AI Fraud Accountability Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, AI Fraud Accountability Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Technology, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors 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, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the AI Fraud Accountability Act of 2026.
- Section id8f9a5e6fe1164c9cb9f5c20872dac3ab: 2. Criminal prohibition on use of digital impersonations to commit fraud Section 223 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223) is amended— by...
- Section id6bd3638bae50496b9d3477ebb3d88ba3: 3. Protection against digital impersonation fraud Subject to paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for a person, in interstate or foreign commerce, to falsely...
- Section id96cd0c4cf8614e53a9623822c0d953a8: 4. Working group on digital impersonation fraud In this section: The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Commerce, Science, and...
- Section iddd5d7c2091084b719d0c27008528f01b: 5. Cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Federal Trade Commission (in this...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, AI Fraud Accountability Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Technology, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, AI Fraud Accountability Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Sheehy (for himself and Ms. Blunt Rochester) introduced the …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an individual— who appears in whole or in part, or is heard, in a digital impersonation
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