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H.R. 8479119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Apr 23, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act
Introduced:
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The bill would require AI tools and large platforms to label and preserve disclosures on AI-generated content, enforced by the FTC.
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The bill directs NIST to develop technical standards, like watermarks and metadata tags, for labeling AI-generated content through expert task forces. It also requires AI companies to embed machine-readable disclosures on generated content and bans large platforms from removing those labels.
AI companies making image, video, or audio generation tools, large social media and search platforms, and businesses advertising with AI-generated content. Consumers are affected mainly through seeing more disclosure labels on AI-made media.
Companies would face new compliance obligations, including embedding tamper-resistant labels and following FTC rules, with violations treated as deceptive business practices. Large platforms specifically must display and preserve AI-origin information for users.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — 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.