119-s2346

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2346 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2346

 To require the Election Assistance Commission to develop voluntary 
guidelines for the administration of elections that address the use and 
 risks of artificial intelligence technologies, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 17, 2025

Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Kelly) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 Rules and Administration

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 A BILL

 To require the Election Assistance Commission to develop voluntary 
guidelines for the administration of elections that address the use and 
 risks of artificial intelligence technologies, 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 ``Preparing Election Administrators 
for AI Act''.

SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS THAT 
 ADDRESS THE USE AND RISKS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 
 TECHNOLOGIES.

    (a) Report and Voluntary Guidelines.--Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Election Assistance 
Commission shall, in consultation with the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, submit to Congress, issue to State and local 
election offices, and make available to the public a report with 
voluntary guidelines for election offices that address the use and 
risks of artificial intelligence technologies in the administration of 
elections.

    (b) Contents.--The report submitted and made available pursuant to 
subsection

    (a) shall include voluntary guidelines that address--

    (1) the risks and benefits associated with using artificial 
 intelligence technologies to conduct election administration 
 activities;

    (2) the cybersecurity risks of artificial intelligence 
 technologies to election administration;

    (3) how information generated and distributed by artificial 
 intelligence technologies can affect the sharing of accurate 
 election information and how election offices should respond; 
 and

    (4) how information generated and distributed by artificial 
 intelligence technologies can affect the spreading of election 
 disinformation that undermines public trust and confidence in 
 elections.

SEC. 3. STUDY ON USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE 
 2024 ELECTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than July 31, 2026, the Election 
Assistance Commission, in consultation with the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, shall study and submit to Congress, issue to 
State and local election offices, and make available to the public a 
report on the use and impacts of artificial intelligence technologies 
in the elections for Federal office held in 2024, including how 
information generated by artificial intelligence technologies was 
shared and the use of artificial intelligence technologies by election 
offices.

    (b) Review and Update of Voluntary Guidelines.--Taking into 
consideration the results of the study conducted under subsection

    (a) , 
the Election Assistance Commission shall review and update the 
voluntary guidelines issued under 

section 2

    (a) as appropriate.
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