Spot the Fakes Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9578 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9578

  To require AI-generated content is labeled as AI-generated with the
 metadata of the output or by other technological means, and for other
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 2, 2026

Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Mr. Kean, and Mr. Liccardo) introduced the
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL

  To require AI-generated content is labeled as AI-generated with the
 metadata of the output or by other technological means, and for other
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Spot the Fakes Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO LABEL AI-GENERATED CONTENT AS AI.

    (a) Requirement To Label as AI.--A person that owns or controls AI-
generated content shall label such content as AI-generated within the
metadata of the output or by any other technological means to provide
indelible verification of provenance as determined appropriate by the
Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
    (b) Required Method of Disclosure.--Not later than 6 months after
the date of the enactment of this section, the Commission, in
consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology, shall issue regulations that determine the method for
how the label required under subsection (a) is shown in the metadata or
by other technological means.
    (c) Enforcement by Federal Trade Commission.--
            (1) Unfair or deceptive acts or practices.--A violation of
        subsection (a) or a regulation promulgated under such
        subsection shall be treated as a violation of a regulation
        under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act
        (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or
        practices.
            (2) Powers of commission.--The Federal Trade Commission
        shall enforce subsection (a) and any regulation promulgated
        under such subsection in the same manner, by the same means,
        and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though
        all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade
        Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into
        and made a part of this Act. Any person who violates such
        subsection or a regulation promulgated under such subsection
        shall be subject to the penalties and entitled to the
        privileges and immunities provided in the Federal Trade
        Commission Act.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Artificial intelligence; ai.--The terms ``artificial
        intelligence'' and ``AI'' have the meaning given the term
        ``artificial intelligence'' in the National Artificial
        Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).
            (2) AI-generated content.--The term ``AI-generated
        content'' includes any video, image, audio, text, or any other
        medium that is generated by artificial intelligence.
            (3) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal
        Trade Commission.
            (4) Metadata.--The term ``metadata'' has the meaning given
        that term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.
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