S3813-119

In Committee

CLEAR Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 10, 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

The bill adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Copyright Labeling and Ethical AI Reporting Act or the CLEAR Act and expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 2. It relies on reporting requirements, appropriations, compliance mandates, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Technology and Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Copyright Labeling and Ethical AI Reporting Act or the CLEAR Act.
  • Expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 2.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Copyright Labeling and Ethical AI Reporting Act or the CLEAR Act and expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 2.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Transportation

Primary Purpose

The bill adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Copyright Labeling and Ethical AI Reporting Act or the CLEAR Act and expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 2.

Policy Domains

Technology Transportation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 10, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Feb 10, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Feb 10, 2026

Mr. Schiff (for himself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following …

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 Transportation
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"artificial intelligence" §HC9794C806CFD421A8112A67CDBA440BC

an automated system designed to perform a task typically associated with human intelligence or cognitive function. The term copyrighted work means a work that is— protected under title 17, United States Code

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