To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish technical and procedural standards for artificial or prerecorded voice systems created through generative artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
The bill gives statutory authority for FCC standards covering AI-generated telephone messages. Callers must identify themselves and provide a number or address, and the system must release the line within five seconds after the recipient hangs up. The FCC may also apply these standards to other technologies.
Model-rated AI relevance 80%: It directly regulates generative-AI voice calls. (claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026)
Sponsored by
Rick AllenRepublicanGAData as of: bills Oct 22, 2026 · votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026. What changed
Progress
Introduced
Jan 13, 2025
Reported by committee
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became law
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Latest action · January 13, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
What members said
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Clarke reintroduced legislation requiring disclosure when generative AI is used in political advertising to protect election transparency.
Source ↗Ocasio-Cortez and colleagues urge the FAA to pause its AI air traffic management tool until safety testing, oversight, and accountability questions are answered.
Source ↗McClain Delaney and colleagues urged the FAA to pause its AI air traffic tool until safety testing and oversight questions are answered.
Source ↗Murray and Wyden criticized the Trump administration's AI-driven Medicare prior authorization pilot for denying seniors care and called for it to end.
Source ↗Schiff calls for enforceable federal guardrails and bipartisan oversight of frontier AI, rejecting voluntary industry commitments.
Source ↗Beyer and colleagues urge the FAA to pause its AI-enabled SMART air traffic management tool until safety testing, implementation, and oversight questions are answered.
Source ↗Van Hollen joins colleagues demanding the FAA pause its AI air traffic tool and provide transparency on safety testing, training, and oversight before deployment.
Source ↗Murray calls for strong federal AI regulation without preempting state laws like Washington's.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-10-22T14:48:01.167Z