Federal house Passed one chamber
HR 2247
Algorithmic Transparency Act of 2026
Passed House 234-198; received in Senate, referred to Commerce.
Read the official bill text ↗Summary
Requires platforms above 50M U.S. users to publicly disclose the high-level criteria of any automated system that ranks, recommends, or moderates user content, and to publish annual transparency reports audited by an independent third party.
Key provisions
- Disclosure of ranking + recommendation criteria for "very large online platforms"
- Annual independent audit of moderation actions, broken out by category
- Civil right of action for users with at least $500 in demonstrable damages
- Carve-outs for trade secrets that would reveal model weights
- FTC enforcement authority + state attorney-general parallel actions
Effect
Who benefits End users, researchers, smaller publishers harmed by opaque downranking.
Who pays Large platforms (compliance + audit cost); mid-size platforms below the threshold are unaffected.
Your reps on this bill
JL
James Lankford
U.S. Senator · R-OK
no roll call
AA
Alan Armstrong
U.S. Senator · R-OK
no roll call
JB
Josh Brecheen
U.S. Rep · OK-02 · R-OK
NAY ✕ disagrees
DB
David Bullard
U.S. Senator · R-OK
no roll call
CM
Cody Maynard
U.S. Rep · HD-21 · R-OK
no roll call
Full roll call
2 yea · 2 nay · 4 recorded
| Legislator | Chamber | Party/State | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hakeem Jeffries | house | D-NY | YEA |
| Jim Jordan | house | R-OH | YEA |
| Stephanie Bice | house | R-OK | NAY |
| Josh Brecheen | house | R-OK | NAY |