Valerie Foushee (D-NC)
Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act
A Democratic bill with 2 Republican cosponsors · See all 5 cosponsors
Last activity — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
Introduced, nothing more yet
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Its path through Congress
- Introduced
What this bill would do
This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to set up task forces within 90 days of the law being enacted. These task forces will work on developing technical standards and guidelines to help identify content created by generative artificial intelligence. The effort includes supporting the creation of content provenance metadata, watermarking, and digital fingerprinting for audio, visual, and text-based content. The task forces must include a wide variety of members, including federal agencies, AI developers, privacy advocates, and labor organizations. Each task force is required to submit a report with recommendations to the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology within 270 days. They must also submit annual reports to specific committees in the House of Representatives and the Senate for five years.
Yes· 3 of 5
- Scored +6
Does this give people more protection from unfair business practices?
The bill establishes technical standards for watermarking and metadata to help consumers identify AI-generated content.
- Scored +4
Would business owners be better off under this?
The bill provides technical standards that could help content creators and copyright owners protect their work from unauthorized AI modification.
- Scored +4
Does this give people more control over their personal data?
The bill mandates that task forces develop guidance for users to limit the metadata they share to protect their privacy.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Better Identification of AI Content: Section 2(a)(1)(A) and Section 2(a)(1)(B) require task forces to support technical standards and guidelines for content provenance metadata, watermarking, and digital fingerprinting, and to help online providers identify and label audio or visual content created by generative AI. This is positive because it helps people easily tell when they are looking at or listening to content made by artificial intelligence.
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Protecting People's Text From Unmarked AI Use: Section 2(a)(1)(C) supports the development of standards to identify and label text-based content created or modified by generative AI, including embedding provenance data or watermarks. This is positive because it helps individuals know the true origin of written text.
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Inclusion of Diverse Experts: Section 2(a)(3) requires the Director to include privacy advocates, human rights lawyers, labor organizations, media organizations, and creator associations in the task forces. This is positive because it ensures that many different viewpoints and experts are looking out for the public interest.
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Safeguarding Personal Privacy: Section 2(a)(5) directs the task forces to consider issuing guidance for online service providers to store and display metadata in a privacy-preserving manner, and to give users options to limit data sharing that has privacy implications. This is positive because it protects the personal privacy of everyday users when they share content.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Potential Burdens from Compliance and Rules: The provided text does not explicitly detail negative consequences or burdens for individuals or groups of people resulting from the bill.
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 establishes technical standards for watermarking and metadata to help consumers identify AI-generated content.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill requires task forces to submit regular reports to Congressional committees regarding their activities and recommendations. Does this protect people from being watched or searched? — The bill directs task forces to consider guidance for storing and displaying content provenance data in a privacy-savoring manner.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would business owners be better off under this? — The bill provides technical standards that could help content creators and copyright owners protect their work from unauthorized AI modification.
- Education And Technology
- Does this give people more control over their personal data? — The bill mandates that task forces develop guidance for users to limit the metadata they share to protect their privacy.
- 10/22/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 7/6/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 6/25/2026
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
- 5/19/2026
- Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
- 3 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
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