# 119-hr-8893: Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act

119-hr-8893, Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8893
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-05-19
- Sponsor: Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-24

## Summary

**Creates NIST-led task forces to develop technical standards for identifying and labeling content created or substantially changed by generative AI.** The focus is on verifiable provenance metadata, hard-to-remove watermarks, and digital fingerprinting for audio, visual, and text content.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] (R-GU), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2026-07-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Standards to identify AI-created content: benefit, high. This bill would require the NIST Director to set up task forces within 90 days after enactment. The task forces would develop technical standards and guidelines to identify audio, video, and text content created or substantially modified by generative AI. Each task force would deliver recommendatio…

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- 119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3277: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8893 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8893)

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- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1065)
- [119-hr-3277: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3277)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8893 (as of 2026-10-24).