H.R. 7913 · 118th Congress

Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act of 2024

Introduced on Apr 9, 2024 by Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30). Latest action (Apr 9, 2024): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Apr 9, 2024
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Commerce
Open in the Congress explorerCongress.govAlert me

Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To require a notice be submitted to the Register of Copyrights with respect to copyrighted works used in building generative AI systems, and for other purposes.

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Adam B. SchiffD-CA-30Sponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Apr 9, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Apr 9, 2024Introduced in House
  3. Apr 9, 2024 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES10 reports
    $705K reported (all issues)
  2. NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  3. BROADCAST MUSIC, INC.4 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSIC, INC.3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA)3 reports
    $10K reported (all issues)
  6. American Federation of Musicians3 reports
    $61K reported (all issues)
  7. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers3 reports
    $330K reported (all issues)
  8. CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $4M reported (all issues)
  9. DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC.3 reports
  10. DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC3 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS LLCAI match · 99%
  11. ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $4.3M reported (all issues)
  12. Copyright Clearance Center1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER, INC.$84K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. Disney Worldwide Services, Inc.1 report
    $1.1M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.