HISTORICAL OBSERVATION / ROW 104

Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act (Apr 24, 2026) — bipartisan bill directing NIST to set technical standards for AI-generated content provenance: digital watermarking, fingerprinting, metadata labeling for audio/visual

Title and labels preserved from the historical tracker.

Observed: May 4, 2026
Original stage: Bill introduced
Source: Nextgov/FCW 'Tech bills of the week' (Apr 2026) + Foushee press release + Quiver Quantitative
Actor label: Reps. Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Don Beyer (D-VA), James Moylan (R-Guam); NIST
Original source type: Press / Bill introduction

https://foushee.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-foushee-beyer-and-moylan-introduce-the-protecting-consumers-from-deceptive-ai-act-to-establish-accountability-and-transparency-standards-for-generative-ai

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Historical tracker · Signals sheet · row 104

Snapshot through 2026-06-19. Original stage labels are historical annotations; source availability and current status may differ.

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