1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Comment Integrity and Management Act of 2024 . 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to help Federal agencies manage mass and computer-generated comments in the Federal regulatory process. This should in no way be understood to discourage mass comments, which are a vital part of the regulatory process. 3. Improving integrity and management of mass comments and computer-generated comments in the regulatory review process (a) In general Section 206 of the E–Government Act of 2002 ( Public Law 107–347 ; 44 U.S.C. 3501 note) is amended by— (1) redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and (2) inserting after subsection (d) the following: (e) Information integrity (1) Verification of electronic submissions With respect to each comment accepted by electronic means under subsection (c), in accordance with the guidance established by Director in paragraph (3), the head of an agency shall verify, to the greatest extent possible, at the time the comment is submitted, whether the comment has been submitted by a human being. (2) Identification and management of mass comments (A) Identification of mass comments With respect to each comment accepted by electronic means under subsection (c) by the head of an agency, the head of the agency shall— (i) to the extent practicable, reasonably determine whether such comment is a mass comment; and (ii) in the case that the agency has made a reasonable determination that the comment is a mass comment, indicate on any publicly available copy of the comment, or comment variations, (through a label or indicator, and in a machine and human readable format) that the comment is part of a mass comment submission; and (B) Handling of mass comments Notwithstanding subsection (d)(2)(A), instead of making available through the electronic docket of the agency each comment identified as a mass comment under paragraph (2), the head of an agency may— (i) make available through such docket only a single representative sample of each such mass comment