[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3897 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3897

  To require the Election Assistance Commission to develop voluntary 
guidelines for the administration of elections that address the use and 
 risks of artificial intelligence technologies, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 11, 2024

 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Election Assistance Commission to develop voluntary 
guidelines for the administration of elections that address the use and 
 risks of artificial intelligence technologies, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preparing Election Administrators 
for AI Act''.

SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS THAT 
              ADDRESS THE USE AND RISKS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 
              TECHNOLOGIES.

    (a) Report and Voluntary Guidelines.--Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Election Assistance 
Commission shall, in consultation with the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, submit to Congress, issue to State and local 
election offices, and make available to the public a report with 
voluntary guidelines for election offices that address the use and 
risks of artificial intelligence technologies in the administration of 
elections.
    (b) Contents.--The report submitted and made available pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall include voluntary guidelines that address--
            (1) the risks and benefits associated with using artificial 
        intelligence technologies to conduct election administration 
        activities;
            (2) the cybersecurity risks of artificial intelligence 
        technologies to election administration;
            (3) how information generated and distributed by artificial 
        intelligence technologies can affect the sharing of accurate 
        election information and how election offices should respond; 
        and
            (4) how information generated and distributed by artificial 
        intelligence technologies can affect the spreading of election 
        disinformation that undermines public trust and confidence in 
        elections.
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