To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to clarify the applicability of Federal trademark law in the area of digital replicas of identifying characteristics of individuals, and for other purposes.
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
Amends federal trademark law to address digital replicas of a person's voice, likeness, or other identifying traits. Targets AI-generated impersonations and unauthorized synthetic likenesses.
Model-rated AI relevance 85%.
Sponsored by
Darrell IssaRepublicanCAData as of: bills Sep 9, 2026 · votes Sep 11, 2026 · statements Sep 9, 2026. What changed
Progress
Introduced
Aug 3, 2026
Reported by committee
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became law
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Latest action · August 3, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
What members said
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Source ↗Schrier's Doctors Not AI Act would require doctors rather than AI systems to make health coverage decisions, with oversight and disclosure.
Source ↗Jacobs introduces bipartisan legislation creating a DoD-wide AI incident and vulnerability reporting program to make military AI safer and more accountable.
Source ↗Magaziner introduces the AI Advertising Disclosure Act to require AI chatbots and generative search engines to disclose paid commercial influence, enforced by the FTC, state AGs, and a private right of action.
Source ↗Schiff calls for new federal guardrails via his AI Ads Act and PAID Act to bar fraudulent AI-generated campaign ads and require paid-influencer disclosure while protecting parody and political speech.
Source ↗Warner demands Meta account for AI-generated CSAM/NCII ads and touts his SAFE AI Act to ban such AI systems and give survivors a private right of action.
Source ↗Mullin and 17 colleagues press Meta to explain how it will guard against AI-generated election disinformation after rolling back fact-checking and integrity safeguards.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-09-09T02:09:45.522Z