‘‘(A) which appears to authentically depict 
any speech or conduct of a person who did not 
in fact engage in such speech or conduct; and 
‘‘(B) the production of which was substan-
tially dependent upon technical means, rather 
than the ability of another person to physically 
or verbally impersonate such person. 
‘‘(o) REPORTS.—The Attorney General, in coordina-
tion with other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit a 
report to Congress 5 years after the date of enactment 
of this section, and 5 years thereafter, describing trends 
related to prosecutions and civil penalties pursued under 
this section. 
‘‘§ 1042. Deepfakes victim assistance 
‘‘(a) COORDINATOR FOR VIOLATIONS DIRECTED BY 
FOREIGN NATION-STATES.—The Attorney General shall 
designate a coordinator in each United States Attorney’s 
Office to receive reports from the public regarding poten-
tial violations of section 1041 relating to deepfake depic-
tions produced or distributed by any foreign nation-state, 
or any agent acting on its behalf, and coordinate prosecu-
tions for any such violation. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATOR FOR FALSE INTIMATE DEPIC-
TIONS.—The Attorney General shall designate a coordi-
nator in each United States Attorney’s Office to receive 
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reports from the public regarding potential violations of 
section 1041 relating to deepfake depictions of an intimate 
and sexual nature, and coordinate prosecutions for any 
such violation. 
‘‘(c) PLAN AND GUIDANCE.—On the effective date of 
this section, the Attorney General shall publish a report 
containing— 
‘‘(1) a plan to effectuate and enforce section 
1041; 
‘‘(2) a description of the efforts of the Russian 
Federation and the People’s Republic of China, and 
such other states or groups as the Attorney General 
determines appropriate, to use deepfake technology 
to impact elections or public policy debates in the 
United States or other democracies; 
‘‘(3) a description of the impact of intimate and 
sexual deepfakes on women and marginalized com-
munities; and 
‘‘(4) in order to increase the likelihood of such 
prosecutions, official guidance to Federal prosecu-
tors regarding any potential legal concerns that may 
impede such prosecutions absent clarification.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘1041. Advanced technological false personation record. 
‘‘1042. Deepfakes victim assistance.’’. 
SEC. 3. TRANSPARENCY FACILITATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person who, in or affecting 
interstate or foreign commerce, for commercial purposes, 
develops a product that such person reasonably believes, 
in the context of the intended distribution of the product, 
will be used to produce deepfakes, as such term is defined 
in section 1041 of title 18, United States Code, as added 
by this Act, shall— 
(1) ensure such product has the technical capa-
bility to insert digital content provenance and disclo-
sures of the nature described in such section into 
such deepfakes; and 
(2) include terms of use or other analogous dis-
closures with such product, which require the user of 
such product to affirmatively acknowledge their gen-
eral awareness of their legal obligations under sec-
tion 1041 of title 18, United States Code. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT BY FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS-
SION.— 
(1) UNFAIR
OR
DECEPTIVE
ACTS
OR
PRAC-
TICES.—A violation of this section or a regulation 
promulgated under this section shall be treated as a 
violation of a regulation under section 18(a)(1)(B) 
of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 
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57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or 
practices. 
(2) POWERS
OF
COMMISSION.—The Federal 
Trade Commission shall enforce this section and the 
regulations promulgated under this section in the 
same manner, by the same means, and with the 
same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all 
applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incor-
porated into and made a part of this section. Any 
person who violates this section or a regulation pro-
mulgated under this section shall be subject to the 
penalties and entitled to the privileges and immuni-
ties provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
(3) RULEMAKING.—The Federal Trade Com-
mission may promulgate regulations, in accordance 
with section 553 of title 5, United States Code, to 
implement this section. 
SEC. 4. IN REM LITIGATION AGAINST FOREIGN AND UN-
KNOWN DEFENDANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A living person, or an affiliated 
corporate or other entity substantially connected to such 
living person, exhibited as engaging in falsified material 
activity in an advanced technological false personation 
record (as such term is defined in section 1041 of title 
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18, United States Code), and subject to the exceptions 
under section 1041(j) of such title, may file an in rem 
civil action against an advanced technological false 
personation record, in the judicial district in which such 
living person or related entity resides, if— 
(1) the producer of such advanced technological 
false personation record is in violation of any provi-
sion in section 1041 of title 18, United States Code, 
for which a private remedy is provided; and 
(2) the court finds that such living person or 
related entity— 
(A) is not able to obtain in personam juris-
diction over a person who would have been a 
defendant in a civil action in section 1041 of 
title 18, United States Code, as added by sec-
tion 2 of this Act; or 
(B) through reasonable due diligence was 
not able to find a person who would have been 
a defendant in a civil action under paragraph 
(1) by— 
(i) if practicable, sending a notice of 
the alleged violation and intent to proceed 
under this paragraph to the producer of 
the record; 
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