Ending FCC Meddling in Our Elections Act

• 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.

• Pollution of information ecosystem
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Governance failure
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal coverage of risk domains. It primarily addresses governance failure (6.5) by prohibiting regulatory action, and implicitly touches on disinformation/surveillance (4.1) and information pollution (3.2) by preventing disclosure requirements for AI-generated political content. The document does not provide mitigations or governance measures for these risks, but rather prevents their regulation.

Sector coverage

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

• Information

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

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs the Information sector (broadcasting, telecommunications) by prohibiting FCC regulation of AI-generated content disclosure in political advertisements on television, radio, and other communication services. It also has implications for Public Administration by restricting regulatory authority over electoral communications.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a proposed federal statute from the United States Congress that would create binding legal prohibitions on the Federal Communications Commission's regulatory authority. It uses mandatory language ('may not') and would have the force of law if enacted.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is a Congressional bill, as indicated by the legislative format with sections, the citation structure, and the authority listed as 'United States Congress'.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Federal Communications Commission; Chairwoman of the Commission
• Summary: The legislation explicitly targets the Federal Communications Commission by prohibiting it from promulgating or enforcing rules regarding AI-generated content disclosure in political advertisements.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: No specific enforcement body is named in the document. As a federal statute, enforcement would typically occur through federal courts via judicial review when parties challenge FCC actions that violate this prohibition.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: No monitoring body is explicitly identified in the document. Congressional oversight and judicial review would serve as implicit monitoring mechanisms for compliance with this statutory prohibition.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Deploy

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not address specific AI lifecycle stages. It focuses on prohibiting regulatory disclosure requirements for AI-generated content in political advertisements, without addressing how such AI systems are developed, deployed, or monitored.

Technical Scope

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

• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document mentions AI-generated content in the context of political advertisements but does not define AI models, AI systems, or specify any technical characteristics such as compute thresholds, model types, or architectural details.