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Deepfake Task Force Act

Introduced: July 29, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Became law
May 24, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 382.
May 24, 2022
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment. With written report No. 117-114.
Aug 4, 2021
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jul 29, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Jul 29, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Deepfake Task Force Act

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to temporarily establish the National Deepfake Provenance Task Force.

Comprised of federal and nonfederal stakeholders, the task force must address threats posed by digital content forgeries (i.e., digital audio, images, and text fabricated or manipulated using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other emerging technologies with the intent to mislead). The task force's activities include developing a plan to reduce the proliferation of digital content forgeries.

The task force terminates 90 days after submitting its final report.

What's happening now May 24, 2022

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 382.

 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Warnock, Raphael G.
Georgia · Nov 18, 2021
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Aug 4, 2021
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Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Aug 4, 2021
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Jul 29, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2559: Deepfake Task Force Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2559/
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"S. 2559: Deepfake Task Force Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2559/.
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S. 2559, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2559/.
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