A bill to establish protections against digital impersonation fraud, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3982 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3982 To establish protections against digital impersonation fraud, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 4, 2026 Mr. Sheehy (for himself and Ms. Blunt Rochester) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish protections against digital impersonation fraud, 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 ``AI Fraud Accountability Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PROHIBITION ON USE OF DIGITAL IMPERSONATIONS TO COMMIT FRAUD. (a) In General.--Section 223 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following: ``(i) Use of Digital Impersonations To Commit Fraud.-- ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection: ``(A) Digital impersonation.--The term `digital impersonation' means any visual or audio depiction of-- ``(i) an identifiable individual created through the use of software, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or any other computer- generated or technological means, including by adapting, modifying, manipulating, or altering an authentic visual or audio depiction, that, when viewed or listened to as a whole by a reasonable person, is indistinguishable from an authentic visual or audio depiction of the individual; or ``(ii) an imaginary individual created through the use of software, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or any other computer- generated or technological means, including by adap