Federal agencies would verify human comments and label mass submissions on new rules.
This bill would make federal agencies check if online comments on new rules come from real people. It would also require them to identify and label large groups of similar comments. Agencies could then choose to display only one example of those mass comments, along with the total number received.
Today, federal agencies don't have specific requirements to verify if online comments on proposed rules are from humans or to clearly label mass comments. After this bill, agencies would need to verify human submissions, and identify and label mass comments. They could also choose to show only one sample of mass comments with a count of how many were received. Agencies would also create new policies and update their websites to manage these types of comments.
HR 9643 · 119th Congress · July 13, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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