H.R. 8893, the Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act, advanced out of committee on July 7, 2026.
H.R. 8893 — Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act
What it does
This bill directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish task forces within 90 days to develop technical standards and guidelines for identifying and labeling AI-generated content across audio, video, and text. The task forces will work on watermarking, digital fingerprinting, and metadata systems to help consumers and platforms distinguish human-created from AI-generated content, with reports due to Congress annually for five years.
Quorum's transparency scan gave Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act a moderate transparency flag.
What happens next
H.R. 8893 advanced out of committee. Next stop: a floor vote.
Who is behind it
Filed by Valerie Foushee. Cosponsored by Brian Fitzpatrick, Donald Beyer, Eugene Vindman and James (Jim) Moylan.