IOGAN Act
Latest action · Dec 23, 2020 Became Public Law No: 116-258.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 20, 2019
- Passed SenateNov 18, 2020
- Passed HouseDec 8, 2020
- To the PresidentDec 11, 2020
- Became lawDec 23, 2020Public Law 116-258
Summary
Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act or the IOGAN Act
This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to support research on generative adversarial networks. A generative adversarial network is a software system designed to be trained with authentic inputs (e.g., photographs) to generate similar, but artificial, outputs (e.g., deepfakes).
Specifically, the NSF must support research on manipulated or synthesized content and information authenticity and the NIST must support research for the development of measurements and standards necessary to accelerate the development of the technological tools to examine the function and outputs of generative adversarial networks or other technologies that synthesize or manipulate content.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 20, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Nov 20, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2019Markup May 20, 2020Reported Nov 9, 2020 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 23, 2020Signed by President.
- Dec 23, 2020Became Public Law No: 116-258.
- Dec 11, 2020Presented to President.
- Dec 8, 2020Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7022-7023)
- Dec 8, 2020Mr. Tonko asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
- Dec 8, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7022-7023)
- Dec 8, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Nov 19, 2020Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 19, 2020Received in the House.
- Nov 19, 2020Held at the desk.
- Nov 18, 2020Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7082-7083; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7082-7083)
- Nov 9, 2020Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-289.
- Nov 9, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 580.
- May 20, 2020Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Nov 20, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Nov 20, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7022Text printed H7022 | Paul Tonko D-NY | Dec 8, 2020 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7082, S7083Amendments S7082 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Nov 18, 2020 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 23, 2020S. 2904, Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 20, 2020
CRS reports 6
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 6
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48555 | Regulating Artificial Intelligence: U.S. and International Approaches and Considerations for Congress | Report | Jun 4, 2025 |
| IF12426 | Generative Artificial Intelligence: Overview, Issues, and Considerations for Congress | Resource | Apr 2, 2025 |
| R47644 | Artificial Intelligence: Overview, Recent Advances, and Considerations for the 118th Congress Archived | Report | Aug 4, 2023 |
| IF11333 | Deep Fakes and National Security Archived | Resource | Apr 17, 2023 |
| R46795 | Artificial Intelligence: Background, Selected Issues, and Policy Considerations Archived | Report | May 19, 2021 |
Titles 13
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support research on the outputs that may be generated by generative adversarial networks, otherwise known as deepfakes, and other comparable techniques that may be developed in the future, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act
- IOGAN Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- IOGAN Act
- Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- IOGAN Act
- Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act
- IOGAN Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- IOGAN Act
- Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act
- IOGAN Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Digital media
- Government studies and investigations
- Intergovernmental relations
- Photography and imaging
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Research ethics
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Technology assessment
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Nov 18, 2020Engrossed in Senate
- Nov 9, 2020Reported to Senate
- Nov 20, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
