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.

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Defunct
• Most recent activity date: 2025-01-03

Risk subdomain coverage

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
• Governance failure

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of approximately 2-3 subdomains, with primary focus on fraud and manipulation (4.3) through voice cloning technology. There is implicit coverage of disinformation (4.1) and governance mechanisms (6.5). Coverage is concentrated in the malicious actors domain, specifically addressing risks from AI-generated voice impersonation.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Information

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Information sector, specifically telecommunications services that use AI-generated voice systems. It applies to any entity using generative AI voice technologies (like voice cloning) in telephone communications.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative bill that amends existing federal statute (Communications Act of 1934) to establish mandatory technical and procedural standards for AI-generated voice systems, with enforcement authority delegated to the Federal Communications Commission.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress; Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
• Summary: The document is explicitly proposed by Congress as indicated by the enacting clause and legislative format.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Summary: The bill targets entities that create or use artificial or prerecorded voice systems created through generative AI, including voice cloning technologies. These would include both developers of such systems and deployers who use them for telephone communications.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Federal Communications Commission; the Commission
• Summary: The FCC is explicitly designated as the enforcement authority with power to establish standards and determine appropriate technologies for coverage.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Federal Communications Commission; the Commission
• Summary: The FCC serves as the monitoring body with authority to oversee compliance with technical and procedural standards and to evaluate new technologies for inclusion under the regulatory framework.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the deployment and operational use of AI-generated voice systems in telecommunications contexts. It focuses on establishing standards for already-developed generative AI voice technologies rather than their development process.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Systems
• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions generative AI and provides voice cloning as a specific example. It does not define AI models or systems formally, nor does it mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, compute thresholds, or open-weight models. The focus is specifically on generative AI applications for voice synthesis.