Requires federal agencies to check whether comments submitted electronically during rulemaking come from a human, flag mass comments, and set policies for handling them.

Official title: Comment Integrity and Management Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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House

Introduced 13-JUL-2026

Referred 13-JUL-2026

Approved by committee 22-JUL-2026

Key points

Requires agencies to verify, to the greatest extent possible, whether electronic comments are submitted by a human being
Lets agencies post a single representative sample or one copy of a variation in place of each identical mass comment, with a label showing how many submissions it represents
Directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance within 240 days of enactment and requires each agency to adopt a policy within one year
Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress within 2 years on computer-generated comments in the rulemaking process

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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in House, 13-JUL-2026).

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Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor Clay Higgins (R-LA) Cosponsors · 0

No cosponsors.

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