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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7123 

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require disclosures with respect 

to robocalls using artificial intelligence and to provide for enhanced 

penalties for certain violations involving artificial intelligence voice or 

text message impersonation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 29, 2024 

Mr. SORENSEN (for himself and Mr. CISCOMANI) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require disclosures with respect to robocalls using artificial intelligence 

and to provide for enhanced penalties for certain violations involving artificial intelligence voice or text message 

impersonation, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Quashing Unwanted 

5 and Interruptive Electronic Telecommunications Act’’ or 

6 the ‘‘QUIET Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIRED FOR ROBOCALLS USING AI. 

2 Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 

3 U.S.C. 227) is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(k) DISCLOSURE REQUIRED FOR ROBOCALLS

6 USING AI.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a person making a 

8 robocall uses artificial intelligence to emulate a 

9 human being, such person shall disclose at the be10 ginning of the call or text message the fact that arti11 ficial intelligence is being used. 

12 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

13 ‘‘(A) ROBOCALL.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term 

15 ‘robocall’ means a call made or text mes16 sage sent— 

17 ‘‘(I) using equipment, whether 

18 hardware, software, or a combination 

19 thereof and including an automatic 

20 telephone dialing system, that makes 

21 a call or sends a text message to— 

22 ‘‘(aa) stored telephone num23 bers; or 

24 ‘‘(bb) telephone numbers 

25 produced using a random or se26 quential number generator; or 


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1 ‘‘(II) using an artificial or 

2 prerecorded voice or an artificially 

3 generated message. 

4 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—For purposes of 

5 clause (i)(I), the term ‘robocall’ does not 

6 include a call made or text message sent 

7 using equipment that requires substantial 

8 human intervention to make or send the 

9 call or text message. 

10 ‘‘(B) TEXT MESSAGE.— 

11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘text 

12 message’ means a message consisting of 

13 text, images, sounds, or other information 

14 that is transmitted to or from a device that 

15 is identified as the receiving or transmit16 ting device by means of a 10-digit tele17 phone number, N11 service code, short 

18 code telephone number, or email address, 

19 or that is transmitted through application20 to-person messaging, and includes— 

21 ‘‘(I) a short message service 

22 (commonly referred to as ‘SMS’) mes23 sage; 


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1 ‘‘(II) a multimedia message serv2 ice (commonly referred to as ‘MMS’) 

3 message; and 

4 ‘‘(III) a rich communication serv5 ice (commonly referred to as ‘RCS’) 

6 message. 

7 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—The term ‘text 

8 message’ does not include a real-time, two9 way voice or video communication.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS INVOLV11 ING AI VOICE OR TEXT MESSAGE IMPERSON12 ATION. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 227 of the Communica14 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227), as amended by the 

15 preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by 

16 adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(l) ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS IN18 VOLVING AI VOICE OR TEXT MESSAGE IMPERSON19 ATION.—In the case of a violation of this section with re20 spect to which the party making the call or sending the 

21 text message uses artificial intelligence to impersonate an 

22 individual or entity with the intent to defraud, cause 

23 harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value— 

24 ‘‘(1) the maximum amount of the forfeiture 

25 penalty that may be imposed under subsection (b)(4) 


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1 or (e)(5)(A) of this section or subsection (b) of sec2 tion 503 (as the case may be) shall be twice the 

3 maximum amount that may be imposed for such vio4 lation under such subsection without regard to this 

5 subsection; and 

6 ‘‘(2) the maximum amount of the criminal fine 

7 that may be imposed under subsection (e)(5)(B) of 

8 this section or section 501 (as the case may be) shall 

9 be twice the maximum amount that may be imposed 

10 for such violation under such subsection or section 

11 without regard to this subsection.’’. 

12 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub13 section (a) shall apply with respect to violations occurring 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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