United StatesAI Labeling Act of 2026
A citation is an address, not a summary. The first part names the law; what follows narrows it to the exact section, article or paragraph.
What follows is LexLint's own research summary of this law, not legal advice.
Proposed: draft date not recorded.
In committee, dated 24 June 2026, as of 12 September 2026.
An AI transparency rule binding private bodies.
As of 14 August 2026.
Where it has got to
The text described here is S. 4915 as introduced in the Senate. That print is S. 4915 IS, published 24 June 2026.
Locally, this stage is referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
The stage above is recorded at www.congress.gov.
Introduced and referred on 24 June 2026, with no committee action recorded.
What it requires
- Introduced and referred to committee with no vote taken, so this is a bill to watch rather than a duty to meet
- As introduced it would require a visible disclosure on AI-generated image, video, and audio content
- It would also require a machine-readable provenance record naming the system used and the time the content was created
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Penalty structure
As introduced, Section 2(d)(1) treats a violation of the disclosure duty as a violation of an FTC Act rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice under 15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B), the same chain COPPA and the TAKE IT DOWN Act use, which if enacted would draw 15 U.S.C. 45(m)(1)(A)'s civil penalty: a nominal $10,000 per violation, currently adjusted for inflation to $53,088 per violation (2025 figure) by 16 CFR 1.98. The bill has not been enacted, so this penalty is not currently in force.
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- 2 September 2026
- Currency
- USD
- Per violation unit
- Violation
- Per violation amount
- 53,088
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
As introduced, Section 2(d) would have the Federal Trade Commission enforce the visible AI-content disclosure duty as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under 15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B); a separate anti-circumvention prohibition in Section 3(a) would be enforced by the Attorney General of the United States (Section 4), a State attorney general as parens patriae (Section 5), and, for platform-to-platform harm, private civil actions (Section 6).
What it reaches
Obligation class
Disclosure, Content labelling
What this law does
Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.
As introduced, would require providers of generative AI systems to attach a visible disclosure to AI-generated image, video, and audio content, plus a machine-readable provenance record of the system used and the creation time, and would direct developers and major social media platforms to cooperate so users can identify content authenticity.
Introduced 24 June 2026 by a bipartisan group of senators and referred to the Senate Commerce Committee, with no committee vote or floor action found; it is the closest thing to a marquee federal AI-labeling proposal as of the date shown.
When LexLint raises it
generates_contentprocesses_voice
Read the law
official GovInfo bill text (introduced version)
Every line above is drawn from the primary source linked here, read on the date shown. This is a research summary, not legal advice.