Federal AI Bills in Congress
A live view of AI-related legislation moving through the U.S. Congress — pulled automatically from the official Congress.gov database. Federal law sets the national backdrop for the state AI laws that most businesses must comply with today.
Last content change · 25 bills tracked
Federal AI law news
Updated September 14, 2026The latest national AI-policy coverage — Congress, the White House, and federal agencies. Aggregated automatically; follow each link for the full story.
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Tracked bills
Updated September 12, 2026AI-related bills currently before Congress, newest legislative activity first. Each links to the official bill page on Congress.gov.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 701.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, 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.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Federal vs. state AI regulation
As of 2026 there is no single comprehensive federal AI statute. Instead, AI oversight at the federal level is spread across existing agencies — the FTC, EEOC, FDA, CFPB, and others — while Congress debates the bills tracked above. For most companies, the binding obligations today come from state laws such as the Colorado AI Act, Illinois' AI hiring rules, and California's transparency requirements.
Use this tracker to watch where federal policy is heading, then check your state-specific obligations with the free assessment.
In the many states that have not yet enacted their own AI statute, this federal framework — the FTC Act, the anti-discrimination laws the EEOC enforces, the FCRA, and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework — is the primary compliance baseline. Each of those state pages sets out the in-force federal authorities that apply there.
The lawmakers shaping U.S. AI policy
The bipartisan Senate AI Working Group led nine "AI Insight Forums" and authored "Driving U.S. Innovation in Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence Policy," released on May 15, 2024 — the Senate’s framework for the federal AI legislation tracked above. Read the roadmap →
