119-hr5288

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 5288 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5288

 To direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit reports on strategies 
 regarding the development of, and research relating to, critical 
 artificial intelligence technologies, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 10, 2025

Mr. Vindman (for himself and Mr. Moylan) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
 to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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

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 A BILL

 To direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit reports on strategies 
 regarding the development of, and research relating to, critical 
 artificial intelligence technologies, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``AI Sovereignty Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORTS ON STRATEGIES REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF, AND 
 RESEARCH RELATING TO, CRITICAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 
 TECHNOLOGIES.

    (a) Initial Report.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 240 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, acting 
 through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and 
 Security, shall carry out the following:
        (A) To the extent practicable, identify the 
 following:
            (i) Each location to which the development 
 of, and research relating to, critical 
 artificial intelligence technologies is being 
 offshored.
            (ii) Partnerships between domestic entities 
 and foreign entities for such offshore 
 development and research.
            (iii) Any reshoring of such offshored 
 development and research.
            (iv) The role of foreign nationals who 
 receive in the United States an education or 
 work experience in the development of, and 
 research relating to, such technologies, and 
 subsequently work for foreign entities, 
 including adversaries of the United States, in 
 fields relating to such technologies.
            (v) The role of private sector officials 
 and public sector officials who are American 
 and work for such foreign entities.
            (vi) The domestic assets, including 
 intellectual property, for such development and 
 research that such foreign entities have 
 acquired, including by means of a bankruptcy or 
 distressed asset sale.
            (vii) The trends from such date of 
 enactment to a date that is not earlier than 30 
 years after such date of enactment with respect 
 to the following:
            (I) Such offshore development and 
 research.
            (II) Such technologies.
            (III) Global investment in such 
 technologies.
            (IV) Workforce migration as a 
 result of such offshore development and 
 research.
            (V) The geopolitical risk posed by 
 such offshore development and research.
            (viii) Any similarities or differences, as 
 the case may be, between the United States and 
 foreign countries in such technologies, 
 including with respect to the following:
            (I) Utilization and availability of 
 large language models.
            (II) Research platforms that 
 support such technologies.
        (B) Conduct an assessment of the implications to or 
 on, as the case may be, the following as a result of 
 such offshore development and research:
            (i) The national economy.
            (ii) National security.
            (iii) Allies and partners of the United 
 States.
            (iv) Adversaries of the United States, 
 including the Democratic People's Republic of 
 Korea, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 
 People's Republic of China, and the Russian 
 Federation, and the proxies of such 
 adversaries.
            (v) Geopolitically vulnerable markets, 
 including Taiwan.
            (C) Based upon such identifications and 
 assessments, identify and, as appropriate, recommend 
 strategies for the following:
            (i) Disincentivizing such offshore 
 development and research.
            (ii) Strengthening domestic development of, 
 and research relating to, such technologies.
            (iii) Strengthening governmental oversight 
 of acquisitions described in subparagraph
        (A)
            (vi) .
            (iv) Reducing the incidence of such 
 acquisitions.
            (D) Submit to Congress and publish in the Federal 
 Register a report that includes information relating to 
 the following:
            (i) The identifications made pursuant to 
 subparagraph
        (A) .
            (ii) The assessments conducted pursuant to 
 subparagraph
        (B) .
            (iii) Each strategy identified pursuant to 
 subparagraph
            (C) .
            (iv) Each strategy recommended pursuant to 
 such subparagraph and, for each such strategy, 
 recommendations on policy to implement such 
 strategy.

    (2) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Commerce may not include 
 in the report under paragraph

    (1) personally identifiable 
 information of the foreign nationals described in subparagraph
        (A)
            (iv) of such paragraph or the officials described in 
 subparagraph
        (A)
            (v) of such paragraph.

    (b) Subsequent Reports.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the report 
 under subsection

    (a) is submitted and annually thereafter, the 
 Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of 
 Commerce for Industry and Security, shall determine whether the 
 strategies submitted in such report are outdated.

    (2) Updated strategies.--If the Secretary of Commerce, 
 pursuant to paragraph

    (1) or

    (3) , as the case may be, makes a 
 determination in the affirmative pursuant to either of such 
 paragraphs, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and publish 
 in the Federal Register a report that includes information 
 relating to updated strategies.

    (3) Further determinations.--If a report is submitted 
 pursuant to paragraph

    (2) , the Secretary of Commerce, not later 
 than one year after such submission and annually thereafter, 
 shall make a determination described in paragraph

    (1) .
            (c) Consultation.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary of 
Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry 
and Security, shall consult with the heads of other Federal agencies 
and departments, as appropriate.
            (d) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Critical artificial intelligence technologies.--The 
 term ``critical artificial intelligence technologies'' means 
 any hardware, software, or data models relating to artificial 
 intelligence, including the following:
        (A) High-performance semiconductors.
        (B) Neural processing units.
            (C) Deep learning processors.
            (D) Application-specific integrated circuits.
        (E) Field-programmable gate arrays.
        (F) Hardware accelerators.
        (G) Software frameworks.
        (H) Inference stacks.
            (I) Data models for any of the following:
            (i) Facilitating research and development.
            (ii) National intelligence and 
 surveillance.
            (iii) National defense.
            (iv) Advanced mathematics.

    (2) Foreign entity.--The term ``foreign entity'' means a 
 corporation, partnership, or other entity that satisfies any of 
 the following requirements:
        (A) Is organized under the laws of a foreign 
 country.
        (B) Has a principal place of business located 
 outside of the United States.
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