AI slop is swamping a House office that drafts US laws
The Office of Legislative Counsel, the nonpartisan office that turns lawmakers' policy ideas into formal bill language, is being flooded with AI-generated draft legislation. Many of these submissions contain significant errors that staff must then work through.
Why this matters: The office that actually writes U.S. laws is now spending time cleaning up AI-generated slop. That is not a technology curiosity. It is a drag on a small, specialized team whose job is precision. Bad bill language is not just embarrassing — it can create loopholes, contradict existing law, or produce unintended consequences that affect real people. If legislators are outsourcing the drafting of laws to AI without checking the output, the quality of what Congress produces becomes a serious public concern.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy
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