I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3044 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide further 
transparency and accountability for the use of content that is generated 
by artificial intelligence (generative AI) in political advertisements by 
requiring such advertisements to include a statement within the contents 
of the advertisements if generative AI was used to generate any image 
or video footage in the advertisements, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2023 
Ms. CLARKE of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
provide further transparency and accountability for the 
use of content that is generated by artificial intelligence 
(generative AI) in political advertisements by requiring 
such advertisements to include a statement within the 
contents of the advertisements if generative AI was used 
to generate any image or video footage in the advertise-
ments, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Require the Exposure 
of AI–Led Political Advertisements Act’’ or the ‘‘REAL 
Political Advertisements Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the revolutionary innovations in generative 
artificial intelligence (generative AI) and the poten-
tial for their use in exacerbating and spreading mis-
information and disinformation at scale and with un-
precedented speed requires Congress and the Fed-
eral Election Commission to take action to protect 
against the use of generative AI that harms our de-
mocracy; and 
(2) free and fair elections require transparency 
and accountability, which allow the public to make 
informed decisions and hold public officials account-
able. 
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF ELECTIONEERING 
COMMUNICATION. 
(a) EXPANSION TO ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS.— 
(1) APPLICATION TO QUALIFIED INTERNET AND 
DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of 
section 304(f)(3) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104(f)(3)(A)) 
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is amended by striking ‘‘or satellite communica-
tion’’ each place it appears in clauses (i) and 
(ii) and inserting ‘‘satellite, or qualified internet 
or digital communication’’. 
(B) QUALIFIED
INTERNET
OR
DIGITAL 
COMMUNICATION.—Paragraph (3) of section 
304(f) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30104(f)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) QUALIFIED
INTERNET
OR
DIGITAL 
COMMUNICATION.—The term ‘qualified internet 
or digital communication’ means any commu-
nication which is placed or promoted for a fee 
on an online platform.’’. 
(2) NONAPPLICATION
OF
RELEVANT
ELEC-
TORATE
TO
ONLINE
COMMUNICATIONS.—Section 
304(f)(3)(A)(i)(III) 
of 
such 
Act 
(52 
U.S.C. 
30104(f)(3)(A)(i)(III)) is amended by inserting ‘‘any 
broadcast, cable, or satellite’’ before ‘‘communica-
tion’’. 
(3) 
NEWS
EXEMPTION.—Section 
304(f)(3)(B)(i) 
of 
such 
Act 
(52 
U.S.C. 
30104(f)(3)(B)(i)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) a communication appearing in a 
news story, commentary, or editorial dis-
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