House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
AI Ads Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify that the prohibition under such Act against the fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority and the fraudulent solicitation of funds includes misrepresentation through the use of content generated in whole or in part with the use of artificial intelligence (generative AI), and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ro Khanna D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9985.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KHANNA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 125, July 30, 2026, Page H5208):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9985, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ro Khanna.
- H.R. 4405 (119th) Epstein Files Transparency Act
- H.R. 8107 (119th) Government Audit and Accountability of Federally Funded State-Administered Programs Act
- H.R. 4406 (119th) State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2025
- H.R. 7960 (119th) Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act
- H.R. 7138 (119th) Stop Wall Street Landlords Act of 2026
- H.R. 8108 (119th) End Polluter Welfare for Enhanced Oil Recovery Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 5135 (119th) AI Ads ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 9639 (118th) AI Ads ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.