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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 Copy-
rights with respect to copyrighted works used in building 
generative AI systems, 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 ‘‘Generative AI Copy-
right Disclosure Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. NOTICE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE REGISTER OF 
COPYRIGHTS 
WITH 
RESPECT 
TO 
COPY-
RIGHTED WORKS USED IN BUILDING GEN-
ERATIVE AI SYSTEMS. 
(a) NOTICE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—A person who creates a 
training dataset, or alters a training dataset (includ-
ing by making an update to, refining, or retraining 
the dataset) in a significant manner, that is used in 
building a generative AI system shall submit to the 
Register a notice that contains— 
(A) a sufficiently detailed summary of any 
copyrighted works used— 
(i) in the training dataset (in the case 
that the person creates the dataset); or 
(ii) to alter the training dataset (in 
the case that the person alters the training 
data in a significant manner); and 
(B) the URL for such dataset (in the case 
of a training dataset that is publicly available 
on the internet at the time the notice is sub-
mitted). 
(2) TIME FOR FILING NOTICE.—The notice re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall be submitted— 
(A) not later than 30 days before the gen-
erative AI system with respect to which the 
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training dataset is used is made available to 
consumers, in the case that the generative AI 
system is first made available to consumers 
after the date on which this Act takes effect; 
and 
(B) not later than 30 days after the date 
on which this Act takes effect, in the case that 
the generative AI system with respect to which 
the training dataset was used was made avail-
able to consumers before the effective date of 
this Act. 
(b) CIVIL PENALTY.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT.—Any person described under 
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) that fails to comply 
with a requirement under such subsection shall be 
assessed a civil penalty in an amount not less than 
$5,000. 
(2) REGULATIONS.— Not later than 180 days 
after the date on which this Act takes effect, the 
Register shall issue regulations to implement the re-
quirement under paragraph (1). 
(c) DATABASE.—The Register shall establish and 
maintain a publicly available online database that contains 
each notice filed under subsection (a)(1). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE.—The term 
‘‘Artificial Intelligence’’ means an automated system 
designed to perform a task typically associated with 
human intelligence or cognitive function. 
(2) COPYRIGHTED
WORK.—The term ‘‘copy-
righted work’’ means a work protected in the United 
States under a law relating to copyrights. 
(3) GENERATIVE AI MODEL.—The term ‘‘gen-
erative AI model’’ means a combination of computer 
code and numerical values designed to use Artificial 
Intelligence to generate outputs in the form of ex-
pressive material such as text, images, audio, or 
video. 
(4) GENERATIVE AI SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘gen-
erative AI system’’ means a software product or 
service that— 
(A) substantially incorporates one or more 
generative AI models; and 
(B) is designed for use by consumers. 
(5) REGISTER.—The term ‘‘Register’’ means 
the Register of Copyrights. 
(6) TRAINING DATASET.—The term ‘‘training 
dataset’’ means a collection of individual units of 
material (including a combination of text, images, 
audio, or other categories of expressive material, as 
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well as annotations describing the material) used to 
train a generative AI model. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect on 
the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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