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TRAIN Act

USA119th CongressS-2455| Senate 
| Updated: 7/24/2025
Peter Welch

Peter Welch

Democratic Senator

Vermont

Cosponsors (3)
Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill, known as the TRAIN Act, proposes to create a new administrative subpoena process under copyright law, specifically section 514 of title 17, United States Code. The primary purpose is to empower copyright owners or their authorized representatives to discover whether their copyrighted works have been incorporated into the training datasets of generative artificial intelligence models . A request for a subpoena can be made if the owner has a subjective good faith belief that their works were used by a developer to train an AI model. To initiate the process, a copyright owner files a proposed subpoena and a sworn declaration with a United States district court clerk, affirming their good faith belief and the purpose of the request. Upon proper filing, the clerk is mandated to issue the subpoena, compelling the developer to expeditiously disclose copies or records sufficient to identify the training material. Failure by a developer to comply with such a subpoena creates a rebuttable presumption that the copyrighted work was copied, and sanctions can be imposed for bad faith subpoena requests.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-1568
TRAIN Act

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-5379
TRAIN Act
Jul 24, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jul 24, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 22, 2026

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-7209
Introduced in House
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-1568
    TRAIN Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-5379
    TRAIN Act


  • July 24, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 24, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


  • January 22, 2026

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-7209
    Introduced in House

Commerce

Related Bills

  • HR 119-7209: TRAIN Act

TRAIN Act

USA119th CongressS-2455| Senate 
| Updated: 7/24/2025
This bill, known as the TRAIN Act, proposes to create a new administrative subpoena process under copyright law, specifically section 514 of title 17, United States Code. The primary purpose is to empower copyright owners or their authorized representatives to discover whether their copyrighted works have been incorporated into the training datasets of generative artificial intelligence models . A request for a subpoena can be made if the owner has a subjective good faith belief that their works were used by a developer to train an AI model. To initiate the process, a copyright owner files a proposed subpoena and a sworn declaration with a United States district court clerk, affirming their good faith belief and the purpose of the request. Upon proper filing, the clerk is mandated to issue the subpoena, compelling the developer to expeditiously disclose copies or records sufficient to identify the training material. Failure by a developer to comply with such a subpoena creates a rebuttable presumption that the copyrighted work was copied, and sanctions can be imposed for bad faith subpoena requests.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-1568
TRAIN Act

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-5379
TRAIN Act
Jul 24, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jul 24, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 22, 2026

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-7209
Introduced in House
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-1568
    TRAIN Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-5379
    TRAIN Act


  • July 24, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 24, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


  • January 22, 2026

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-7209
    Introduced in House
Peter Welch

Peter Welch

Democratic Senator

Vermont

Cosponsors (3)
Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

Commerce

Related Bills

  • HR 119-7209: TRAIN Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted