House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
AWARE Act
Official title: To direct the Federal Trade Commission to develop and make available to the public educational resources for parents, educators, and minors with respect to the safe and responsible use of AI chatbots by minors, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Erin Houchin R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 11, 2025 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5360.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HOUCHIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 150, September 15, 2025, Page H4311):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5360, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5360
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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.
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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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 7 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Craig Goldman (R-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Erin Houchin.
- H.R. 9191 (119th) National Fossil Act of 2026
- H.R. 5184 (119th) Affordable HOMES Act
- H.R. 7890 (119th) Science of Reading Act of 2026
- H.R. 2399 (119th) Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.