Responsible and Ethical AI Labeling Act

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2026-12-10

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• False or misleading information
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Governance failure
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Pollution of information ecosystem
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 4 subdomains, with strong focus on transparency and disclosure (7.4), misinformation prevention (3.1), disinformation by authorities (4.1), and governance mechanisms (6.5). Coverage is concentrated in transparency, information integrity, and governance oversight domains.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document governs AI use exclusively within the Federal government sector, specifically Public Administration. It applies to all Federal officials' use of generative AI in official communications and content publication, with limited exceptions for classified national security content.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute from the United States Congress with mandatory obligations, enforcement mechanisms including audits and disciplinary actions, and penalties for non-compliance. The document uses exclusively mandatory language ('shall', 'may not', 'required') and establishes clear regulatory authority through OMB with oversight by the Comptroller General.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document is a Congressional bill proposed by the legislative branch of the United States government, as indicated by the enactment clause and bill structure.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_User
• Summary: The document explicitly defines 'Federal official' as the President, Vice President, and any officer or employee of an agency, and separately addresses Federal contractors responsible for public-facing communications. These entities are required to comply with disclosure requirements when using generative AI.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document assigns enforcement authority to OMB for issuing regulations, to the Comptroller General and Inspector General for oversight and determining violations, and to the President, Vice President, and agency heads for implementing corrective actions and disciplinary measures.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document establishes monitoring through mandatory annual audits submitted to Congress, with oversight by the Comptroller General and Inspector General who review compliance and can trigger corrective actions.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily focuses on the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle. It does not address planning, data collection, model building, or validation stages, but rather governs the publication and ongoing oversight of AI-generated content by Federal officials.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Systems
• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly defines and focuses exclusively on generative artificial intelligence. It does not mention AI models, AI systems, frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds. The scope is specifically limited to generative AI systems that create or manipulate digital content.