AI AGENT Act: Using AI to Manage Online Accounts
A senate committee must act next: committee consideration.
While there is interest in tech competition, this bill faces significant opposition from major platforms and is currently only in the early stages of the legislative process.
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Smaller AI agent developers and startups gain a legal right to plug into major platforms like social media, shopping, and finance sites without being blocked or given inferior access compared to the platform's own tools. This lowers the barrier for new companies to compete against dominant tech firms by requiring 'functionally equivalent' interfaces and banning unreasonable fees or discrimination against outside developers.
“A large online platform provider that maintains interoperability between its own large online platform and other products, services, or affiliated offerings of such provider that constitute a custodial user service shall offer a functionally equivalent version of that interface to competing custodial user agents.”
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Senator Mark Warner is proposing the AI Agent Act to establish rights and responsibilities for autonomous bots that can shop or book trips for users. The bill requires these agents to act in a user's best interest and mandates that large platforms allow third-party agent access.
The proposed AI Agent Act aims to establish federal guidelines to protect consumer choice and ensure AI agents operate in the best interests of users. It addresses concerns about AI steering consumers toward sponsored choices and requires an FTC registry for trusted agents.
Sen. Mark Warner unveiled a draft bill to establish FTC security standards for AI agents. The legislation would grant users of platforms with over 50 million customers the right to choose independent AI agent providers that comply with government-certified privacy and identity standards.
No votes or related bills recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
AI AGENT Act of 2026
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