Sponsored by Clay Higgins (R)
Comment Integrity and Management Act of 2024
Would have required agencies to check if public comments come from humans and limit posting of mass comments.
Tradeoff
Would have let agencies post one sample of a mass comment instead of every copy. Also would have required OMB guidance and a GAO report on computer-generated comments.
What's in it
The House passed this bill by on May 6, 2024. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended, so the bill expired.
House
Introduced
(Mar 5, 2024)
House
Committee on Oversight and Accountability(Mar 5, 2024)
House
The committee voted to send it to the floor
Reported 31 - 9(Mar 7, 2024)
House
Passage of the bill
Passed by (May 6, 2024)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Received from the House
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(May 7, 2024)
Senate
The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted to send it to the floor
Reported(Nov 20, 2024)
Committee report S. Rept. 118-306.