# 119-hr-5511: Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2025 119-hr-5511, Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5511 - As of: 2026-09-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-5511 - Congress: 119 - Title: Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2025 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-09-19 - Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY) - Cosponsors: 32 - Policy area: Commerce - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-09-21 ## Summary **Algorithmic accountability** is the core goal. The Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2025 would require the Federal Trade Commission to police high‑impact algorithms by making covered companies run ongoing impact assessments and submit public summary reports. - Consumers and families would gain a public, searchable repository and annual summaries that identify algorithms affecting critical decisions like housing, employment, health, and show how to contest, correct, or opt out. - Covered businesses and developers that meet size or data thresholds — for example $50 million in average annual receipts or $250 million in equity value plus identifying information on more than 1,000,000 consumers — would have to document testing, data sources, performance metrics, differential impacts, and mitigation steps in submitted impact assessments and summary reports. - Researchers, regulators, and state enforcers would get anonymized, machine‑readable annual reports and a quarterly‑updated repository to study trends and harms, and State attorneys general could bring civil actions for violations with the FTC able to intervene. ## Cosponsors (32) - Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2026-04-29T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2026-06-25T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - More tech staff at the FTC: benefit, medium. If enacted, the FTC would set up a Bureau of Technology led by a Chief Technologist. The Chair would hire at least 50 staff within 2 years and could use special hiring rules. The Chair could also add 25 staff to enforcement. Congress could provide “such sums as are necessary” to fund these hires. T… - Public site and yearly reports on algorithms: benefit, medium. If enacted, the FTC would build a public website that shows limited, standard info about covered algorithms. It would start work within 180 days after the FTC issues rules and launch the site within 180 days after the rules take effect. The site would be searchable, updated every quarter, and inclu… - FTC guidance, coordination, and 5-year reviews: benefit, low. If enacted, the FTC would publish guidance, templates, and training to help firms know if they are covered and how to comply. The FTC would update these materials over time. The agency would review its rules at least every 5 years. It would share summary reports securely with NIST, OSTP, and other… - Stronger enforcement by FTC and states: cost, medium. If enacted, breaking these rules would be illegal, and helping someone break them would also be illegal. The FTC would treat violations like breaking an unfair-or-deceptive-practice rule and could use its usual penalties. State attorneys general could sue in federal court for their residents and us… - New risk checks and reports for algorithms: cost, medium. If enacted, covered companies would need to run impact assessments before and after they deploy covered algorithms. They would have to file an initial summary before launch and a yearly summary after that. The FTC would write the rules within 2 years, and the rules would start 2 years after they ar… - Which companies and algorithms would be covered: cost, medium. If enacted, this bill would set which algorithms and companies are covered. It would cover machine learning and similar tools that make or shape important decisions. It would define “critical decisions” like jobs, school, utilities, housing, health care, and financial services. A company would be c… ## Related bills - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 - 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act - 119-hr-15: Equality Act - 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-hr-5511 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5511) ## Related - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51) - [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20) - [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390) - [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15) - [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5511 (as of 2026-09-21).