Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2025
Current understanding
The Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2025 (S. 2164) would establish accountability requirements for automated decision systems, requiring covered entities to perform and document impact assessments of algorithmic systems used in critical decisions (e.g., employment, credit, housing, healthcare). For individuals, the bill aims to create transparency and recourse around AI-driven decisions affecting their rights; for companies deploying or developing such systems, it would impose new assessment, documentation, and likely reporting obligations to a designated federal regulator (historically the FTC in prior versions). Status: introduced in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; no further action reported.
Evidence log
- 2026-04-27 — A bill to require a report on the use of artificial intelligence with respect to access to unminimized information collected pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with fisa-title-vii-surveillance-authorities: S.4402 sits at the intersection of FISA Title VII surveillance oversight and AI system accountability/reporting, linking the surveillance-authorities page to the broader algorithmic accountability regime. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-06-23 — Stop Spying Bosses Act: cross-connection with stop-spying-bosses-act: Employer surveillance often feeds automated decision systems governing hiring, scheduling, and discipline that would fall under algorithmic accountability requirements. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-07-09 — To require artificial intelligence chatbot providers to provide data privacy and security, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with ai-chatbot-data-privacy-security-hr9619: Both target privacy/accountability obligations on AI systems, with HR9619 focused specifically on chatbot providers’ data-handling duties while the Algorithmic Accountability Act imposes broader impact-assessment requirements. (novelty: 3)