CHATBOT Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7985 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7985 To prohibit the marketing, advertising, or provision of professional services without the appropriate licenses, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2026 Mr. Mullin (for himself, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Soto, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. McClellan, and Ms. Schrier) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the marketing, advertising, or provision of professional services without the appropriate licenses, 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 ``Curbing Harmful AI Tools By Offering Transparency Act'' or the ``CHATBOT Act''. SEC. 2. AI CHATBOT TRANSPARENCY. (a) Prohibition; Requirement.-- (1) In general.--A covered entity may not provide the generation of output from an AI chatbot, or disseminate marketing or advertising materials, that, from the perspective of a reasonable user-- (A) indicate or imply possession of an appropriate license to practice a covered profession without, at that time, the possession of such license; and (B) falsely indicate or imply that the output is provided or verified by a human in possession of an appropriate license to practice a covered profession. (2) Imply defined.--For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), the term ``imply''-- (A) means a representation that a reasonable user would understand as claiming possession of a professional license, including a statement about credentials, qualifications, fictitious professional experience, or authoritative and conclusive recommendations, advice, or guidance that a