H.R. 7151

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7151 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7151

To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a public awareness and 
education campaign to provide information regarding the benefits of, 
risks relating to, and the prevalence of artificial intelligence in the 
daily lives of individuals in the United States, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 20, 2026

Ms. Barragan (for herself and Mr. Obernolte) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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A BILL

To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a public awareness and 
education campaign to provide information regarding the benefits of, 
risks relating to, and the prevalence of artificial intelligence in the 
daily lives of individuals in the United States, 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 ``Artificial Intelligence Public 
Awareness and Education Campaign Act''.

SEC. 2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION 
CAMPAIGN.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) AI campaign.--The term ``AI Campaign'' means the public 
awareness, education, and consumer literacy campaign 
established under subsection (b).
(2) AI consumer literacy.--The term ``AI consumer 
literacy'' means an understanding of the capabilities and 
limitations of different kinds of artificial intelligence, and 
the ability to understand and use information provided about 
products and services that employ artificial intelligence, to 
support responsible decisions about exposure to and the 
acquisition and use of those products and services.
(3) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial 
intelligence'' has the meaning given the term in section 5002 
of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 
(15 U.S.C. 9401).
(4) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the 
meaning given the term ``agency'' in section 551 of title 5, 
United States Code.
(5) Key performance indicator.--The term ``key performance 
indicator'' means a quantifiable metric that demonstrates how 
effectively an initiative is at achieving the objectives of the 
initiative.
(6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
of Commerce.
(b) AI Campaign.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the heads of 
relevant Federal agencies, including the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology and the Administrator of the 
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, shall 
establish a public awareness, education, and consumer literacy campaign 
to--
(1) provide information regarding the prevalence of 
artificial intelligence in the daily lives of individuals in 
the United States; and
(2) improve AI consumer literacy.
(c) AI Campaign Requirements.--Pursuant to subsection (b), the 
Secretary shall--
(1) determine the key performance indicators necessary to 
evaluate the effectiveness of the AI campaign, obtain any 
baseline data necessary for a comparative measurement of 
success, measure those key performance indicators, and 
accordingly evaluate the success of the AI Campaign, which 
shall include--
(A) audience reach;
(B) audience engagement;
(C) audience adoption of best practices; and
(D) audience satisfaction relating to interfacing 
with AI Campaign materials;
(2) facilitate access to, and the exchange of, information 
regarding the rights of an individual under law with respect to 
artificial intelligence;
(3) identify, promote, and encourage the use of best 
practices for the detection of provenance information with 
respect to digital media, by--
(A) including such media that is generated by human 
beings and such media that is generated or 
significantly modified by algorithms, including 
artificial intelligence, which may include--
(i) media commonly referred to as 
``deepfakes''; and
(ii) content created by the programs 
commonly referred to as ``chatbots'';
(B) providing resources and guidance on available 
tools and methods for detecting or differentiating 
media described in subparagraph (A); and
(C) identifying populations particularly 
susceptible to artificial intelligence-enabled 
fraudulent activity, including senior citizens, and 
conducting targeted outreach to inform those 
populations of, and inoculate those populations 
against, artificial intelligence-enabled scams and 
fraud;
(4) conduct outreach to the general public by developing 
and distributing materials relating to the prevalence of 
artificial intelligence in the daily lives of individuals, 
including consumers, in the United States, including--
(A) artificial intelligence tasks (including 
classification, prediction, product recommendation, 
autonomous decision-making, voice dictation and machine 
translation, and the generation of content such as 
text, image, video, or speech);
(B) applications that enable increasing the 
productivity of individuals, such as text-to-speech 
functionality, real-time route planning, and predictive 
text suggestions;
(C) applications in use commercially, such as 
automated decision-making, fraud detection, and 
financial trading;
(D) the capabilities and limitations of artificial 
intelligence consumer products and services, including 
what questions to ask of a provider of those products 
or services to gain understanding and legal 
considerations regarding use of those products and 
services;
(E) specialized use cases to address AI consumer 
literacy for tasks as those tasks manifest in domains 
including personal finance, healthcare recommendations, 
communication, creative work, and business management 
and operations across a range of contexts, including 
mobile device applications, computer software, and 
internet platforms;
(F) widely accepted best practices for the 
protection of personal data and personal identifying 
information; and
(G) workforce opportunities, including 
opportunities to work in the Federal Government, for 
technologists and others with experience in the 
development, deployment, and use of artificial 
intelligence, and including opportunities to work in 
institutions of higher education (as defined in section 
101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001));
(5) consult the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration to develop AI Campaign elements relevant to 
small business owners;
(6) consider the specific needs of different regions, 
economies, and subpopulations that may interact with artificial 
intelligence products and services in different ways; and
(7) coordinate and promote AI Campaign efforts at the State 
and local level, including by promoting partnerships among 
Federal, State, and local governments, nonprofit organizations, 
and private enterprises.
(d) Annual Update of AI Campaign Materials.--The Secretary shall 
annually update the AI Campaign materials and key performance 
indicators developed under subsection (c) as needed to incorporate any 
significant changes due to new innovations, products, or services 
available to consumers, in light of new consumer concerns that are 
identified, or in response to the key performance indicator 
measurements until the sunset date described in subsection (h).
(e) Dissemination of AI Campaign Materials.--In disseminating the 
AI Campaign materials developed under subsection (b), the Secretary--
(1) shall--
(A) ensure all AI Campaign materials are made 
available in a variety of languages, including by means 
of machine translation, as deemed appropriate by the 
Secretary;
(B) create a mobile-friendly website or web page 
where all AI Campaign materials will be published;
(C) distribute core messaging materials of the AI 
Campaign to the public using multiple channels of 
communication, including through the use of television, 
radio, and internet platforms and advertisements on 
those platforms; and
(D) coordinate with the Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration on the distribution of AI 
Campaign materials relevant to small business owners 
through resource partners of the Small Business 
Administration, including small business development 
centers, the Service Corps of Retired Executives 
(commonly known as ``SCORE''), veteran business 
opportunity centers, and Apex Accelerators; and
(2) may select 1 or more private or nonprofit organizations 
that are well-qualified in the distribution of public service 
campaigns to aid in the dissemination of AI Campaign materials.
(f) Expert Consultation.--In conducting the AI Campaign, the 
Secretary shall consult with--
(1) a variety of stakeholders from--
(A) academic or research communities;
(B) private industry, including companies with 
different roles in the use of artificial intelligence 
and the developers and deployers of artificial 
intelligence systems in those companies;
(C) community development organizations with 
expertise working with artificial intelligence;
(D) private, nonprofit, and public organizations; 
and
(E) State, local, Tribal, and territorial 
governments;
(2) Government officials who have relevant consumer and 
artificial intelligence expertise, including--
(A) the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission;
(B) the Secretary of Education;
(C) the Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology;
(D) the Director of the National Science 
Foundation;
(E) the Administrator of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration; and
(F) the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration; and
(3) any other official the Secretary identifies as having 
relevant expertise, especially in the development of domain-
specific artificial intelligence use cases.
(g) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date on which the 
Secretary initiates the AI Campaign, and annually thereafter until the 
sunset date described in subsection (h), the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives a report on the activities conducted under the AI 
Campaign, which shall include--
(1) the key performance indicators developed under 
subsection (c) for the purpose of evaluating the overall 
effectiveness of the AI Campaign and the measured values of the 
key performance indicators;
(2) a summary of all AI Campaign materials developed under 
subsection (b);
(3) recommendations for subsequent action, including in key 
areas in which the outcomes of the AI Campaign were identified 
as insufficient as measured by the key performance indicators; 
and
(4) such other information relating to the duties of the 
Secretary under this Act that the Secretary determines 
appropriate.
(h) Sunset.--The AI Campaign shall terminate on the date that is 5 
years after the date of enactment of this Act.
(i) No Additional Funds.--No additional funds are authorized to be 
appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act.
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