S. 2455 · 119th Congress

TRAIN Act

Introduced on Jul 24, 2025 by Peter Welch (D-VT). 3 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Jul 24, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jul 24, 2025
Cosponsors
3
2 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

A bill to create an administrative subpoena process to assist copyright owners in determining which of their copyrighted works have been used in the training of artificial intelligence models.

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.

Peter WelchD-VTSponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

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

History

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  1. Jul 24, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 24, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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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. AT&T Services, Inc.8 reports
    $11.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AT&T TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC$10.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 94%
  2. AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA)4 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  3. NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE4 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  4. SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT)4 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSIC, INC.3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  6. Bria Artificial Intelligence Inc.3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  7. Getty Images Inc.3 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GETTY IMAGES (US), INC.$173.2K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  8. INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES2 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)
  9. International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM)2 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  10. Recording Academy2 reports
    $241.6K reported (all issues)
  11. THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.2 reports
    $4.4M reported (all issues)
  12. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)1 report
    $110K reported (all issues)
  13. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  14. Copyright Clearance Center1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER, INC.$84K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  15. Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO1 report
  16. WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST1 report

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • 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.