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119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7110 
To require agencies that use, fund, or oversee algorithms to have an office 
of civil rights focused on bias, discrimination, and other harms of algo-
rithms, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2026 
Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. TLAIB, Mrs. RAMI-
REZ, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi, Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, Ms. BONAMICI, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mrs. FOUSHEE, and Mr. GREEN of Texas) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To require agencies that use, fund, or oversee algorithms 
to have an office of civil rights focused on bias, discrimi-
nation, and other harms of algorithms, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eliminating Bias in 
Algorithmic Systems Act of 2026’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 3502 of title 44, 
United States Code. 
(2) COVERED
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘covered 
agency’’ means an agency that— 
(A) uses, funds, or procures a covered al-
gorithm, or funds or otherwise participates in 
the development of a covered algorithm; or 
(B) oversees, regulates, or advises on the 
development or use of a covered algorithm. 
(3) COVERED ALGORITHM.—The term ‘‘covered 
algorithm’’ means a process that— 
(A) is— 
(i) a computational process that uses 
machine learning, natural language proc-
essing, artificial intelligence techniques, or 
other computational processing techniques 
of similar or greater complexity; or 
(ii) a computational process derived 
from a process described in clause (i); and 
(B) has the potential to have a material ef-
fect on the impact of, access to, availability of, 
eligibility for, cost of, terms of, or conditions 
of— 
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(i) a program operated or funded by 
an agency; 
(ii) an economic opportunity regulated 
by an agency; or 
(iii) rights protected by an agency. 
(4) PROTECTED
CHARACTERISTIC.—The term 
‘‘protected characteristic’’ means any of the fol-
lowing actual or perceived traits of an individual or 
group of individuals: 
(A) Race. 
(B) Color. 
(C) Ethnicity. 
(D) National origin, nationality, or immi-
gration status. 
(E) Religion. 
(F) Sex (including a sex stereotype, preg-
nancy, childbirth, or a related medical condi-
tion, sexual orientation or gender identity, and 
sex characteristics, including intersex traits). 
(G) Disability. 
(H) Limited English proficiency. 
(I) Biometric information. 
(J) Familial or marital status. 
(K) Source of income. 
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(L) Income level (not including the ability 
to pay for a specific good or service being of-
fered). 
(M) Age. 
(N) Veteran status. 
(O) Genetic information or medical condi-
tions. 
(P) Any other classification protected by 
Federal law. 
SEC. 3. CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICES AND REPORTING ON AI 
BIAS, DISCRIMINATION, AND OTHER HARMS. 
(a) OFFICES OF CIVIL RIGHTS.—The head of each 
covered agency shall ensure that the covered agency has 
an office of civil rights that employs experts and tech-
nologists focused on bias, discrimination, and other harms, 
including the effect or tendency to subject communities, 
groups, or individuals to bias based on, discrimination 
based on, or other harms attributable to possessing or 
being perceived as possessing a protected characteristic. 
(b) BIAS, DISCRIMINATION, AND OTHER HARMS RE-
PORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, each office of 
civil rights of a covered agency established under sub-
section (a) shall submit to each congressional committee 
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with jurisdiction over the covered agency a report that de-
tails— 
(1) the state of the field and technology of cov-
ered algorithms with respect to jurisdiction of the 
covered agency, including risks relating to bias based 
on, discrimination based on, and other harms attrib-
utable to possessing or being perceived as possessing 
a protected characteristic; 
(2) any relevant steps the covered agency has 
taken to mitigate harms from covered algorithms re-
lating to bias based on, discrimination based on, and 
other harms attributable to possessing or being per-
ceived as possessing a protected characteristic; 
(3) actions the covered agency has taken to en-
gage with relevant stakeholders, including industry 
representatives, businesses, civil rights advocates, 
consumer protection organizations, other relevant 
civil society organizations, academic experts, individ-
uals with technical expertise, organizations rep-
resenting workers, and affected populations, regard-
ing bias, discrimination, and other harms including 
the effect or tendency to subject communities, 
groups, or individuals to bias based on, discrimina-
tion based on, and other harms attributable to pos-
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sessing or being perceived as possessing a protected 
characteristic; and 
(4) any relevant recommendations for legisla-
tion or administrative action to mitigate bias based 
on, discrimination based on, and other harms attrib-
utable to possessing or being perceived as possessing 
a protected characteristic from covered algorithms, 
as determined appropriate by the head of the office. 
(c) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assist-
ant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Rights Divi-
sion of the Department of Justice shall establish an inter-
agency working group on covered algorithms and civil 
rights, of which each office of civil rights of a covered 
agency established under subsection (a) shall be a mem-
ber. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to each covered agency 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. 
Æ 
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