# 119-s-2381: PROACTIV Artificial Intelligence Data Act of 2025

119-s-2381, PROACTIV Artificial Intelligence Data Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX); status introduced (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2381
- Congress: 119
- Title: PROACTIV Artificial Intelligence Data Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-22
- Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Creates a voluntary NIST-led framework to detect, remove, and report child pornography in datasets used to train AI systems.** It would also offer limited liability protection for AI developers and data collectors who follow the framework and fund NSF research into better detection and removal methods. - Families and children: Aims to reduce the presence of child pornography in AI training datasets by giving developers and data collectors clear methods to find and remove such material. - AI developers and data collectors: Would get guidelines, best practices, and a liability shield for actions done under the framework, while still facing civil exposure for intentional misconduct, actual malice, gross negligence, reckless disregard, or violations of 18 U.S.C. 2251. - Law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: Would receive required reports when child pornography is detected in covered datasets. - Researchers and NSF: The National Science Foundation would support research into new techniques for detecting, removing, and reporting child pornography, including work through its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships directorate.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Voluntary NIST guide for AI data: benefit, medium. This bill would direct NIST to publish a voluntary guide within 1 year. The guide would tell AI developers and data collectors how to detect, remove, and report child pornography in training datasets. NIST would build the guide with agencies, experts, and public comment. The guide would be voluntar…
- NSF research on dataset safety: benefit, low. This bill would direct NSF to support research on better ways to detect, remove, and report child pornography from AI training data. NSF could run work through its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships directorate and would coordinate with other federal agencies. The funding would support resear…
- Definitions that set who is covered: mixed, medium. This bill would define key terms like 'AI developer', 'AI deployer', 'AI user', 'data collector', and 'covered dataset'. It would use 18 U.S.C. 2256 to define child pornography. The definitions would decide who the NIST guide and liability shield apply to, including that covered datasets were creat…
- Liability shield for AI developers: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would generally protect AI developers and data collectors from lawsuits when they detect, remove, or report child pornography under the NIST guide. The shield would not apply for intentional misconduct, actual malice, reckless disregard, gross negligence, or violations of 18 U.…

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## Sources
- [119-s-2381 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2381)

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- [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-2381 (as of 2026-09-10).