This bill creates a national framework for artificial intelligence (AI). It requires the President, working with White House AI and security advisors and federal agencies, to deliver a National Artificial Intelligence Action Plan within 30 days of enactment and then update it yearly. The Action Plan must identify barriers to AI innovation (including procurement, licensing, permitting, routing, zoning, and reporting), set measurable goals and agency roles for research, testing, and safe AI use, align risk management with NIST standards, address critical-infrastructure and supply-chain issues, and include measures to reduce burdens on small businesses and expand access to models, computing resources, and data. The bill directs agencies to review certain prior executive actions and, if inconsistent with the bill’s policy, to suspend, revise, or rescind them as appropriate. The bill also imposes a five-year nationwide moratorium that prevents States or localities from enforcing laws that limit or regulate AI models, AI systems, or automated decision systems engaged in interstate commerce, with exceptions for laws that facilitate deployment, generally applicable criminal laws, and government procurement requirements. The Act clarifies it does not authorize federal agencies to add substantive AI design, performance, data-handling, documentation, or civil-liability requirements beyond existing law.
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Supporters' stated reasons in the bill text include keeping and strengthening U.S. leadership in AI, avoiding a confusing patchwork of differing State AI rules, using a sectoral and technology-neutral federal approach, minimizing burdens on small businesses, and providing national guardrails while standards and governance mature.
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