I 
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 disclo-
sures with respect to robocalls using artificial intelligence 
and to provide for enhanced penalties for certain viola-
tions involving artificial intelligence voice or text message 
impersonation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Quashing Unwanted 
and Interruptive Electronic Telecommunications Act’’ or 
the ‘‘QUIET Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIRED FOR ROBOCALLS USING AI. 
Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 227) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(k) DISCLOSURE
REQUIRED
FOR
ROBOCALLS 
USING AI.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—If a person making a 
robocall uses artificial intelligence to emulate a 
human being, such person shall disclose at the be-
ginning of the call or text message the fact that arti-
ficial intelligence is being used. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) ROBOCALL.— 
‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
term 
‘robocall’ means a call made or text mes-
sage sent— 
‘‘(I) using equipment, whether 
hardware, software, or a combination 
thereof and including an automatic 
telephone dialing system, that makes 
a call or sends a text message to— 
‘‘(aa) stored telephone num-
bers; or 
‘‘(bb) 
telephone 
numbers 
produced using a random or se-
quential number generator; or 
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‘‘(II) 
using 
an 
artificial 
or 
prerecorded voice or an artificially 
generated message. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—For purposes of 
clause (i)(I), the term ‘robocall’ does not 
include a call made or text message sent 
using equipment that requires substantial 
human intervention to make or send the 
call or text message. 
‘‘(B) TEXT MESSAGE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘text 
message’ means a message consisting of 
text, images, sounds, or other information 
that is transmitted to or from a device that 
is identified as the receiving or transmit-
ting device by means of a 10-digit tele-
phone number, N11 service code, short 
code telephone number, or email address, 
or that is transmitted through application- 
to-person messaging, and includes— 
‘‘(I) a short message service 
(commonly referred to as ‘SMS’) mes-
sage; 
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‘‘(II) a multimedia message serv-
ice (commonly referred to as ‘MMS’) 
message; and 
‘‘(III) a rich communication serv-
ice (commonly referred to as ‘RCS’) 
message. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—The term ‘text 
message’ does not include a real-time, two- 
way voice or video communication.’’. 
SEC. 3. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS INVOLV-
ING AI VOICE OR TEXT MESSAGE IMPERSON-
ATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 227 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227), as amended by the 
preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) ENHANCED PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATIONS IN-
VOLVING
AI VOICE
OR
TEXT
MESSAGE
IMPERSON-
ATION.—In the case of a violation of this section with re-
spect to which the party making the call or sending the 
text message uses artificial intelligence to impersonate an 
individual or entity with the intent to defraud, cause 
harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value— 
‘‘(1) the maximum amount of the forfeiture 
penalty that may be imposed under subsection (b)(4) 
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or (e)(5)(A) of this section or subsection (b) of sec-
tion 503 (as the case may be) shall be twice the 
maximum amount that may be imposed for such vio-
lation under such subsection without regard to this 
subsection; and 
‘‘(2) the maximum amount of the criminal fine 
that may be imposed under subsection (e)(5)(B) of 
this section or section 501 (as the case may be) shall 
be twice the maximum amount that may be imposed 
for such violation under such subsection or section 
without regard to this subsection.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to violations occurring 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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