Safeguarding Against Fabricated Exploitation Through Artificial Intelligence Act of 2026

This bill would bar federal agencies from buying or using AI tools that create realistic images or video if those tools fail federal standards on child sexual abuse material and non-consensual intimate images, or if a federal court finds they generated such content. Agencies and their contractors would have to remove these tools within 180 days, and the General Services Administration and agencies would review their products on a regular schedule. The National Institute of Standards and Technology would set performance benchmarks and run a voluntary vendor testing program. The bill would also ban selling tools designed to get around AI controls that block child pornography, and would let affected individuals and developers sue, with statutory damages of $50,000.

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Sponsors

• Mark R. Warner Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors