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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5532 

To authorize the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish 

prize competitions related to deep fake detection technology. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 19, 2019 

Ms. WEXTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To authorize the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish prize competitions related to deep fake 

detection technology. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deep Fake Detection 

5 Prize Competition Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Prize competitions have been used through9 out America’s history, dating back to the designing 

10 of the United States Capitol Building in 1792. 


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1 (2) The America COMPETES Reauthorization 

2 Act granted authority for Federal agencies to carry 

3 out prize competitions in order to stimulate innova4 tion to advance each agency’s mission. 

5 (3) Prize competitions provide a benefit to the 

6 American people by providing a high reward return 

7 on taxpayer dollars. 

8 (4) Since 2010, Federal agencies have con9 ducted nearly 1,000 prize competitions to help ad10 dress some of our Nation’s greatest challenges. 

11 (5) Prize competitions at the National Science 

12 Foundation have helped to spark further research on 

13 important and emerging topics within data science, 

14 engineering, astrophysics, biology, and other areas. 

15 (6) Artificial Intelligence and machine learning 

16 (AI/ML) are rapidly being developed for deployment 

17 across all sectors creating a demand for new innova18 tion from researchers and developers in order to ad19 dress technological and social challenges from AI/ 

20 ML. 

21 (7) AI/ML technologies are currently being 

22 used to create sophisticated deep fake videos, im23 ages, and audio, digital content that is manipulated 

24 in order to spread false information which can lead 


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1 to a degradation of public trust and national secu2 rity concerns. 

3 (8) As deep fake technology continues to ad4 vance, its detection will become increasingly difficult 

5 without new tools for digital forensics. 

6 (9) Although other Federal agencies are cur7 rently involved in supporting and conducting re8 search into deep fake detection technology in the 

9 context of national security, research spurred by 

10 prize competitions at the National Science Founda11 tion can have broader benefits for the American 

12 public. 

13 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIZE COMPETITION. 

14 The Director of the National Science Foundation 

15 shall carry out prize competitions pursuant to section 24 

16 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 

17 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719) to incentivize research into tech18 nology that advances detection of deep fake audio, images, 

19 and video. The Director shall consider conducting subse20 quent or recurring competitions to account for changing 

21 and advancing technologies. 

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