House/Senate Lawmakers Introduce Standalone Bills
Summary
On March 6, 2024, continuing her push to regulate the use of AI in election interference, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), alongside Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), introduced the AI Transparency in Elections Act (S. 3875) on March 6, 2024. This bill would require disclaimers on political advertisements containing AI-generated images, audio or video. This marks the third bill that Sen. Klobuchar has sponsored, featuring a focus on the prevention of AI in politics, after previously introducing the REAL Political Advertisements Act (S. 1596) and the Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act (S. 2770).
On March 5, 2024, House Homeland Security Chair James Comer (R-KY) and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) introduced the Federal AI Governance and Transparency Act (H.R. 7532), which aims to define federal standards for responsible AI use, strengthen federal AI use requirements, establish agency AI governance charters, create additional public accountability mechanisms, streamline existing law regarding government use of AI and update federal procurement rules.