[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6304 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6304

To codify a national strategy for artificial intelligence that promotes 
American leadership, removes regulatory barriers, and ensures data are 
 free from security risks and ideological bias, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 25, 2025

   Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 codify a national strategy for artificial intelligence that promotes 
American leadership, removes regulatory barriers, and ensures data are 
 free from security risks and ideological bias, 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 for America Act''.

SEC. 2. ACTION PLAN RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; NIST REPORT ON 
              SECURITY RISKS RELATING TO, AND IDEOLOGICAL BIAS IN, 
              ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

    (a) Action Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than July 31, 2027, the Director 
        of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in coordination 
        with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit 
        to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 
        of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate an action plan relating to 
        artificial intelligence (in this subsection referred to as the 
        ``Action Plan''). The Action Plan shall include measurable 
        milestones relating to the matters described in paragraph (2). 
        The Director, in coordination with such heads, shall not less 
        often than biennially update the Action Plan and submit to such 
        Committees each such update.
            (2) Matters described.--The matters described in this 
        paragraph are the following:
                    (A) Artificial intelligence leadership, workforce 
                development, public-private partnerships, and measures 
                against security risks and ideological bias.
                    (B) Development and modernization of civilian 
                artificial intelligence research infrastructure.
                    (C) Public-private partnerships relating to 
                artificial intelligence, with the following:
                            (i) The Department of Energy.
                            (ii) The National Aeronautics and Space 
                        Administration.
                            (iii) The National Institute of Standards 
                        and Technology.
                            (iv) The National Science Foundation.
    (b) Identification of Certain Regulatory Barriers.--Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 
Secretary of Transportation, and the heads of other relevant Federal 
agencies, shall identify regulatory barriers to the adoption of 
artificial intelligence in the following sectors:
            (1) Healthcare.
            (2) Scientific research.
            (3) Transportation.
            (4) Any other sector the Director determines relevant.
    (c) NIST Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National 
        Institute of Standards and Technology shall submit to the 
        Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate a report on measures, including 
        internal review protocols, third-party audits, and public 
        disclosure requirements, as appropriate, to detect and prevent 
        security risks and ideological bias in data, training methods, 
        or decision outcomes relating to artificial intelligence. The 
        report shall include information relating to the criteria 
        utilized in Federal agencies to assess such risks and bias, and 
        any corrective measures taken relating thereto.
            (2) Means of submission.--The Director of the National 
        Institute of Standards and Technology may submit the report 
        under paragraph (1) as part of an update to the framework under 
        subsection (c) of section 22A of the National Institute of 
        Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278h-1) or another 
        report the Director is to submit.
    (d) Artificial Intelligence Defined.--In this section, the term 
``artificial intelligence'' has the meaning given such term in section 
5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 
U.S.C. 9401).
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