[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7913 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7913

  To require a notice be submitted to the Register of Copyrights with 
 respect to copyrighted works used in building generative AI systems, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 2024

  Mr. Schiff introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require a notice be submitted to the Register of Copyrights with 
 respect to copyrighted works used in building generative AI systems, 
                        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 ``Generative AI Copyright Disclosure 
Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. NOTICE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS WITH 
              RESPECT TO COPYRIGHTED WORKS USED IN BUILDING GENERATIVE 
              AI SYSTEMS.

    (a) Notice.--
            (1) Requirement.--A person who creates a training dataset, 
        or alters a training dataset (including by making an update to, 
        refining, or retraining the dataset) in a significant manner, 
        that is used in building a generative AI system shall submit to 
        the Register a notice that contains--
                    (A) a sufficiently detailed summary of any 
                copyrighted works used--
                            (i) in the training dataset (in the case 
                        that the person creates the dataset); or
                            (ii) to alter the training dataset (in the 
                        case that the person alters the training data 
                        in a significant manner); and
                    (B) the URL for such dataset (in the case of a 
                training dataset that is publicly available on the 
                internet at the time the notice is submitted).
            (2) Time for filing notice.--The notice required by 
        paragraph (1) shall be submitted--
                    (A) not later than 30 days before the generative AI 
                system with respect to which the training dataset is 
                used is made available to consumers, in the case that 
                the generative AI system is first made available to 
                consumers after the date on which this Act takes 
                effect; and
                    (B) not later than 30 days after the date on which 
                this Act takes effect, in the case that the generative 
                AI system with respect to which the training dataset 
                was used was made available to consumers before the 
                effective date of this Act.
    (b) Civil Penalty.--
            (1) Assessment.--Any person described under paragraph (1) 
        of subsection (a) that fails to comply with a requirement under 
        such subsection shall be assessed a civil penalty in an amount 
        not less than $5,000.
            (2) Regulations.-- Not later than 180 days after the date 
        on which this Act takes effect, the Register shall issue 
        regulations to implement the requirement under paragraph (1).
    (c) Database.--The Register shall establish and maintain a publicly 
available online database that contains each notice filed under 
subsection (a)(1).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``Artificial 
        Intelligence'' means an automated system designed to perform a 
        task typically associated with human intelligence or cognitive 
        function.
            (2) Copyrighted work.--The term ``copyrighted work'' means 
        a work protected in the United States under a law relating to 
        copyrights.
            (3) Generative ai model.--The term ``generative AI model'' 
        means a combination of computer code and numerical values 
        designed to use Artificial Intelligence to generate outputs in 
        the form of expressive material such as text, images, audio, or 
        video.
            (4) Generative ai system.--The term ``generative AI 
        system'' means a software product or service that--
                    (A) substantially incorporates one or more 
                generative AI models; and
                    (B) is designed for use by consumers.
            (5) Register.--The term ``Register'' means the Register of 
        Copyrights.
            (6) Training dataset.--The term ``training dataset'' means 
        a collection of individual units of material (including a 
        combination of text, images, audio, or other categories of 
        expressive material, as well as annotations describing the 
        material) used to train a generative AI model.
    (e) Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect on the date that is 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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