[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4594 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4594

To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from promulgating or 
    enforcing rules regarding disclosure of AI-generated content in 
                       political advertisements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2024

     Mr. Lee (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Budd) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from promulgating or 
    enforcing rules regarding disclosure of AI-generated content in 
                       political advertisements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ending FCC Meddling in Our Elections 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RULES 
              REGARDING DISCLOSURE OF AI-GENERATED CONTENT IN POLITICAL 
              ADVERTISEMENTS.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``rule'' has the meaning 
given the term in section 804 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Prohibition.--The Federal Communications Commission may not 
promulgate or enforce any rule--
            (1) relating to the draft notice of proposed rulemaking 
        circulated by the Chairwoman of the Commission on May 22, 2024, 
        regarding disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence-
        generated content in political advertisements on television, 
        radio, or any other service covered by the proposal; or
            (2) that is substantially similar to a rule described in 
        paragraph (1).
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