# 119-s-1396: Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act of 2025

119-s-1396, Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] (D-WA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1396
- Congress: 119
- Title: Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-09
- Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**This bill would require clear, machine-readable provenance for AI-created or edited media to curb deceptive deepfakes and protect creators.** It would set national standards, fund research and education, and restrict using marked content to train AI without consent. - Creators and artists: Would require platforms and tools to get express consent and set terms or compensation before using content that carries provenance to train AI. It also clarifies that existing copyright rights remain unchanged. - Platforms and AI developers: Would have to adopt NIST-led standards and implement tamper-resistant, machine-readable watermarking and provenance on covered tools starting 2 years after enactment, and would be banned from removing that provenance. - Consumers, journalists, and enforcers: Would gain NIST research and public education on detection and provenance and could rely on Federal Trade Commission enforcement, state actions, and private lawsuits with a 4-year discovery-based statute of limitations for certain violations.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Big platforms must keep provenance: benefit, high. If enacted, a "covered platform" would be any U.S.-available site or app that makes at least $50,000,000 a year or had 25,000,000 monthly users for 3 of the last 12 months. Covered platforms could not remove, alter, or hide provenance so users cannot access it. Platforms are not liable only when re…
- Consent required to use content: benefit, medium. If enacted, companies could not use covered content that has provenance attached to train AI or make synthetic content for commercial use unless the content owner gives express, informed consent. Users must follow the owner's terms, including payment terms. The rule also covers content where proven…
- Enforcement and private remedies for provenance: benefit, medium. If enacted, the FTC would enforce the bill as an unfair or deceptive practice. State attorneys general could also sue for residents but must usually notify the FTC first. People who own covered content could bring private suits if provenance is tampered with or rules are broken. Courts could order…
- Standards and tool provenance rules: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would define key terms like "content provenance," "synthetic content," and "watermarking." It would direct NIST to make voluntary standards, run research, and start a public education campaign within 1 year. Two years after enactment, commercial tools that create or change cont…

## Related bills

- 119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-725: Enhancing First Response Act
- 119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1396 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1396)

## Related
- [119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-524)
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-725: Enhancing First Response Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-725)
- [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1396 (as of 2026-09-10).