AI Legislation

The bill would require each generative AI system that, by means of interstate or foreign commerce, produces image, video, or multi-media content to include on such content clear and conspicuous disclosure. Similar requirements would apply to text AI-generated content. Enforcement of this act would be up to the Federal Trade Commission. Additionally, the bill would establish an "AI-Generated Content Consumer Transparency Working Group" made up of regulators, academics, technologists, and others that would be tasked with creating "technical standards for AI-generated content detection technology to assist platforms in identifying image, video, audio, and multimedia AI-generated content."

The bill would subject entities collecting, transferring, or processing personal data to a duty of care mandating, except in limited cases, that such entities not deploy algorithms in a manner likely to lead to injury or discrimination. Such entities must also allow users to opt out of algorithmic recommendation systems that use personal data. The bill would also establish an artificial intelligence advisory board for the purpose of recommending rules to implement regarding AI. Finally, if more than 10% of the owners of an operator of a dominant platform are citizens of a foreign adversary, the operator must sequester any algorithm concerning United States users such that these algorithms are inaccessible to any affiliate of the operator that is based outside of the United States.

The bill would establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR), a body tasked with providing resources to support the innovation and development of trustworthy AI. The resources to be provided by the NAIRR include: (1) computational resources such as AI models, (2) data and curated datasets, (3) educational materials, (4) testbeds or platforms researchers can use to test their AI models. Under the terms of this bill, these resources would be available to any “researcher, educator, or student based in the United States that is affiliated with” an institution of higher education, a nonprofit institution, an executive agency, a federally funded research and development center, a small business concern, or any other entity approved by the Directors of the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

This bill would mandate that certain categories of AI-generated material be watermarked. AI-generated material that: (1) impersonates a specific individual or group of individuals, (2) is represented as original material by the AI-generated entity that produced the material, (3) meets criteria established by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), would have to include a watermark in a manner conforming to standards set by the FTC, the Federal Communications Commission, the Attorney General, and Secretary of Homeland Security.

This bill would prohibit the distribution of materially deceptive AI-generated audio or visual media: (1) of a candidate for Federal office, (2) in carrying out a Federal election activity with the intent to influence an election, (3) in carrying out a Federal election activity with the intent to solicit funds. This prohibition would not apply to radio or television broadcasting stations and periodicals that include a clear disclaimer about the authenticity of the AI-generated content, and AI-generated media that constitute satire or parody.

This bill would require that certain entities deploying algorithms that have “legal, material, or similarly significant effect” relating to access or cost to certain essential services periodically release impact assessments of said algorithms. The bill would rely on the FTC for many aspects of its implementation and execution, including the design of reporting guidelines, the processing and publication of data from transparency reports, and enforcement.

This bill would specify that control and management of Department of Defense data be vested in the department's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, and establish the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Governing Council.

This bill would 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 across the Department of Defense.

This bill would modify 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 as laid out in the National Artificial Intelligence Act of 2020, and would seek to facilitate interagency coordination in development of such testbeds, and for other purposes.

This bill would require that agencies that use, fund, or oversee algorithms to have an office of civil rights focused on bias, discrimination, and other algorithmic harms. These offices will submit reports on matters relating to algorithms and discrimination pertinent to their home agency's operations. The bill would also direct the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division to create an interagency working group composed of all of these civil rights offices.

This bill would establish a course at the Defense Information School on "the practical concepts and skills needed by public affairs, audiovisual, visual information, and records management specialists to understand" how digital content provenance and information forgery operations (including those conducted using AI) impact the work of the Department of Defense.

This bill would amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to provide the Financial Stability Oversight Council with oversight authority regarding certain matters concerning AI in the financial sector.

The bill would establish that artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning technology may be eligible to prescribe drugs. Currently, certain drugs may be dispensed only upon a prescription provided by a practitioner licensed by law to administer the drug. Under this bill, an AI or machine learning technology may qualify as such a prescribing practitioner if the technology is (1) authorized by state law to prescribe the drug involved; and (2) approved, cleared, or authorized under certain federal provisions pertaining to medical devices and products.

The bill would amend the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022 to require procurement of "artificial intelligence-based endpoint security that prevents cyber attacks and does not require constant internet connectivity to function..."

The bill would establish: a prize competition on technology for the detection and watermarking of generative AI content, a periodic review of the DoD's Defense Artificial Intelligence Strategy, a review of current DoD investments into AI technology, an assessment of the Navy's use of AI for shipyard optimization, a "Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Governing Council" tasked with managing DoD AI activities, a report on AI regulation in the financial services industry, an AI bug bounty program, a vulnerability analysis study regarding AI-enabled military applications, and the role of "Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer" of the State Department.

The bill would prohibit the use of Federal funds to launch a nuclear weapon using an autonomous weapons system that is not subject to meaningful human control. By "meaningful human control," the bill specifically refers to human control of (1) the selection and engagement of targets, and (2) the time, location, and manner of use.

The bill would amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to mandate that content generated by artificial intelligence (generative AI) in political advertisements include a disclaimer within the contents of the advertisements if generative AI was used to generate any image or video footage in the advertisements.

The bill would establish within the Department of Defense a "Joint Autonomy Office" to manage and develop acquisitions programs, development and testing platforms, and best practices for autonomous systems. The bill would also require the Secretary of Defense to give a briefing to the relevant congressional committees regarding the establishment of the Joint Autonomy Office. Finally, the Director of the Joint Autonomy Office would be required to finalize a "plan and procedures to standardize the planning, resourcing, and integration efforts with respect to autonomous capabilities for current and future systems across the Department."