Ending FCC Meddling in Our Elections Act

Bill: 118-hr-9913
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2024-10-04
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Latest action: action_date: 2024-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-10-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Ending FCC Meddling in Our Elections Act</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from finalizing or enforcing the proposed rule titled <em>Disclosure and Transparency of Artificial Intelligence-Generated Content in Political Advertisements</em> and published on August 5, 2024, or any substantially similar rule. The proposed rule would require radio and television broadcasters to announce the presence of content generated by artificial intelligence in political advertisements as applicable. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9913 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 4, 2024 Mr. Clyde (for himself, Mr. Baird , Ms. Hageman , Ms. Tenney , and Mr. LaMalfa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from promulgating or enforcing rules regarding disclosure of artificial intelligence-generated content in political advertisements.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ending FCC Meddling in Our Elections Act . 2. Prohibition on Federal Communications Commission rules regarding disclosure of artificial intelligence-generated content in political TV and radio advertisements (a) Definition In this section, the term rule has the meaning given the term in section 804 of title 5, United States Code. (b) Prohibition The Federal Communications Commission may not— (1) finalize or enforce the proposed rule adopted under the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled In the Matter of Disclosure and Transparency of Artificial Intelligence-Generated Content in Political Advertisements (FCC 24–74; MB Docket No. 24–211), adopted July 10, 2024; or (2) promulgate or enforce any rule that is substantially similar to the proposed rule described in paragraph (1).