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TITLE IX 
SEC. 901. PROHIBITION ON AI–BASED IMPERSONATION OF 
FEDERAL OFFICIALS. 
Section 912 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Whoever’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—Whoever 
knowingly uses artificial intelligence to impersonate, false-
ly assume or pretend to be an officer or employee of the 
United States, including by mimicking the voice or like-
ness of a Federal officer without an explicit disclaimer, 
and thereby produces materially false or misleading con-
tent shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more 
than three years, or both. Nothing in this subsection shall 
be construed to limit legitimate uses of artificial intel-
ligence in satire, parody, or expressive conduct protected 
under the First Amendment, provided such content in-
cludes clear disclosure that it is not authentic and is not 
intended as such. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘artificial intelligence’ means any 
system or software that performs tasks normally re-
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quiring human intelligence, including generative 
models capable of producing human-like audio, 
video, or text; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘impersonates’ means to falsely 
represent oneself as another identifiable individual, 
whether real or fictitious, in a manner reasonably 
likely to cause another person to believe the content 
is authentic.’’. 
TITLE X 
SEC. 1001. HEARINGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each standing committee of the 
House of Representatives shall hold a hearing on the im-
plementation of this Act within one year of enactment. 
(b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.—Sub-
section (a) is enacted— 
(1) as an exercise of rulemaking power of the 
House of Representatives, and, as such, shall be con-
sidered as part of the rules of the House, and such 
rules shall supersede any other rule of the House 
only to the extent that rule is inconsistent therewith; 
and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change such rules (so far 
as relating to the procedure in such House) at any 
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time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 
as in the case of any other rule of the House. 
TITLE XI 
SEC. 1101. CODE OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT. 
In rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives, strike clause 3 and insert the following: 
‘‘3. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
ficer, or employee of the House may not receive compensa-
tion and may not permit compensation to accrue to the 
beneficial interest of such individual from any source, the 
receipt of which would occur by virtue of influence improp-
erly exerted from the position of such individual in Con-
gress.’’. 
TITLE XII 
SEC. 1201. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
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TITLE XIII 
SEC. 1301. APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for 
other purposes, namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 
For an additional amount for necessary expenses for 
carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood 
diseases, and blood and blood products, $1,000,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for the administration and 
implementation of Rural Development programs, includ-
ing activities with institutions concerning the development 
and operation of agricultural cooperatives, $1,000,000. 
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for necessary expenses of 
operations of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 
$1,000,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, SPACE FORCE 
For an additional amount of expenses for pay, allow-
ances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on depos-
its, gratuities, permanent change of station travel, and ex-
penses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty 
stations, for members of the Space Force on active duty 
and cadets, $1,000,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION 
FUND 
For an additional amount of expenses necessary to 
carry out section 6 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1535), $1,000,000. 
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For an additional amount of expenses necessary for 
railroad research and development, $1,000,000. 
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