House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Bots Research Act
Official title: To direct the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to establish a task force for the purpose of studying the effects of automated accounts on social media, public discourse, and elections.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 9, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 9, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10775.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeSAULNIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 159, October 9, 2026, Page H6036):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10775, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10775
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark DeSaulnier.
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- H.R. 5731 (119th) School Food Modernization Act
- H.R. 6849 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2121 Meridian Park Boulevard in Concord, California, as the "Carl…
- H.R. 7590 (119th) Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act
- H.R. 8073 (119th) Protection and Advocacy for Student Success Act
Related bills
- H.R. 7492 (118th) Bots Research ActCross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 8407 (117th) Bots Research ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.