Senate Rules Committee Reports Election-Related AI Bills Out of Committee

Senate Rules Committee Chair Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) has led the advancement of three election-related AI bills in the Senate, with the Committee advancing the following bills on May 15, 2024:

• Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act (S. 2770): The Act would amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to prohibit the distribution of materially deceptive AI-generated audio, images or video relating to federal candidates in political ads or certain issue ads to influence a federal election or fundraise, and provides legal recourse to allows federal candidates to have this content taken down. This bill was the only of the three bills to gain the support of Republicans on the Committee, advancing via a unanimous vote.

• Preparing Election Administrators for AI Act (S. 3897): The Act requires the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to issue a report with voluntary guidelines to address the use and risks of AI technologies and cybersecurity risks in election administration, how information by AI technologies can affect the sharing of accurate election information and how election offices should respond. This bill was reported out of Committee via a 9-2 vote.

• AI Transparency in Elections Act (S. 3875): The Act requires political advertisements created or altered by AI to have a disclaimer, except when AI is used for only minor alterations, such as color editing, cropping, resizing and other immaterial uses. This bill was reported out of Committee via a 9-2 vote.

• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
• Technology

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