,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #chac  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #aj1 
#bjbf,mr4 ,schiff 7for himself and ,mr4 
,curtis7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require a notice be submitted to  
the ,register of ,copyrights with       
respect to copyrighted works used in    
building generative artificial          
intelligence models1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,copyright ,labeling
 and ,ethical ,,ai ,reporting ,act or   
the ,,clear ,act4  #b4 ,notice to be    
submitted to the ,register of           
,copyrights with respect to copyrighted 
works used in building generative ,,ai  
models  7a7 ,definitions ,in this       
section3 7#a7 ,artificial intelligence  
,the term artificial intelligence means 
an automated system designed to perform 
a task typically associated with human  
intelligence or cognitive function4     

7#b7 ,copyrighted work ,the term        
copyrighted work means a work that is-- 
7,a7 protected under title #ag1 ,united 
,states ,code2 and  7,b7 registered     
under section #djh1 or scheduled        
pursuant to section #adja1 of title #ag1
 ,united ,states ,code4  7#c7           
,generative ,,ai model ,the term        
generative ,,ai model means a           
combination of computer code and        
numerical values that is designed to use
 artificial intelligence to generate    
outputs in the form of expressive       
material1 such as text1 images1 audio1  
or video4  7#d7 ,register ,the term     
,register means the ,register of        
,copyrights4  7#e7 ,training dataset    
,the term training dataset means a      
collection of individual units of       
material1 including any combination of  
text1 images1 audio1 video1 or other    
categories of material1 and annotations1
 if any1 describing that material4  7b7 
,notice  7#a7 ,requirement ,a person    
that uses a training dataset in         

connection with the training or release 
of a generative ,,ai model shall submit 
to the ,register notice that contains-- 
7,a7 a sufficiently detailed summary of 
each copyrighted work in the training   
dataset2 and  7,b7 the ,uniform         
,resource ,locator for that training    
dataset1 if the training dataset is     
publicly available on the internet at   
the time the person submits the notice4 
7#b7 ,time for filing notice ,the notice
 required under paragraph 7#a7 shall be 
submitted-- 7,a7 not later than #cj days
 before the date on which the applicable
 generative ,,ai model is used          
commercially 7including when that use is
 internal to an organization7 or        
released 7without regard to whether that
 release is commercial in nature or     
whether that release is to the public or
 to a third party71 in the case that the
 generative ,,ai model is first used or 
released on or after the effective date 
of this ,act2 and  7,b7 not later than  
#cj days after the date on which the    

,register issues regulations under      
paragraph 7#c71 in the case that the    
applicable generative ,,ai model is     
first used or released before the       
effective date of this ,act4  7#c7      
,regulations ,not later than #ahj days  
after the effective date of this ,act1  
the ,register shall issue regulations   
establishing the form1 content1 and     
filing procedures for the notice        
required under this subsection4  7c7    
,enforcement  7#a7 ,cause of action ,if 
a person uses a copyrighted work in a   
manner described in subsection 7b7      
without submitting the notice required  
under that subsection1 the owner of the 
copyrighted work may bring an action in 
an appropriate district court of the    
,united ,states against that person4    
7#b7 ,penalties ,subject to paragraph   
7#c71 in an action brought under        
paragraph 7#a71 the court may-- 7,a7    
impose a civil penalty1 to be paid by   
the person against which the action is  
brought-- 7i7 in an amount that is not  

less than #e1jjj for each instance in   
which the person against which the      
action is brought failed to submit the  
required notice2 and  7ii7 which shall  
be paid to the ,register1 who shall use 
the penalty amount to offset the        
operating costs of the ,copyright       
,office2  7,b7 issue an injunction that 
requires the person against which the   
action is brought to stop using the     
applicable work in the manner described 
in subsection 7b7 until that person     
submits the notice required under that  
subsection2 and  7,c7 award to the owner
 of the applicable copyrighted work     
attorney's fees and expenses with       
respect to the action4  7#c7 ,limitation
  7,a7 ,in general ,in any year1 a      
person may not be subject to more than  
#b1ejj1jjj in total civil penalties     
imposed under paragraph 7#b77;,a74  7,b7
 ,other penalties remain available ,the 
limitation under subparagraph 7,a7 shall
 not affect the ability of the owner of 
a copyrighted work1 during the period in

 which that limitation applies1 to      
obtain a remedy described in            
subparagraph 7,b7 or 7,c7 of paragraph  
7#b7 with respect to an action brought  
by the owner under paragraph 7#a74  7d7 
,database ,the ,register shall establish
 and maintain a publicly available      
online database that contains each      
notice submitted under subsection       
7b77#a74  7e7 ,effective date ,this ,act
 shall take effect on the date that is  
#ahj days after the date of enactment of
 this ,act4