Valerie Foushee (D-NC)
Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act
A Democratic bill with 2 Republican cosponsors · See all 3 cosponsors
Last activity — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to create task forces to develop technical standards for identifying AI-generated content. These standards aim to use tools like watermarking and digital fingerprinting to provide content provenance. The bill mandates that generative AI application providers include machine-readable disclosures in audio or visual content they create or modify. It also requires online platforms to display this disclosure information clearly to users. Finally, the Federal Trade Commission will be responsible for regulating these requirements and enforcing them against violators.
Yes· 3 of 6
- Scored +7
Does this give people more protection from unfair business practices?
The bill requires AI-generated content to include disclosures to prevent consumer deception from deepfakes.
- Scored +5
Does this make casting a ballot easier in practice?
The bill aims to prevent deceptive AI robocalls and digital disinformation intended to discourage voting.
- Scored +5
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill mandates clear disclosures for AI-generated content to ensure an informed electorate.
The opposite
- Scored -2
Does this protect people from being watched or searched?
The collection of content provenance and metadata may have inherent privacy implications for users.
- Scored -2
Does this give people more control over their personal data?
The mandate to track content provenance and metadata may create new privacy risks for users.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Protection from Consumer Deception: The bill seeks to prevent "deepfakes" from being used to fool people regarding products they might purchase, such as fake celebrity endorsements (Section 2, Paragraph 3).
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National Security: By requiring labels on AI content, the bill aims to address security issues caused by deepfakes, such as fake images of events that can cause market confusion (Section 2, Paragraph 4).
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Maintaining an Informed Electorate: The bill intends to reduce confusion in political advertising by providing a way to identify AI-generated content, such as deceptive robocalls (Section 2, Paragraph 5 and 6).
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Improved Content Identification: Task forces will work on technical standards like watermarking and digital fingerprinting to help people distinguish real content from AI-generated content (Section 3, Paragraph (a)(1)(A)).
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Privacy Protections: Task forces are directed to consider how to store and display content provenance data in a privacy-preserving manner, giving users options to limit shared data (Section 3, Paragraph (a)(5)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Privacy Implications of Metadata: While the bill discusses privacy-preserving methods, the collection and display of content provenance data and metadata may have inherent privacy implications for users (Section 3, Paragraph (a)(5)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this give people more protection from unfair business practices? — The bill requires AI-generated content to include disclosures to prevent consumer deception from deepfakes.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Does this make casting a ballot easier in practice? — The bill aims to prevent deceptive AI robocalls and digital disinformation intended to discourage voting.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would households on low incomes be better off under this? — Protecting against consumer deception can benefit low-income households more vulnerable to scams. Would people in cities be better off under this? — The bill helps mitigate digital disinformation that can affect large, connected urban populations.
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Does this better protect the country from computer attacks? — The bill establishes standards for content provenance to protect against digital manipulation of national security events.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill mandates clear disclosures for AI-generated content to ensure an informed electorate. Does this protect people from being watched or searched? — The collection of content provenance and metadata may have inherent privacy implications for users.
- Education And Technology
- Does this give people more control over their personal data? — The mandate to track content provenance and metadata may create new privacy risks for users.
- 5/12/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 4/23/2026
- Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Donald BeyerDemocrat · Virginia
Brian FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania
James MoylanRepublican · Guam