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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 9985

AI Ads Act

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Introduced 2026-07-30Topic: elections democracy · technology privacy

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This bill changes the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which already bans fraudulently pretending to speak or act for a candidate or party and fraudulently asking for money on their behalf. The bill states that these bans include doing so with content made in whole or in part by generative artificial intelligence (AI). It also expands the misrepresentation ban so it applies to any person, not only candidates and their employees or agents. It removes the requirement that the misrepresentation be on a matter damaging to the other candidate or party. It also extends both bans to cover real or fictitious political committees and organizations.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-07-30HouseReferred to the House Committee on House Administration.refer
2026-07-30Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-07-30Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-18. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.