,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eecb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ai1       
#bjai,ms4 ,wexton introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and 
,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize   
the ,director of the ,national ,science 
,foundation to establish prize          
competitions related to deep fake       
detection technology4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,deep    
,fake ,detection ,prize ,competition    
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3  7#a7 ,prize competitions   
have been used throughout ,america's    
history1 dating back to the designing of
 the ,united ,states ,capitol ,building 
in #agib4  7#b7 ,the ,america ,,competes
 ,reauthorization ,act granted authority
 for ,federal agencies to carry out     
prize competitions in order to stimulate
 innovation to advance each agency's    
mission4  7#c7 ,prize competitions      
provide a benefit to the ,american      

people by providing a high reward return
 on taxpayer dollars4  7#d7 ,since      
#bjaj1 ,federal agencies have conducted 
nearly #a1jjj prize competitions to help
 address some of our ,nation's greatest 
challenges4  7#e7 ,prize competitions at
 the ,national ,science ,foundation have
 helped to spark further research on    
important and emerging topics within    
data science1 engineering1 astrophysics1
 biology1 and other areas4  7#f7        
,artificial ,intelligence and machine   
learning 7,,ai_/,,ml7 are rapidly being 
developed for deployment across all     
sectors creating a demand for new       
innovation from researchers and         
developers in order to address          
technological and social challenges from
 ,,ai_/,,ml4  7#g7 ,,ai_/,,ml           
technologies are currently being used to
 create sophisticated deep fake videos1 
images1 and audio1 digital content that 
is manipulated in order to spread false 
information which can lead to a         
degradation of public trust and national

 security concerns4  7#h7 ,as deep fake 
technology continues to advance1 its    
detection will become increasingly      
difficult without new tools for digital 
forensics4  7#i7 ,although other        
,federal agencies are currently involved
 in supporting and conducting research  
into deep fake detection technology in  
the context of national security1       
research spurred by prize competitions  
at the ,national ,science ,foundation   
can have broader benefits for the       
,american public4  #c4 ,establishment of
 prize competition ,the ,director of the
 ,national ,science ,foundation shall   
carry out prize competitions pursuant to
 section #bd of the ,stevenson-,wydler  
,technology ,innovation ,act of #aihj   
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #cgai7 to incentivize    
research into technology that advances  
detection of deep fake audio1 images1   
and video4 ,the ,director shall consider
 conducting subsequent or recurring     
competitions to account for changing and
 advancing technologies4