H.R. 2794 · 119th Congress

NO FAKES Act of 2025

Introduced on Apr 9, 2025 by Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27). 10 cosponsors, 6 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 9, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Apr 9, 2025
Cosponsors
10
6 from the other party
Policy area
Commerce
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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 protect intellectual property rights in the voice and visual likeness of individuals, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Administrative remedies
  • Art, artists, authorship
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Computers and information technology
  • Department of Commerce
  • Digital media
  • Federal preemption
  • Intellectual property
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Music
  • Photography and imaging
  • Sound recording

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Apr 9, 2025). Public domain.

Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2025 or the NO FAKES Act of 2025

This bill creates a federal intellectual property right to protect individuals from unauthorized digital replicas (e.g., digital content made using generative artificial intelligence) of their voice and visual likeness.

Specifically, the bill gives each individual or right holder the right to authorize the use of the individual's voice or visual likeness (1) in a digital replica, or (2) for a product or service requiring authorization to avoid liability under the bill. This property right is not assignable during the individual’s lifetime but is licensable and does not expire upon the death of the individual.

Generally, any individual or entity that engages in specified prohibited activities (e.g., distributing a digital replica without authorization) shall be liable in a civil action and subject to related penalties. The bill exempts specified uses from liability, such as categories of conduct likely to involve protected speech under the First Amendment (e.g., news reporting, sports broadcasts, and satire).

The bill establishes a notice-and-takedown process for unauthorized digital replicas. The bill establishes penalties related to false or deceptive notice.

The bill expressly preempts state laws related to digital replicas except for causes of action under state statutes or common law in existence as of January 2, 2025.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Maria Elvira SalazarR-FL-27Sponsor

Democrats · 6

Republicans · 4

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, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Apr 9, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Apr 9, 2025 · 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. THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.12 reports
    $6.5M reported (all issues)
  2. ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION11 reports
    $8.7M reported (all issues)
  3. Google Client Services LLC10 reports
    $19.5M reported (all issues)
  4. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.10 reports
    $15.7M reported (all issues)
  5. INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION9 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)
  6. Recording Academy8 reports
    $718.3K reported (all issues)
  7. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSIC, INC.5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  8. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION5 reports
    Federal contractor: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  9. American Association for Justice5 reports
    $7.8M reported (all issues)
  10. BROADCAST MUSIC, INC.5 reports
    $350K reported (all issues)
  11. COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION5 reports
  12. COUNCIL FOR INNOVATION PROMOTION (C4IP)5 reports
    $440K reported (all issues)
  13. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.5 reports
    $87.7M reported (all issues)
  14. DIGITAL MEDIA ASSN5 reports
    $927.9K reported (all issues)
  15. Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO5 reports
  16. Disney Worldwide Services, Inc.5 reports
    $5.5M reported (all issues)
  17. Getty Images Inc.5 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GETTY IMAGES (US), INC.$173.2K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  18. SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT)5 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  19. Software & Information Industry Association5 reports
    $6.4M reported (all issues)
  20. Spotify USA Inc.5 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)
  21. TNC (US) Holdings, Inc.5 reports
    $710K reported (all issues)
  22. UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP5 reports
    $3.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSAL MUSIC - MGB NA LLC$46.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  23. Academy of Television Art & Sciences4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  24. Bria Artificial Intelligence Inc.4 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  25. SESAC Rights Management, Inc.4 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  26. AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE - DBA LEAGUE OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS3 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  27. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM)3 reports
    $3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION$586.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  28. Independent Film & Television Alliance3 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  29. OPERA America3 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  30. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS2 reports
    $5.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100%
  31. PARAMOUNT GLOBAL2 reports
    $2.9M reported (all issues)
  32. ​Paramount Skydance Corporation (FKA Paramount Global)2 reports
    $3.1M reported (all issues)
  33. ADOBE INC1 report
    Federal contractor: ADOBE INCAI match · 100%
  34. American Medical Association1 report
    $5.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  35. DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC.1 report
    $80K reported (all issues)
  36. ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  37. PINTEREST, INC.1 report
    $210K reported (all issues)
  38. ​Paramount Skydance Corporation1 report
    $1.5M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 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.