# 119-hr-6266: Algorithm Accountability Act

119-hr-6266, Algorithm Accountability Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6266
- Congress: 119
- Title: Algorithm Accountability Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Duty of care for recommendation-based algorithms**. This bill would require social media platforms to use reasonable care when designing, testing, deploying, operating, and maintaining recommendation systems to prevent reasonably foreseeable bodily injury or death. - Users and families: People harmed by content recommended by an algorithm could sue for compensatory and punitive damages if the harm was reasonably foreseeable and tied to the recommendation. - Platforms and startups: Covered platforms would lose Section 230(c)(1) liability protection for violations and face civil liability; services with fewer than 1,000,000 registered users are excluded from the "social media platform" definition. - Contracts and courts: Predispute arbitration agreements and predispute joint-action waivers would be invalid for these claims so courts, not arbitrators, decide scope and liability. - Legal limits and scope: The duty excludes purely chronological feeds and initial search results and cannot be enforced based on a speaker's viewpoint.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Easier to sue platforms for algorithm harms: benefit, high. If enacted, injured people could sue a platform in federal court. Claims would need to show a recommendation algorithm helped cause the harm and it was reasonably foreseeable. Plaintiffs could seek compensatory and punitive damages. Platforms that violate the duty would lose Section 230(c)(1) immun…
- New safety rules for social media algorithms: benefit, high. This bill would set safety rules for social media recommendation algorithms. Covered platforms would be for-profit services with 1,000,000+ users. Email, direct-messaging apps, teleconferencing, e-commerce review sites, audio streaming, and news or sports sites would be excluded. It targets systems…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-5509: Safe Step Act
- 119-hr-3946: FIGHT Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6266 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6266)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-5509: Safe Step Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5509)
- [119-hr-3946: FIGHT Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3946)
- [119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6955)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6266 (as of 2026-04-21).