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 July 30, 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 July 30, 2026AI-related bills currently before Congress, newest legislative activity first. Each links to the official bill page on Congress.gov.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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 the Judiciary.
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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 →
