S. 2455 119th Congress Senate

TRAIN Act

Official title: A bill to create an administrative subpoena process to assist copyright owners in determining which of their copyrighted works have been used in the training of artificial intelligence models.

Introduced: July 24, 2025 Introduced by: Peter Welch Democratic · Vermont See on congress.gov

Commerce

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Jul 24, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jul 24, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Lobbying activity 46

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

RECORDING ACADEMY (FKA NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS AND SCIENCES)
for RECORDING ACADEMY · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
RADIUS ADVOCACY, LLC
for INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL & MEDICAL PUBLISHERS (STM) · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
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for INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL & MEDICAL PUBLISHERS (STM) · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
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for COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER · Massachusetts · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
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for BRIA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INC. · New York · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
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for CAPITOL DOME ADVOCACY OBO AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHERS · New York · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
46 filings
SENATE
46 filings
White House Office
16 filings
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
15 filings
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
13 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
12 filings
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
10 filings
Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)
9 filings

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Cosponsors 3