September 15, 2025
Mrs. Houchin (for herself and Mr. Auchincloss) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the AI Warnings And Resources for Education Act
or the AWARE Act
.
Sec. 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.