AWARE Act

Bill: 119-hr-5360
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2025-09-15
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5360 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 15, 2025 Mrs. Houchin (for herself and Mr. Auchincloss ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To direct the Federal Trade Commission to develop and make available to the public educational resources for parents, educators, and minors with respect to the safe and responsible use of AI chatbots by minors, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the AI Warnings And Resources for Education Act or the AWARE Act . 2. AI chatbots and minors (a) Educational resources Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission, in consultation with relevant Federal agencies, shall develop and make available to the public educational resources for parents, educators, and minors with respect to the safe and responsible use of AI chatbots by minors. (b) Contents The educational resources developed and made available under subsection (a) shall include resources on— (1) how to identify safe and unsafe AI chatbot use; (2) privacy and data collection practices; and (3) best practices for parents supervising the use of AI chatbots by minors. (c) Youville The Commission shall model the educational resources developed and made available under subsection (a) on the Youville program of the Commission. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Artificial intelligence The term artificial intelligence has the meaning given such term in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 ( 15 U.S.C. 9401 ). (2) AI chatbot The term AI chatbot means an artificial intelligence system, marketed to and available for use by consumers, that engages in interactive, natural-language communication with a user and generates or selects content in response to user inputs (including text, voice, or other inputs) using a conversational context. (3) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. (4) Minor The term minor means an individual under the age of 18 years. (5) Parent The term parent includes a legal guardian of a minor.