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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7913 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 9, 2024 

Mr. SCHIFF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

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. 

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 ‘‘Generative AI Copy5 right Disclosure Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NOTICE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE REGISTER OF 

2 COPYRIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO COPY3 RIGHTED WORKS USED IN BUILDING GEN4 ERATIVE AI SYSTEMS. 

5 (a) NOTICE.— 

6 (1) REQUIREMENT.—A person who creates a 

7 training dataset, or alters a training dataset (includ8 ing by making an update to, refining, or retraining 

9 the dataset) in a significant manner, that is used in 

10 building a generative AI system shall submit to the 

11 Register a notice that contains— 

12 (A) a sufficiently detailed summary of any 

13 copyrighted works used— 

14 (i) in the training dataset (in the case 

15 that the person creates the dataset); or 

16 (ii) to alter the training dataset (in 

17 the case that the person alters the training 

18 data in a significant manner); and 

19 (B) the URL for such dataset (in the case 

20 of a training dataset that is publicly available 

21 on the internet at the time the notice is sub22 mitted). 

23 (2) TIME FOR FILING NOTICE.—The notice re24 quired by paragraph (1) shall be submitted— 

25 (A) not later than 30 days before the gen26 erative AI system with respect to which the 


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1 training dataset is used is made available to 

2 consumers, in the case that the generative AI 

3 system is first made available to consumers 

4 after the date on which this Act takes effect; 

5 and 

6 (B) not later than 30 days after the date 

7 on which this Act takes effect, in the case that 

8 the generative AI system with respect to which 

9 the training dataset was used was made avail10 able to consumers before the effective date of 

11 this Act. 

12 (b) CIVIL PENALTY.— 

13 (1) ASSESSMENT.—Any person described under 

14 paragraph (1) of subsection (a) that fails to comply 

15 with a requirement under such subsection shall be 

16 assessed a civil penalty in an amount not less than 

17 $5,000. 

18 (2) REGULATIONS.— Not later than 180 days 

19 after the date on which this Act takes effect, the 

20 Register shall issue regulations to implement the re21 quirement under paragraph (1). 

22 (c) DATABASE.—The Register shall establish and 

23 maintain a publicly available online database that contains 

24 each notice filed under subsection (a)(1). 

25 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term 

2 ‘‘Artificial Intelligence’’ means an automated system 

3 designed to perform a task typically associated with 

4 human intelligence or cognitive function. 

5 (2) COPYRIGHTED WORK.—The term ‘‘copy6 righted work’’ means a work protected in the United 

7 States under a law relating to copyrights. 

8 (3) GENERATIVE AI MODEL.—The term ‘‘gen9 erative AI model’’ means a combination of computer 

10 code and numerical values designed to use Artificial 

11 Intelligence to generate outputs in the form of ex12 pressive material such as text, images, audio, or 

13 video. 

14 (4) GENERATIVE AI SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘gen15 erative AI system’’ means a software product or 

16 service that— 

17 (A) substantially incorporates one or more 

18 generative AI models; and 

19 (B) is designed for use by consumers. 

20 (5) REGISTER.—The term ‘‘Register’’ means 

21 the Register of Copyrights. 

22 (6) TRAINING DATASET.—The term ‘‘training 

23 dataset’’ means a collection of individual units of 

24 material (including a combination of text, images, 

25 audio, or other categories of expressive material, as 


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1 well as annotations describing the material) used to 

2 train a generative AI model. 

3 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect on 

4 the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment 

5 of this Act. 

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