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Protect Working Musicians Act of 2026

Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary

Lets small independent music creators collectively bargain — and collectively refuse to license — with dominant streaming platforms and generative AI companies. It defines generative AI and creates an antitrust-style carve-out for musicians negotiating over AI training and use of their work.

Model-rated AI relevance 85%.

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Data as of: bills Sep 9, 2026 · votes Sep 11, 2026 · statements Sep 9, 2026. What changed

Progress

  1. Introduced

    May 21, 2026

  2. Reported by committee

  3. Passed House

  4. Passed Senate

  5. Became law

Latest action · May 21, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

What members said

Releases that cite this bill first, then releases on the same topics.

Tom BarrettRepublicantoward oversightSep 1, 2026 · same topic

Barrett's bipartisan Doctors Not AI Act would bar AI from making medical-necessity insurance denials and require disclosure of AI use.

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Greg LandsmanDemocrattoward oversightSep 1, 2026 · same topic

Landsman's Doctors Not AI Act would keep licensed clinicians, not algorithms, in charge of medical-necessity decisions with transparency for patients.

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Kim SchrierDemocrattoward oversightSep 1, 2026 · same topic

Schrier's Doctors Not AI Act would require doctors rather than AI systems to make health coverage decisions, with oversight and disclosure.

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Sara JacobsDemocrattoward oversightAug 31, 2026 · same topic

Jacobs introduces bipartisan legislation creating a DoD-wide AI incident and vulnerability reporting program to make military AI safer and more accountable.

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Seth MagazinerDemocrattoward oversightAug 25, 2026 · same topic

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.

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Mark WarnerDemocrattoward oversightAug 18, 2026 · same topic

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.

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Adam SchiffDemocrattoward oversightAug 10, 2026 · same topic

Schiff celebrates committee advancement of the bipartisan CHATBOT Act imposing commonsense guardrails on AI chatbots to protect children from self-harm and exploitation.

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Gregorio CasarDemocrattoward oversightAug 10, 2026 · same topic

Casar demands Anthropic disclose logs and answer oversight questions about frontier AI models autonomously hacking companies, asserting congressional scrutiny of AI developers' negligence.

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Bill data read 2026-09-09T02:09:45.522Z