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

• 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) — September 16, 2026: objection blocks unanimous-consent passage of the proposed human-controlled shutdown requirement.
• Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340) — House-passed September 16, 2026; proposed state consideration of data-center energy-cost standards.
• Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act — September 3, 2026: Sanders and Casar announce proposed superintelligence ban.
• 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.
• FRONTIER Act (119th Congress) — July 23, 2026: bipartisan lawmakers introduce FRONTIER Act.
• CHATBOT Act (119th Congress) — April 28, 2026: Senators introduce CHATBOT Act.

Regulations and executive actions

• 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

Guidance and frameworks

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.

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.