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H.R. 2794 119th Congress House

NO FAKES Act of 2025

Official title: To protect intellectual property rights in the voice and visual likeness of individuals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 23, 2025 Introduced by: Maria Elvira Salazar Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
Commerce Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesArt, artists, authorshipCivil actions and liability
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Computers and information technologyDepartment of CommerceDigital mediaFederal preemptionIntellectual propertyInternet, web applications, social mediaMusicPhotography and imagingSound recording
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 9, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2025 or the NO FAKES Act of 2025

This bill creates a federal intellectual property right to protect individuals from unauthorized digital replicas (e.g., digital content made using generative artificial intelligence) of their voice and visual likeness.

Specifically, the bill gives each individual or right holder the right to authorize the use of the individual's voice or visual likeness (1) in a digital replica, or (2) for a product or service requiring authorization to avoid liability under the bill. This property right is not assignable during the individual’s lifetime but is licensable and does not expire upon the death of the individual.

Generally, any individual or entity that engages in specified prohibited activities (e.g., distributing a digital replica without authorization) shall be liable in a civil action and subject to related penalties. The bill exempts specified uses from liability, such as categories of conduct likely to involve protected speech under the First Amendment (e.g., news reporting, sports broadcasts, and satire).

The bill establishes a notice-and-takedown process for unauthorized digital replicas. The bill establishes penalties related to false or deceptive notice.

The bill expressly preempts state laws related to digital replicas except for causes of action under state statutes or common law in existence as of January 2, 2025.

 Related & companion bills 3
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 226

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • KEELEY LAW AND POLICY
    for SPOTIFY USA INC. · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
    for ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • RADIUS ADVOCACY, LLC
    for INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES
    for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • SIIA
    for SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • RADIUS ADVOCACY, LLC
    for BRIA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INC. · New York · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

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 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 6 Republican 4
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Miller, Max L.
Ohio · Dec 3, 2025
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Moskowitz, Jared
Florida · Dec 3, 2025
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Friedman, Laura
California · Jun 23, 2025
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Jun 23, 2025
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Lee, Susie
Nevada · May 29, 2025
 R
Lee, Laurel M.
Florida · May 29, 2025
 D
Balint, Becca
Vermont · Apr 9, 2025
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Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Apr 9, 2025
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Moran, Nathaniel
Texas · Apr 9, 2025
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Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Apr 9, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2794: NO FAKES Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2794/
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"H.R. 2794: NO FAKES Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2794/.
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H.R. 2794, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2794/.
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