ASK Act

Subjects: Science, Technology, Communications


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1626 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1626

To require the Federal Communications Commission, in consultation with 
the Federal Trade Commission, to issue rules prohibiting entities from 
   offering minor consumers artificial intelligence features in the 
  products of those entities without parental consent, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 16, 2023

  Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read 
     twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Federal Communications Commission, in consultation with 
the Federal Trade Commission, to issue rules prohibiting entities from 
   offering minor consumers artificial intelligence features in the 
  products of those entities without parental consent, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``AI Shield for Kids Act'' or the 
``ASK Act''.

SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF RULES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial 
        intelligence'' has the meaning given the term in section 238(g) 
        of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 
        Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 2358 note).
            (2) Minor.--The term ``minor'' means an individual who is 
        younger than 18 years of age.
            (3) Product.--The term ``product'' includes a program, 
        service, application, or other product.
            (4) User.--The term ``user'' means an individual who is a 
        user or customer with respect to a product offered or operated 
        by an entity.
    (b) Issuance of Rules.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission, in 
consultation with the Federal Trade Commission, shall issue rules that 
provide that, with respect to any product offered or operated by an 
entity--
            (1) the entity may not offer to a minor user of the product 
        any artificial intelligence feature, including an artificial 
        intelligence chat feature, as part of the product unless a 
        parent or guardian of the minor user affirmatively grants 
        consent to accept that artificial intelligence feature on 
        behalf of the minor user;
            (2) after granting consent under paragraph (1), a parent or 
        guardian of the applicable minor user may revoke that consent 
        at any time; and
            (3) with respect to the revocation of consent under 
        paragraph (2), the entity may not charge the parent or guardian 
        revoking consent a fee for the removal by the entity of the 
        applicable artificial intelligence feature.
    (c) Violations.--A violation of a rule issued under subsection (b) 
shall be considered to be a violation of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) or a rule issued under that Act.
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