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HR7151119th CongressWALLET

Artificial Intelligence Public Awareness and Education Campaign Act

Sponsored By: Representative Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]

Introduced

Summary

AI consumer literacy: This bill would create a Commerce Department-led public education campaign to show where artificial intelligence appears in daily life and help people understand its capabilities and limits.

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  • Produces clear, public-facing materials that explain common AI tasks and commercial uses, including content generation, recommendation systems, automated decision-making, and fraud detection. Materials must be mobile-friendly, multilingual, and pushed via television, radio, and internet platforms.
  • Identifies populations vulnerable to AI-enabled scams, including senior citizens, and conducts targeted outreach to inform and inoculate those groups against fraud.
  • Works with the Small Business Administration and its resource partners like Small Business Development Centers and SCORE to tailor and distribute materials for small business owners.
  • Highlights workforce and education pathways, including federal job opportunities for technologists and college-level training options.
  • Requires the Secretary to set key performance indicators and collect baseline data, launch the campaign within 180 days, report results to Congress annually, and end the campaign five years after enactment.

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AI education campaign for consumers

If enacted, the Secretary of Commerce would set up a national public education campaign on artificial intelligence within 180 days. The campaign would teach how AI is used, its limits, how to protect personal data, and how to spot AI-generated or modified media. Materials would include small-business guidance with the SBA, multilingual mobile-friendly pages, and distribution by TV, radio, and internet platforms. The Secretary would define KPIs, get baseline data, update materials each year, and report to Congress annually. The campaign would end five years after enactment and the bill would not authorize any new appropriations.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]

CA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 1/20/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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