,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eaga  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bi1     
#bjbf,ms4 ,duckworth 7for herself and   
,ms4 ,murkowski7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require a study of     
,,ai-enabled toys and development of a  
joint action plan regarding the         
marketing and sale of ,,ai-enabled toys4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,children's ,artificial    
,intelligence ,toy ,safety ,act of      
#bjbf4  #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 
7#a7 ,,ai-enabled toy ,the term         
,,ai-enabled toy means any toy equipped 
with artificial intelligence designed to
 engage in two-way interaction with a   
user4  7#b7 ,artificial intelligence    
,the term artificial intelligence has   
the meaning given such term in section  
#ejjb of the ,national ,artificial      
,intelligence ,initiative ,act of #bjbj 

7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #idja74  7#c7 ,artificial
 intelligence chatbot ,the term         
artificial intelligence chatbot means   
artificial intelligence that1 in an     
open-ended natural-language or          
multimodal manner-- 7,a7 accepts user   
input2  7,b7 engages in interactive     
conversations with a user2 and  7,c7    
provides outputs that are not-- 7i7     
pre-determined or scripted2 or  7ii7    
limited to contextualized replies or to 
a narrow1 specified purpose1 such as--  
7,i7 customer service2  7,,ii7 any      
operational purpose of a business2      
7,,iii7 productivity and analysis       
related to source information2  7,,iv7  
internal research2 or  7,v7 technical   
assistance4  7#d7 ,child ,the term child
 means an individual under #ad years of 
age4  7#e7 ,developer ,the term         
developer means any person who designs1 
creates1 programs1 maintains1 or assumes
 responsibility for artificial          
intelligence intended for use by        
consumers4  7#f7 ,manufacturer ,the term

 manufacturer has the meaning given such
 term in section #c of the ,consumer    
,product ,safety ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#bjeb74  7#g7 ,toy ,the term toy has the
 meaning given the term children's toy  
in section #ajh7;g77#a7 of the ,consumer
 ,product ,safety ,improvement ,act of  
#bjjh 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #bjeg;c7g77#a774   
#c4 ,study ,the ,national ,academies of 
,sciences1 ,engineering1 and ,medicine  
shall conduct a study regarding         
,,ai-enabled toys that assesses-- 7#a7  
the risk of injury 7including physical1 
mental1 emotional1 and social injury7 to
 children in different stages of        
development from ,,ai-enabled toys and  
artificial intelligence chatbots2  7#b7 
educational outcomes resulting from     
using ,,ai-enabled toys outside of an   
educational setting2  7#c7 the adoption 
and utilization of parental controls on 
,,ai-enabled toys by consumers2  7#d7   
the legal and ethical boundaries of     
marketing artificial intelligence       
chatbots and ,,ai-enabled toys to       

children2  7#e7 whether any evidence    
relating to the potential risks to      
children posed by ,,ai-enabled toys     
warrants temporarily suspending the     
marketing and sale of such toys to      
children2  7#f7 actions that ,congress1 
,federal agencies1 developers1 and      
manufacturers can take to protect       
children from any risks and harms       
associated with ,,ai-enabled toys2 and  
7#g7 any other issue regarding          
,,ai-enabled toys the ,national         
,academies of ,sciences1 ,engineering1  
and ,medicine determines to be          
appropriate4  #d4 ,joint action plan    
,not later than #b years after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the ,federal 
,trade ,commission and the ,consumer    
,product ,safety ,commission shall      
submit to the ,committee on ,commerce1  
,science1 and ,transportation of the    
,senate1 the ,committee on ,health1     
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions of the
 ,senate1 the ,committee on ,energy and 
,commerce of the ,house of              

,representatives1 and the ,committee on 
,education and ,workforce of the ,house 
of ,representatives a joint action plan 
to improve the safety of ,,ai-enabled   
toys1 which shall contain-- 7#a7        
recommendations regarding-- 7,a7        
legislation or administrative action2   
7,b7 any requirements for disclosing to 
consumers when artificial intelligence  
has been integrated into a toy2 and     
7,c7 regulations regarding voluntary or 
enforceable marketing standards1        
voluntary or enforceable safety         
guidelines1 periodic independent review 
of ,,ai-enabled toys1 or permanent or   
temporary prohibitions on the sale of   
,,ai-enabled toys for the purpose of    
protecting public health or safety2 and 
7#b7 a description of any consumer and  
public education initiatives regarding  
,,ai-enabled toys that the ,federal     
,trade ,commission and ,consumer        
,product ,safety ,commission plan to    
undertake4