1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Deepfakes in Federal Elections Prohibition Act . 2. Prohibition on distribution of materially deceptive audio or visual media prior to election (a) In general Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 325. Prohibition on distribution of materially deceptive media prior to election (a) In general Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), a person, political committee, or other entity shall not, within 60 days of a election for Federal office at which a candidate for elective office will appear on the ballot, distribute, with actual malice, materially deceptive audio or visual media of the candidate with the intent to injure the candidate’s reputation or to deceive a voter into voting for or against the candidate. (b) Exception (1) Required language The prohibition in subsection (a) does not apply if the audio or visual media includes— (A) a disclosure stating: “This _____ has been manipulated.”