Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022
Latest action · Feb 4, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022
This bill requires certain businesses that use automated decision systems to make critical decisions to study and report about the impact of those systems on consumers. Critical decisions include those that have a significant effect on a consumer's life such as the cost or availability of health care, housing, educational opportunities, or financial services.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in consultation with relevant stakeholders, must issue regulations to implement the bill. The bill provides for enforcement by the FTC and specified state officials.
Further, the bill establishes a Bureau of Technology to advise the FTC about the technological aspects of its functions.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 3, 2022 to Dec 21, 2022; 31 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Feb 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Jun 8, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Jun 8, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Nov 3, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Nov 3, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Dec 21, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 3, 2022 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Feb 4, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
- Feb 3, 2022Introduced in House
- Feb 3, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 22, February 3, 2022, page H947.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-70 | HOLDING BIG TECH ACCOUNTABLE: LEGISLATION TO PROTECT ONLINE USERS156 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Mar 1, 2022 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3572 | Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 | Identical bill | Feb 3, 2022 |
| HR 5628 | Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | Sep 22, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Federal Trade Commission to require impact assessments of automated decision systems and augmented critical decision processes, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 3, 2022Introduced in House
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.
