[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5288 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5288
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit reports on strategies
regarding the development of, and research relating to, critical
artificial intelligence technologies, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 10, 2025
Mr. Vindman (for himself and Mr. Moylan) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition
to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and
Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit reports on strategies
regarding the development of, and research relating to, critical
artificial intelligence technologies, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``AI Sovereignty Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORTS ON STRATEGIES REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF, AND
RESEARCH RELATING TO, CRITICAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) Initial Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 240 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, acting
through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and
Security, shall carry out the following:
(A) To the extent practicable, identify the
following:
(i) Each location to which the development
of, and research relating to, critical
artificial intelligence technologies is being
offshored.
(ii) Partnerships between domestic entities
and foreign entities for such offshore
development and research.
(iii) Any reshoring of such offshored
development and research.
(iv) The role of foreign nationals who
receive in the United States an education or
work experience in the development of, and
research relating to, such technologies, and
subsequently work for foreign entities,
including adversaries of the United States, in
fields relating to such technologies.
(v) The role of private sector officials
and public sector officials who are American
and work for such foreign entities.
(vi) The domestic assets, including
intellectual property, for such development and
research that such foreign entities have
acquired, including by means of a bankruptcy or
distressed asset sale.
(vii) The trends from such date of
enactment to a date that is not earlier than 30
years after such date of enactment with respect
to the following:
(I) Such offshore development and
research.
(II) Such technologies.
(III) Global investment in such
technologies.
(IV) Workforce migration as a
result of such offshore development and
research.
(V) The geopolitical risk posed by
such offshore development and research.
(viii) Any similarities or differences, as
the case may be, between the United States and
foreign countries in such technologies,
including with respect to the following:
(I) Utilization and availability of
large language models.
(II) Research platforms that
support such technologies.
(B) Conduct an assessment of the implications to or
on, as the case may be, the following as a result of
such offshore development and research:
(i) The national economy.
(ii) National security.
(iii) Allies and partners of the United
States.
(iv) Adversaries of the United States,
including the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the
People's Republic of China, and the Russian
Federation, and the proxies of such
adversaries.
(v) Geopolitically vulnerable markets,
including Taiwan.
(C) Based upon such identifications and
assessments, identify and, as appropriate, recommend
strategies for the following:
(i) Disincentivizing such offshore
development and research.
(ii) Strengthening domestic development of,
and research relating to, such technologies.
(iii) Strengthening governmental oversight
of acquisitions described in subparagraph
(A)(vi).
(iv) Reducing the incidence of such
acquisitions.
(D) Submit to Congress and publish in the Federal
Register a report that includes information relating to
the following:
(i) The identifications made pursuant to
subparagraph (A).
(ii) The assessments conducted pursuant to
subparagraph (B).
(iii) Each strategy identified pursuant to
subparagraph (C).
(iv) Each strategy recommended pursuant to
such subparagraph and, for each such strategy,
recommendations on policy to implement such
strategy.
(2) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Commerce may not include
in the report under paragraph (1) personally identifiable
information of the foreign nationals described in subparagraph
(A)(iv) of such paragraph or the officials described in
subparagraph (A)(v) of such paragraph.
(b) Subsequent Reports.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the report
under subsection (a) is submitted and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Industry and Security, shall determine whether the
strategies submitted in such report are outdated.
(2) Updated strategies.--If the Secretary of Commerce,
pursuant to paragraph (1) or (3), as the case may be, makes a
determination in the affirmative pursuant to either of such
paragraphs, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and publish
in the Federal Register a report that includes information
relating to updated strategies.
(3) Further determinations.--If a report is submitted
pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Commerce, not later
than one year after such submission and annually thereafter,
shall make a determination described in paragraph (1).
(c) Consultation.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary of
Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry
and Security, shall consult with the heads of other Federal agencies
and departments, as appropriate.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Critical artificial intelligence technologies.--The
term ``critical artificial intelligence technologies'' means
any hardware, software, or data models relating to artificial
intelligence, including the following:
(A) High-performance semiconductors.
(B) Neural processing units.
(C) Deep learning processors.
(D) Application-specific integrated circuits.
(E) Field-programmable gate arrays.
(F) Hardware accelerators.
(G) Software frameworks.
(H) Inference stacks.
(I) Data models for any of the following:
(i) Facilitating research and development.
(ii) National intelligence and
surveillance.
(iii) National defense.
(iv) Advanced mathematics.
(2) Foreign entity.--The term ``foreign entity'' means a
corporation, partnership, or other entity that satisfies any of
the following requirements:
(A) Is organized under the laws of a foreign
country.
(B) Has a principal place of business located
outside of the United States.
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