[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1993 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1993

 To waive immunity under section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 
 for claims and charges related to generative artificial intelligence.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 14, 2023

 Mr. Hawley (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To waive immunity under section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 
 for claims and charges related to generative artificial intelligence.

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

SECTION 1. NO SECTION 230 IMMUNITY FOR CLAIMS AND CHARGES RELATED TO 
              GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) No effect on claims related to generative artificial 
        intelligence.--Nothing in this section (other than subsection 
        (c)(2)(A)) shall be construed to impair or limit any claim in a 
        civil action or charge in a criminal prosecution brought under 
        Federal or State law against the provider of an interactive 
        computer service if the conduct underlying the claim or charge 
        involves the use or provision of generative artificial 
        intelligence by the interactive computer service.''; and
            (2) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Generative artificial intelligence.--The term 
        `generative artificial intelligence' means an artificial 
        intelligence system that is capable of generating novel text, 
        video, images, audio, and other media based on prompts or other 
        forms of data provided by a person.''.
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