Comment Integrity and Management Act
Sponsored By: Representative Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
In Committee
Summary
Verify and label mass and computer-generated comments. This bill would require agencies to check whether each electronic comment comes from a human and to identify, tag, or sample large or AI-generated comment sets so rulemaking records are clearer.
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- Agencies would have to verify human submissions at the time a comment is posted and adopt a public policy on posting and handling mass and computer-generated comments within one year. The policy must be posted on the agency comment website within 60 days of adoption.
- Public commenters would see mass submissions marked on public comment records and agencies could post a single representative sample instead of many near-identical entries while stating how many identical or substantively identical submissions exist.
- The Office of Management and Budget would issue guidance for implementation within 240 days and the General Services Administration would update Regulations.gov and the shared eRulemaking system while agencies update their websites and systems within 18 months.
- The Comptroller General would produce a Government Accountability Office report within two years analyzing the prevalence and effects of computer-generated comments and recommending ways to identify them.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
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New rules for online public comments
If enacted, this bill would add new rules for electronic public comments on federal rulemaking. Agencies would try to verify at submission whether a comment came from a human and must identify and label "mass" comment campaigns. Agencies could post one representative sample instead of every duplicate and would have to show how many identical or similar comments the sample represents. OMB would issue guidance within 240 days, agencies must adopt a policy within one year and post it within 60 days of adoption, websites must be updated within 18 months, and GAO would report within two years. The bill would not change agency authority to consider mass comments.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
LA • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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