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H.R. 8479 119th Congress House

Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act

Official title: To require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish task forces to facilitate and inform the development of technical standards and guid… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish task forces to facilitate and inform the development of technical standards and guidelines relating to the identification of content created by generative artificial intelligence, to ensure that audio or visual content created or substantially modified by generative artificial intelligence includes a disclosure acknowledging the generative artificial intelligence origin of such content, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 23, 2026 Introduced by: Valerie P. Foushee Democratic · North Carolina See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications
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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.
Apr 23, 2026
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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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 8893 Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Lobbying activity 11

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

  • RADIUS ADVOCACY, LLC
    for BRIA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INC. · New York · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • NVG, LLC
    for GETTY IMAGES INC. · Washington · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • NVG, LLC
    for ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS · New York · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA
    for JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • ADOBE INC
    for ADOBE INC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • ADOBE INC
    for ADOBE INC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · May 12, 2026
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Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Apr 23, 2026
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Moylan, James C.
Guam · Apr 23, 2026
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8479: Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8479/
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"H.R. 8479: Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8479/.
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H.R. 8479, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8479/.
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[H.R. 8479: Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8479/)
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