# 116-hr-4355: IOGAN Act

116-hr-4355, IOGAN Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16] (R-OH); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-4355
- Congress: 116
- Title: IOGAN Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Introduced: 2019-09-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act or the IOGAN Act This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to support research on generative adversarial networks. A generative adversarial network is a software system designed to be trained with authentic inputs (e.g., photographs) to generate similar, but artificial, outputs (e.g., deepfakes). Specifically, the NSF must support research on the science and ethics of material produced by generative adversarial networks and NIST must support research to accelerate the development of tools to examine the function and outputs of generative adversarial networks.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2019-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] (R-IN), 2019-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hill, Katie [D-CA-25] (D-CA), 2019-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2019-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2019-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] (R-PR), 2019-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2019-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] (R-OK), 2019-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2019-10-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-748: CARES Act
- 116-hr-4091: ARPA–E Reauthorization Act of 2019
- 116-hr-1570: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020
- 116-hr-1044: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-4355 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4355)

## Related
- [116-hr-748: CARES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-748)
- [116-hr-4091: ARPA–E Reauthorization Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4091)
- [116-hr-1570: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1570)
- [116-hr-1044: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1044)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4355 (as of 2025-11-18).