United StatesCreates NIST Center for AI Security and Innovation
Creates a federal body to evaluate AI risks and advise standards, which could affect AI safety, national security, and industry practices.
What it does
Creates the Center for AI Security and Innovation at NIST to measure AI risks and support mitigation.
Defines duties including evaluating security vulnerabilities (model tampering, data leakage, model extraction, jailbreaks) and developing voluntary evaluations for covered frontier systems.
Limits the Center to non-regulatory activities, exempts shared information from certain disclosure rules, and bars use of that information for government regulation of the provider.
Authorizes $20 million annually for FY2027–2032, requires annual reporting to Congress starting FY2027, and sunsets the section after five years.
Argument forCreates a focused federal capability to identify and reduce AI risks to national and economic security, improving preparedness for threats like model tampering or data leakage.
Argument againstBecause the Center lacks regulatory or enforcement authority, it may be limited to recommending actions without ensuring adoption by developers or agencies.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldLatest
- Jun 25Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 0.
- Jun 18Introduced in House
- Jun 18Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.Introduced
TechnologyAI & PrivacyNational Security