Increase transparency in elections and strengthen safeguards against foreign interference in American campaigns.

Joseph D. Morelle · New York · Democratic

policy impact 0.78 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 96%

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Full Title To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes. Sponsors Jamie Raskin(MD) Cosponsors Robert Garcia (CA); Joseph D. Morelle (NY);

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Morelle is listed as a cosponsor of H.R. 8831, a current-Congress bill aimed in part at transparency and defending elections against foreign interference; the GovInfo record shows it was introduced/referred, not enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 8831 (IH) - Protecting Our Democracy Act - BILLS-119hr8831ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Action Mr. Morelle (for himself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Sewell, Mrs. Torres of California, and Ms. Johnson of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration Full Title To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide further transparency for the use of content that is substantially generated by artificial intelligence in political advertisements by requiring such advertisements to include a statement within the contents of the advertisements if generative AI was used to generate any image, audio, or video footage in the advertisements, and for other purposes.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Morelle introduced H.R. 9922 to require AI-use disclosures in political ads, a transparency effort; the official action listed is referral to committee, so enactment remains unresolved.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 9922 (IH) - AI Transparency in Elections Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr9922ih | Related Documents | GovInfo
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