Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2025

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2025-09-18

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• False or misleading information
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

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

• Pollution of information ecosystem
• Loss of human agency and autonomy
• AI possessing dangerous capabilities

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 4-5 subdomains, with strong focus on malicious actors (4.1, 4.3), misinformation (3.1, 3.2), and implicitly addresses dangerous AI capabilities (7.2) and loss of agency (5.2). Coverage is concentrated in misinformation and malicious use domains, specifically related to election integrity.

Sector coverage

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

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

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

• Information
• Professional & Technical Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs Public Administration excluding National Security, specifically federal election administration and integrity. It also has secondary applicability to the Information sector (social media, telecommunications, data processing platforms) where AI-generated election misinformation could be disseminated, and potentially to Professional and Technical Services providers who develop or deploy AI systems used for creating false election information.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal legislative act proposed by the United States Congress with explicit criminal penalties (imprisonment up to 1 year and fines), civil enforcement mechanisms including private rights of action, and mandatory enforcement by the Attorney General and federal courts.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document is a federal bill proposed by the legislative branch of the U.S. government, as indicated by the opening text stating it is enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer, AI_User
• Summary: The Act applies broadly to 'any person' who uses artificial intelligence systems to produce false election information, communicates false information, or hinders voting. This encompasses AI developers who create such systems, deployers who use them, and any users who employ them for prohibited purposes.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Attorney General is explicitly designated as the primary enforcement authority with responsibilities for corrective action, reporting, and criminal prosecution. Federal courts are granted jurisdiction for civil and criminal enforcement, and the Sentencing Commission is directed to review sentencing guidelines.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Attorney General is required to monitor allegations of deceptive practices, compile reports every 180 days after federal elections, and make these reports publicly available. The Election Assistance Commission is consulted in developing monitoring procedures and standards.

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 Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, focusing on the prohibition of deploying generative AI systems to produce false election information and requiring ongoing monitoring and corrective action by the Attorney General. The document does not substantially address earlier stages like planning, data collection, or model building.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Models
• AI Systems
• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions AI systems and generative AI systems, providing a definition of generative AI. It focuses specifically on generative AI's capability to produce synthetic content including text, images, videos, and audio that could be used for deceptive election practices. The document does not mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, or specific compute thresholds.