Scott Franklin will support a national, risk-based framework for regulating advanced frontier AI models that focuses oversight on the largest developers while avoiding one-size-fits-all mandates on startups and smaller innovators.

Scott Franklin · Florida · Republican

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The Frontier Risk Oversight, National Transparency, Independent Evaluation, and Reporting (FRONTIER) Act, H.R. 9925, would create a risk-based system with oversight requirements that vary based on the size of AI developers... Rep. Franklin... said... "It takes a targeted approach by focusing only on the handful of companies developing the most powerful frontier AI models, not the startups and innovators driving America’s AI ecosystem."

Franklin cosponsored the FRONTIER Act and said it would target oversight at the largest frontier AI developers while sparing startups and smaller innovators from unnecessary federal requirements.

Obernolte, Franklin offer bipartisan bill to set national rules for advanced AI | U.S. Representative Scott Franklin
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Evidence

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H.R. 9925 was introduced July 23, 2026 by Obernolte for himself, Trahan, Houchin, Peters, Scott Franklin of Florida, and Subramanyam. The bill provides federal oversight of frontier AI and defines large and very large frontier developers by revenue and AI-related development expenditures.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text confirms Franklin was an original cosponsor of the FRONTIER Act, a federal framework for frontier AI oversight with size-based developer thresholds and catastrophic-risk requirements. This directly supports the commitment to back a national, risk-based framework focused on the largest developers.

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H.R. 9925 (IH) - Frontier Risk Oversight, National Transparency, Independent Evaluation, and Reporting Act
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Franklin's office said the FRONTIER Act would create a risk-based system with oversight requirements varying by developer size, focused on the largest developers and avoiding one-size-fits-all mandates on startups and smaller innovators.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Franklin publicly endorsed the bill in terms matching the promise: targeted oversight for powerful frontier AI developers, uniform national standards, transparency, audits, incident reporting, and reduced burden on startups and smaller innovators.

delivered same_term A for effort

Obernolte, Franklin offer bipartisan bill to set national rules for advanced AI | U.S. Representative Scott Franklin
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Franklin fulfilled the promise to support, rather than necessarily enact, a national risk-based frontier AI framework. During his current federal House term, he joined H.R. 9925, the FRONTIER Act, as an original cosponsor and publicly promoted it as targeted oversight for the largest frontier AI developers while avoiding uniform mandates on startups and smaller innovators. The bill remained in committee as of the available record, so this is not evidence of enacted regulation, but the promise was framed as support for such a framework and his legislative action directly matched that commitment.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%