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US SB2455: TRAIN Act Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks Act

Introduced United States (Federal) · 2025–2026 session

Last verified Oct 10, 2026 · official bill text

SB2455 · where it stands

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In one paragraph

The federal S. 2455 (TRAIN Act) would add 17 U.S.C. 514, letting a copyright owner ask a federal district court clerk to issue a subpoena to the developer of a generative AI model for copies of, or records identifying, the owner's works used to train it, on a sworn declaration of good-faith belief. The developer "shall expeditiously" disclose; failure creates a rebuttable presumption that it copied the work. Bad-faith requests can be sanctioned. Introduced July 24, 2025 and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee; no further action.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

None yet: the bill is pending. Generative AI developers would have to disclose training copies or records on subpoena, and noncompliance would create a rebuttable presumption of copying.

Key provisions

  1. New 17 U.S.C. 514(b): a copyright owner, or a person authorized to act for the owner, may ask a district court clerk to issue a subpoena to a developer for copies of, or records sufficient to identify with certainty, the owner's copyrighted works, based on a "subjective good faith belief" they were used to train the model
  2. 514(c): the request needs a proposed subpoena and a sworn declaration of good faith, purpose, and use only to protect the requester's rights
  3. 514(e)-(f): if the paperwork is in proper form the clerk "shall expeditiously" issue the subpoena and the developer "shall expeditiously" disclose the copies or records
  4. 514(g): recipients may not disclose the copies or records to others without authorization
  5. 514(i): a developer's failure to comply creates a rebuttable presumption that it made copies of the work
  6. 514(j): sanctions for bad-faith requests under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(c); 514(k): takes effect on enactment; no dollar amounts

Latest legislative action

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

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