United States Federal Authorities

Browse federal authorities by instrument type. Individual articles contain legal details, dated status records, and sources.

Enacted laws

• TAKE IT DOWN Act
• National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020
• AI in Government Act of 2020
• AI Training Act
• Advancing American AI Act
• NDAA FY2024 AI Provisions
• NDAA FY2025 AI Provisions
• NDAA FY2026 AI Provisions

Proposed legislation

• PATIENT AI Act discussion draft — released October 29, 2026; proposed health-AI safeguards, review, certification and Medicare pathways; sponsor feedback requested by December 1.
• Common-Sense Cloud Security Act (H.R. 10915) — introduced October 26, 2026; proposed cloud-security standards, voluntary certification and later FedRAMP alignment.
• Plate Reader Abuse Act (H.R. 10900) — October 22 introduction; proposed law-enforcement reporting, audit and grant conditions.
• No Personal Data in Grocery Pricing Act (H.R. 10905) — October 22 introduction; proposed pricing restrictions with defined exceptions and FTC/state enforcement.
• AI Cyber Defense Act (H.R. 10873) — introduced October 22, 2026; proposed voluntary NIST distillation-attack standards and a defensive-cybersecurity roundtable.
• Transparent Automated Governance Act (S. 5648) — September 30, 2026 introduced proposal for agency AI inventories, public notices, appeals and data safeguards.
• Securing Elections From AI Deception Act (H.R. 10841) — introduced October 19, 2026; proposed voting-rights safeguards, election-content disclaimers and a duty of care.
• REAL Political Advertisements Act — H.R. 10814 introduced October 15, 2026 and referred to House Administration; the introduced print proposes AI political-ad disclosures and digital electioneering coverage.
• Critical Infrastructure AI Cyber Defense Pilot Program bill (H.R. 10519) — Introduced September 21, 2026; referred to Homeland Security; proposes AI tools and technical assistance for participating infrastructure operators.
• Clear Liability for Artificial Intelligence Misconduct (CLAIM) Act — Discussion draft released October 7, 2026; proposes developer liability and remedies for certain AI injuries to non-users.
• Artificial Intelligence Governance and Emerging Threats Act — H.R. 10768, introduced October 9, 2026 and referred to House Energy and Commerce; proposes a presidential AI office and congressional oversight.
• CISA Securing AI Task Force Act (H.R. 10752) — Introduced October 6, 2026; referred to Homeland Security; introduced text proposes an internal AI-security task force.
• Insider Threat Reporting and Security Guidance Act (S. 5601) — Introduced September 29, 2026; referred to Armed Services; proposes defense AI-contractor reporting and voluntary security guidance.
• Data Protection Act of 2026 — September 30, 2026: Gillibrand announced reintroduction of a federal data-protection proposal; sponsor text is an unnumbered discussion draft.
• Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 — September 30, 2026: sponsors announce a permitting-reform bill with proposed cost protections for large data centers; committee draft reviewed, bill number unverified.
• Senate Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence resolution — September 29, 2026: Gallego announces a proposed Senate AI oversight committee for the 120th Congress; the committee has not been established.
• Artificial Intelligence Risk Management and Security Act (S. 5576) — Formally introduced and referred to Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation September 29, 2026; unanimous-consent passage was blocked by an objection.
• AI Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 1792) — Introduced May 15, 2025; Senator John Curtis announced cosponsorship September 25, 2026.
• Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2026 — September 25, 2026: sponsors announce reintroduction of a proposed federal biometric-surveillance moratorium.
• Make AI Work for Americans Act (S. 5518) — Introduced September 24, 2026 and referred to Senate Finance; proposal for AI-industry taxes and worker-support fund.
• AI Systems Transparency Act — September 24, 2026: sponsors announce a proposed federal AI oversight bill.
• Cybersecurity and AI Board of Investigations Act — September 24, 2026: sponsors announce a proposed federal AI oversight bill.
• Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act — S. 5493 announced September 23; House companion H.R. 10538 introduced September 24, 2026 and referred to Oversight and Government Reform.
• Artificial Intelligence Data Authorization and Transparency Act — H.R. 10578, introduced September 24, 2026; proposes federal data collection and reporting on AI’s workforce effects.
• Artificial Intelligence Education and Workforce Readiness Act of 2026 — H.R. 10515, introduced September 21, 2026; proposes AI education, reskilling and student/worker data protections.
• NO FLOCK Act (H.R. 10366) — Introduced September 14, 2026; proposed federal funding conditions for state limits on automated license-plate readers.
• FISA AI Reporting Act — September 17, 2026: sponsor announces bill for reporting on intelligence-community AI use under FISA section 702.
• AI Emergency Button Act (S. 5417 / H.R. 10567) — Senate unanimous-consent passage blocked September 16; House companion introduced and referred to Science, Space, and Technology September 24, 2026.
• Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340) — House-passed September 16, 2026; Senate cloture vote to take up the bill failed 57–43 on September 30. Would require state consideration of data-center energy-cost standards.
• Stop Rogue AI Act — September 9, 2026: sponsors announce introduction of AI-agent security bill.
• Doctors Not AI Act (119th Congress) — September 1, 2026: bipartisan Doctors Not AI Act introduced.
• AI Advertising Disclosure Act (119th Congress) — August 24, 2026: federal bill proposes sponsored-content disclosures for AI tools.
• Children's Artificial Intelligence Toy Safety Act of 2026 — August 5, 2026: Senate Commerce advances bipartisan AI-toy child-safety bill.
• Protecting Patients from Automated Denials Act (119th Congress) — July 24, 2026: bipartisan bill would require physician review of AI-assisted Medicare Advantage denials.
• Stealth Bot Prohibition Act (H.R. 9915) — introduced July 23, 2026; proposed prohibitions on covert bot access and AI-related impersonation.
• FRONTIER Act (119th Congress) — July 23, 2026: bipartisan lawmakers introduce FRONTIER Act.
• CHATBOT Act (119th Congress) — April 28, 2026: Senators introduce CHATBOT Act.

Proposed congressional resolutions

• AI-company bailout resolution (H.Res. 1642) — submitted October 29, 2026; proposed nonbinding position on corporate rescues, executive accountability and support for workers and retirees.

Regulations and executive actions

• Housing-cost executive order (EO 14438) — signed October 22, published October 28; conditional mortgage-insurance and automated title-review directions.
• DHS DeepSeek exclusion and removal order — July 24, 2026 order for covered civilian-agency procurement and IT systems; notice and signed appendix published October 20, 2026.
• GSA LLM data safeguarding clause (2026) — GSA acquisition deviation; Part 552 implementation date reached October 19, 2026, with acquisition-specific application and separate existing-contract implementation.
• Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence — Executive Order 14434, signed September 29 and published October 2, 2026; directs executive-branch SI terminology and a proposed definition. NIST renamed its control-overlay project on October 20; see the article’s implementation section. NIH issued a separate terminology notice on October 23.
• Streamlining Access to Government Services Through America.gov — Signed September 29, 2026; directs a unified federal services entry point and Login.gov integration.
• Veterans’ benefits and employment executive order — Signed September 8, 2026; directs AI benefit tools and records-sharing improvements.
• Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure
• Executive Order 14179
• Executive Order 14319
• Launching the Genesis Mission
• Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
• Promoting the Export of the American AI Technology Stack
• Unlocking Cures for Pediatric Cancer with Artificial Intelligence

Congressional oversight

• Warren Anthropic IPO inquiry — October 27, 2026 information request on AI safety, financing, governance and investor risks; announced October 28, with answers requested by November 3.

Agency programs and oversight

• FCC ultra-wideband and AI-sensing rulemaking — FCC 26-66 consultation; November 2 notice sets December 2 comments and January 4 replies, with an AI-sensing category under consideration.
• FTC personalized-pricing and compensation inquiry — October 28 information orders to nine companies; no violation findings.
• Coast Guard LOOKOUT research proposal — October 26 notice of intent for AI-assisted sensor evaluation; comments due November 25, with no executed agreement established.
• SEC FY2027 AI examination priorities — announced October 23, 2026; staff priorities addressing AI risks and compliance with existing obligations, without creating a new rule.
• Treasury Fraud.gov AI-assisted tip intake — October 22, 2026 information-collection notice; respondent editing and agency review before referral; comments due December 21.
• USPS Customer Call Center records proposal — Published October 19, 2026; proposed AI-supported service and quality-assurance purposes, with distinct six-month and ten-year retention periods; November 18 conditional effectiveness and comment date.
• CMS WISeR Model — Active Original Medicare AI-assisted prior-authorization and prepayment-review pilot in six states; GAO ruled its implementation notice subject to Congressional Review Act submission.

Guidance and frameworks

Patent inventorship

• USPTO revised AI-assisted inventorship guidance (2025) — Examination guidance replacing the February 2024 approach; ordinary human-conception standard and joint-inventorship, patent-type and priority rules.

Government-wide policy

• OMB Memorandum M-25-21 — Federal agency AI use.
• OMB Memorandum M-25-22 — Federal AI procurement.

Voluntary frameworks

• NIST AI Risk Management Framework — General AI risk management.
• NIST Generative AI Profile — Generative-AI companion guidance.

Consultations

• NIST medical standards consultation — September 18, 2026: input requested on healthcare measurement standards, including AI; comments due November 30.

NIH chief AI officer office proposal

On October 14, 2026, NIH published a notice seeking comments on a proposed reorganization within its Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives. The proposal would create an Office of the NIH Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and move the Office of Dietary Supplements under the Office of Nutrition Research. NIH describes the AI office as organizational leadership for an emerging NIH-wide priority.

Written comments are due October 28, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The notice seeks public input pursuant to the NIH Reform Act of 2006, 42 U.S.C. § 281(d)(4); the office is presented as a proposed reorganization. See October 14 news archive.

Music-streaming fraud inquiry

On October 7, 2026, the U.S. Copyright Office published a notice of inquiry on music-streaming fraud in response to a congressional request. Its questions cover fraud methods, economic impacts, the relationship to AI-generated music and royalties, industry countermeasures, ownership and usage data, potential voluntary or legislative and regulatory solutions, and criminal enforcement.

Initial comments are due November 23, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time; reply comments are due December 21 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The Office will use public submissions and its research to inform Congress. Comments are submitted through Regulations.gov. See October 7 digest coverage.

Strategy

• America's AI Action Plan

Court guidance

• United States federal judiciary AI guidance — interim safeguards for court use of AI; policy-work progress reported September 17, 2026.

Policy overviews

• United States policy on catastrophic AI risk

Related people and scholarship

• Alondra Nelson — the 2022 White House AI Bill of Rights blueprint and rights-based governance.
• Cary Coglianese — administrative law and government use of algorithms.
• Lina Khan — former FTC chair; competition and consumer protection in AI markets.

Additional federal records

Earlier federal bill, guidance, and executive-order records — dated coverage and source leads retained from the former directory.

Related October 8, 2026 news

• October 8 digest: Banks seeks stronger safeguards for military AI partnerships — event: October 7, 2026.

Related October 9, 2026 news

• CRS identifies criminal-liability gaps for autonomous AI agents
• Carter and Thompson reintroduce CISA AI task-force bill