Comment Integrity and Management Act

Key Points

• This bill requires federal agencies to verify if the comments they receive on new rules are from real people or computer programs. It specifically targets comments made by artificial intelligence or other software.
• Agencies would be allowed to group identical or very similar comments together. Instead of listing thousands of the same message, they could show one sample and list the total number of people who sent it.
• The goal is to help the government handle the huge volume of digital feedback it gets. This makes it easier for officials to read through public input without being overwhelmed by repetitive or automated messages.
• The Office of Management and Budget would have about eight months to create rules for how agencies should use technology to spot these comments. Agencies would then have 18 months to update their websites.
• The bill includes a rule stating that these changes should not be used to ignore public opinion. Agencies must still consider mass comments as a valid part of the process even if they are labeled or grouped together.

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