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H.R. 5360

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 5360, the AWARE Act, was introduced in the House on Sep 15, 2025 by Rep. Erin Houchin (R) with 7 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Dec 11, 2025: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Record

Text

H.R. 5360 has 7 co-sponsors.

hb5360/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 5360 IH: AI Warnings And Resources for Education Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-15
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5360  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 15, 2025   Mrs. Houchin  (for herself and  Mr. Auchincloss ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   AI Warnings And Resources for Education Act   or the   AWARE Act  .
2.
AI chatbots and minors
(a)
Educational resources
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission, in consultation with relevant Federal agencies, shall 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.
(b)
Contents
The educational resources developed and made available under subsection (a) shall include resources on—
(1)
how to identify safe and unsafe AI chatbot use;
(2)
privacy and data collection practices; and
(3)
best practices for parents supervising the use of AI chatbots by minors.
(c)
Youville
The Commission shall model the educational resources developed and made available under subsection (a) on the Youville program of the Commission.
(d)
Definitions
In this section:
(1)
Artificial intelligence
The term  artificial intelligence  has the meaning given such term in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 ( 15 U.S.C. 9401 ).
(2)
AI chatbot
The term  AI chatbot  means an artificial intelligence system, marketed to and available for use by consumers, that engages in interactive, natural-language communication with a user and generates or selects content in response to user inputs (including text, voice, or other inputs) using a conversational context.
(3)
Commission
The term  Commission  means the Federal Trade Commission.
(4)
Minor
The term  minor  means an individual under the age of 18 years.
(5)
Parent
The term  parent  includes a legal guardian of a minor.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-09-15
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

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.

Sponsors

Rep. Erin Houchin (R) sponsors H.R. 5360, and 7 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 5360 went before 2 committees: Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee and Energy and Commerce.

Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee
Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee
Reported by · Dec 11, 2025
Energy and Commerce
Energy and Commerce
Referred To · Sep 15, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5360 has taken 5 actions since Sep 15, 2025, the latest on Dec 11, 2025.

ChamberAction
Dec 11, 2025
House
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldCommerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee
Dec 11, 2025
House
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee
Sep 15, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Sep 15, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Energy and Commerce Committee
Sep 15, 2025
House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee

Votes

H.R. 5360 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5360 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • AWARE Act — Display Title
  • AWARE Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • AI Warnings And Resources for Education Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

11 clients hired 10 firms and 72 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5360 in 31 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic/foreign), Computer Industry, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Telecommunications, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Immigration.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS—District of Columbia17—
TECHNETnetwork of technology executivesDistrict of Columbia13$240K
SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (SIIA)association for the specialized information industryDistrict of Columbia13$180K
COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONCCIA is an international, not-for-profit trade association representing a broad cross sectDistrict of Columbia13$60K
GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC—District of Columbia13—
META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES—District of Columbia13—
NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE—Virginia13—
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS—Kansas12—
JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA—District of Columbia12—
DEMAND PROGRESS ACTION, INC—Maryland11—
PINTEREST, INC.Visual Discovery EngineCalifornia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS17—
CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC26$420K
GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC13—
KELSAY STRATEGIES LLC13$60K
META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES13—
NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE13—
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS12—
THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA12—
DEMAND PROGRESS ACTION, INC11—
PINTEREST, INC.11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 72.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ANDREW REMO117
DOUGLAS LATHROP117
IAN STEGER117
JEFFRY JANOSKA117
LAURYL JACKSON117
PAUL KANGAS117
BEN MCMAKIN126
CHRIS MILLER126
HUNTER MOORHEAD126
IVELISSE PORROA-GARCIA126
JASON GLEASON126
JOHN GREEN126
LUCIA PANZA126
MATHEW LAPINSKI126
REGINALD MCCRIMMON126
SALIM ALAMEDDIN126
TODD WEISS126
KATHLEEN COULOMBE115
STEPHEN VOLJAVEC125
ANDREW LADNER113

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIESMETA PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES2026 first_quarter$7.1M1st Quarter - Report
META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIESMETA PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES2025 fourth_quarter$6.5M4th Quarter - Report
META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIESMETA PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES2026 second_quarter$6M2nd Quarter - Report
GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLCGOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC2026 second_quarter$3.6M2nd Quarter - Report
GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLCGOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC2025 fourth_quarter$3.4M4th Quarter - Report
GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLCGOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC2026 first_quarter$2.9M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERSAMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS2025 second_quarter$2.2M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERSAMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS2025 fourth_quarter$1.9M4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERSAMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS2025 first_quarter$1.7M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERSAMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS2025 third_quarter$1.4M3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERSAMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS2026 first_quarter$1.1M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERSAMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS2026 second_quarter$1.1M2nd Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERSAMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS2026 second_quarter$1.1M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS2026 second_quarter$1M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS2026 first_quarter$684K1st Quarter - Report
NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCENEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE2025 fourth_quarter$480K4th Quarter - Report
NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCENEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE2026 second_quarter$475K2nd Quarter - Report
NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCENEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE2026 first_quarter$330K1st Quarter - Report
JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICATHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA2025 fourth_quarter$217.8K4th Quarter - Report
JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICATHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA2026 first_quarter$190.7K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5360 under Commerce, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 6 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5360’s is Commerce.

hr5360/policy-areas.txt
CommerceAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 5360 carries 6 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Advanced technology and technological innovations to Educational guidance.

hr5360/subjects.txt
Advanced technology and technological innovationsChild safety and welfareComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftData collection, sharing, protectionEducational guidance

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5360, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 150 (Monday, September 15, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. HOUCHIN:H.R. 5360.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8.[Page H4311]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com