artificial intelligence-enabled military applications, and to require a report on data sharing and coordination | Financial services report Military Big bounty programs Defense | 10/1723 | introduced S. 3050 |
| Bill to create Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Governing Council Sen Manchin [D-WV] | To specify control and management of Department of Defense data and to establish the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Governing Council | Military Defense | 10/3/23 | introduced S. 3004 |
| AI Disclosure Act of 2023 Rep. Torres [D-NY-15] | Require “Disclaimer: this output has been generated by artificial intelligence.” | Disclosure of AI generated content | 6/5/23 | introduced H.R. 3831 |
| Preventing Deep Fake Scams Act Rep. Pettersen [D-CO-7] | To establish the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Services Sector to report to Congress on issues related to artificial intelligence in the financial services sector | Deepfakes Scams Financial services | 9/28/23 | introduced H.R. 5808 |
| Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2023 Sen. Wyden [D-OR] | To direct the Federal Trade Commission to require impact assessments of automated decision systems and augmented critical decision processes | AI decisionmaking | 9/21/23 | introduced S. 2892 |
| DEEPFAKES Accountability Act H.R.5586 Rep. Clarke, [D-NY-9] | “Any advanced technological false personation record which contains a moving visual element shall contain technologies, such as content provenance technologies, that clearly identify such record as containing altered audio or visual elements, or as having been entirely created through generative artificial intelligence or similar technologies.” | Deepfakes Disclosure | 9/20/23 | introduced H.R. 5586 |
| Political BIAS Emails Act of 2023 Rep. Lesko [R-AZ-8] | To prohibit providers of email services from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam | Elections Spam campaigns | 9/14/23 | introduced H.R. 5496 |
| Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act Sen. Klobuchar [D-MN] | To prohibit the distribution of materially deceptive AI-generated audio or visual media relating to candidates for Federal office, | Elections Deepfakes | 9/12/23 | introduced S. 2770 |
| Advisory for AI-Generated Content Act Sen. Ricketts [R-NE] | To require a watermark for AI-generated materials | Watermark AI generated content Disclosure | 9/12/23 | introduced S. 2765 |
| AI Labeling Act of 2023 Sen. Schatz [D-HI] | To require disclosures for AI-generated content | AI generated content Disclosure Labels | 7/27/23 | introduced S. 2691 |
| Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act of 2023 Sen. Warren [D-MA] | To amend the Clayton Act to establish a new Federal commission to regulate digital platforms, including with respect to competition, transparency, privacy, and national security | Algorithm use Platforms New agency | 7/27/23 | introduced S. 2597 |
| Artificial Intelligence Bug Bounty Act of 2023 Sen. Rounds [R-SD] | To require the Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense to develop a bug bounty program relating to dual-use foundational artificial intelligence models | Military Defense Big bounty | 7/26/23 | introduced S. 2502 |
| Consumer Safety Technology Act Rep. Darren [D-FL-9] | To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish a pilot program to explore the use of artificial intelligence in support of the mission of the Commission and to direct the Secretary of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission to study and report on the use of blockchain technology and digital tokens | Pilot program Consumer Product Safety Commission Agency | 7/20/23 | introduced H.R. 4814 |
| No Robot Bosses Act Sen. Casey [D-PA] | To prohibit certain uses of automated decision systems by employers | Automated decisions by employers Employment | 7/20/23 | introduced S. 2419 |
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