HR4611-118

Introduced

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the distribution, with actual malice, of certain political communications that contain materially deceptive audio generated by artificial intelligence which impersonate a candidate’s voice and are intended to injure the candidate’s reputation or to deceive a voter into voting against the candidate, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 13, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the distribution, with actual malice, of certain political communications that contain materially deceptive audio generated by artificial intelligence which impersonate a candidate’s voice and are intended to injure the candidate’s reputation or to deceive a voter into voting against the candidate, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Government Operations, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

technology companies and users of digital services may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HFF8B467D8D454C1092485D4DDC66053C: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Candidate Voice Fraud Prohibition Act.
  • Section H698F35F5C6814AEA8A05D6B37E67B31A: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the prohibitions on paid-for political communications contained within this Act serve the purpose of...
  • Section HEA9C27BDAE6D49699442AA3EB27AB021: 3. Prohibition on the distribution of certain paid-for political communications that contain materially deceptive audio generated by artificial intelligence...
  • Section HD3715F639E72417CB1314FB84EAA4529: 325. Prohibition on the distribution of certain communications that contain materially deceptive audio generated by artificial intelligence Except as provided...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the distribution, with actual malice, of certain political communications that contain materially deceptive audio generated by artificial intelligence which impersonate a candidate’s voice and are intended to injure the candidate’s reputation or to deceive a voter into voting against the candidate, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Government Operations, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the distribution, with actual malice, of certain political communications that contain materially deceptive audio generated by artificial intelligence which impersonate a candidate’s voice and are intended to injure the candidate’s reputation or to deceive a voter into voting against the candidate, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Government Operations Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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technology companies and users of digital services:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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federal implementing agencies:
technology companies and users of digital services:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 13, 2023

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Technology Government Operations Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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