Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5511 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5511 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to require impact assessments of certain algorithms, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 19, 2025 Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Bell, Ms. Brown, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Figures, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Norton, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Veasey, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Federal Trade Commission to require impact assessments of certain algorithms, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Biometrics.--The term ``biometrics'' means any information that represents a biological, physiological, or behavioral attribute or feature of a consumer. (2) Chair.--The term ``Chair'' means the Chair of the Commission. (3) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal Trade Commission. (4) Consumer.--The term ``consumer'' means an individual. (5) Covered algorithm.--The term ``covered algorithm'' means a computational process derived from machine learning, natural language processing, artificial intelligence techniques, or other computational processing techniques of similar or greater complexity, that, with respect to a consequential action-- (A) creates or faci