No AI FRAUD 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

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

• Compromise of privacy
• False or misleading information
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

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

• Exposure to toxic content
• Pollution of information ecosystem
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Overreliance and unsafe use
• Economic and cultural devaluation of human effort

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document primarily addresses risks related to malicious actors (4.1, 4.3), privacy compromise (2.1), misinformation (3.1), and human-computer interaction (5.1). It focuses on unauthorized use of AI to create deepfakes and voice replicas for fraud, manipulation, and non-consensual content creation. Coverage is concentrated in misuse prevention, privacy protection, and addressing deceptive AI applications.

Sector coverage

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

• Information
• Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

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

• Professional & Technical Services
• Educational Services
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The Act governs AI use across multiple sectors, with strongest coverage in Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (music, film, celebrity likeness), Information (social media platforms, content distribution), and Professional and Technical Services (advertising, marketing). It also applies to Educational Services and potentially other sectors where AI-generated voice/likeness replicas could be used.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute (H.R. 6943) introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that establishes enforceable property rights, prohibits specific conduct, and imposes mandatory civil liabilities with specific damage amounts, punitive damages, and attorney fees.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Salazar and co-sponsors, then referred to the Committee on the Judiciary for consideration.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Summary: The Act targets any person or entity who distributes personalized cloning services or publishes unauthorized digital voice replicas/depictions affecting interstate or foreign commerce, including those who materially contribute to or facilitate such conduct.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, Affected_Stakeholder
• Summary: Enforcement occurs through civil actions brought in federal courts. Standing to sue is granted to the affected individual, their assignees/licensees, or in the case of music professionals, entities with exclusive contracts for their services.

Monitor

• Summary: The Act does not establish any monitoring body or oversight mechanism. It relies on private civil enforcement through lawsuits rather than regulatory monitoring.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Build and Use Model
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not focus on specific AI lifecycle stages but rather regulates the deployment and use of AI-generated outputs (digital voice replicas and depictions). It primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate stages by prohibiting unauthorized distribution of personalized cloning services and AI-generated content.

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 addresses AI technology broadly, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, algorithms, and digital technology used to create voice replicas and visual depictions. It does not distinguish between different types of AI models (frontier, general purpose, task-specific, foundation, generative, predictive) or mention compute thresholds or open-weight models.