[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5135 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5135

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify that the 
prohibition under such Act against the fraudulent misrepresentation of 
 campaign authority and the fraudulent solicitation of funds includes 
 misrepresentation through the use of content generated in whole or in 
 part with the use of artificial intelligence (generative AI), and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2026

  Mr. Schiff introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify that the 
prohibition under such Act against the fraudulent misrepresentation of 
 campaign authority and the fraudulent solicitation of funds includes 
 misrepresentation through the use of content generated in whole or in 
 part with the use of artificial intelligence (generative AI), 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 ``AI Ads Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF CONTENT GENERATED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS 
              FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION OF CAMPAIGN AUTHORITY.

    (a) Fraudulent Misrepresentation.--Section 322(a)(1) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30124(a)(1)) is amended by 
striking the semicolon and inserting the following: ``, including 
through the use of content generated in whole or in part with the use 
of artificial intelligence (generative AI);''.
    (b) Fraudulent Solicitation of Funds.--Section 322(b)(1) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30124(b)(1)) is 
amended by striking the semicolon and inserting the following: ``, 
including through the use of content generated in whole or in part with 
the use of artificial intelligence (generative AI);''.

SEC. 3. EXTENDING PROHIBITION AGAINST FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION BY 
              CANDIDATES FOR PURPOSES OF DAMAGING OTHER CANDIDATES TO 
              FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES AND COMMITTEES 
              BY ANY PERSON FOR ANY PURPOSE.

    (a) Fraudulent Misrepresentation.--Section 322(a) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30124(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``who is a candidate for Federal office or an employee or agent 
        of such a candidate''; and
            (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``any other candidate or 
        political party or employee or agent thereof on a matter which 
        is damaging to such other candidate or political party or 
        employee or agent thereof'' and inserting ``any candidate, 
        political party, or other real or fictitious political 
        committee or organization, or employee or agent of such a 
        candidate, political party, or political committee or 
        organization''.
    (b) Fraudulent Solicitation of Funds.--Section 322(b)(1) of such 
Act (52 U.S.C. 30124(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``any candidate or 
political party or employee or agent thereof'' and inserting ``any 
candidate, political party, or other real or fictitious political 
committee or organization, or employee or agent of such a candidate, 
political party, or political committee or organization''.
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