Federal agencies would disclose AI use in major decisions

Agencies would notify people when AI helps drive major decisions about them and provide an appeal process for unfavorable decisions. Notices would explain AI's role in the decision. Agencies would publish appeal instructions, set a maximum time for handling appeals, and let people track their requests. Agencies would implement the guidance within 180 days after it is issued or updated.

Agencies would identify AI services when people begin using them. These rules would cover agency AI services that replace or imitate human work. People would have a way to seek timely help from a person. Notices would repeat during long interactions and explain how agencies use identifying information, including that it will not go to private companies. Agencies would implement this guidance within 180 days after it is issued or updated.

Agencies could not require people to create private accounts for federal services. The data limits would cover information collected, created, or accessed while carrying out contracts under the bill. Vendors could use covered contract data for profiles only to directly carry out the contract and could not use it for ads. Agencies and outside AI providers could not link agency AI interactions to users' personal or commercial accounts with that provider.

Agencies would provide complete, unedited records in a computer-readable format. This would cover a person's own interactions with agency AI tools that communicate with the public. The agency would check the requester's identity before releasing a requested copy. Requested copies would be due within three business days of receiving the request. The service would also allow immediate transcript downloads or emails when the interaction ends.

Agencies would publish inventories and data showing how their AI-assisted decision systems perform and what errors occur. The inventories would identify AI-assisted decision processes, contracts, vendors, and covered major decisions. All of the bill's requirements would end 10 years after the guidance is issued. Inventories would be due within 180 days of enactment. Agencies would implement the reporting guidance within 180 days after it is issued or updated.