HR7985-119

In Committee

CHATBOT Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 18, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, CHATBOT Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Civil Rights, Healthcare.

Who Benefits and How

technology companies and users of digital services may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H67009A3921414A3CB7AEFC6736845A14: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Curbing Harmful AI Tools By Offering Transparency Act or the CHATBOT Act.
  • Section H00A24FC70371446FA75049558F287CF5: 2. AI Chatbot Transparency A covered entity may not provide the generation of output from an AI chatbot, or disseminate marketing or advertising materials,...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, CHATBOT Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Civil Rights, Healthcare

Primary Purpose

This bill, CHATBOT Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Civil Rights Healthcare

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • technology companies and users of digital services
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
technology companies and users of digital services:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • technology companies and users of digital services
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
technology companies and users of digital services:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 18, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Mar 18, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 18, 2026

Mr. Mullin (for himself, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Soto, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Technology Civil Rights Healthcare
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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