Urge Congress to take up and pass the SAFE AI Act to establish AI safety research grants and guiding principles for ethical AI development.

Kevin Kiley · California · Independent

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Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Urge Congress to take up and pass H.R. 6402, the SAFE AI Act.. Promised outcome: Establish a grant program for AI safety research and direct the National Academy of Sciences to develop public guiding principles and ethical considerations for implementation.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. As U.S. Representative for California's 3rd District, Kiley called for passage of his pending federal AI safety bill during the 2026 congressional term.

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Today, Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA) urged Congress to take up and pass his AI Safety bill, H.R. 6402, the Ensuring Safe and Ethical AI Development Through SAFE AI Research Grants Act (“SAFE AI Act”). This legislation would establish a grant program for cutting-edge AI safety research aimed at aligning models and mitigating risks as capabilities advance. It also directs the National Academy of Sciences to work with industry, government, academia, and other key stakeholders to develop a set of guiding principles and ethical considerations which will be made available to the public and will be used to inform implementation of the grant program.

Kiley called for Congress to take up and pass his SAFE AI Act, which would create federal AI safety research grants and guiding principles for ethical AI development.

Rep. Kiley Calls on Congress to Pass AI Safety Bill
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Evidence

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Today, Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA) urged Congress to take up and pass his AI Safety bill, H.R. 6402, the Ensuring Safe and Ethical AI Development Through SAFE AI Research Grants Act (“SAFE AI Act”).

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official House member release documents Kiley's direct renewed advocacy for Congress to take up and pass the SAFE AI Act shortly before the lookback window; the same release says the bill remains pending in committee, so enactment is not shown.

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Rep. Kiley Calls on Congress to Pass AI Safety Bill
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Mr. Kiley of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo official bill record confirms Kiley introduced H.R. 6402 in the 119th Congress and that its recorded action was referral to the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, indicating concrete effort but not enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 6402 (IH) - Ensuring Safe and Ethical AI Development Through SAFE AI Research Grants - BILLS-119hr6402ih | Related Documents | GovInfo
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Public state: delivered As of 2026-09-14 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment is occurrence-specific: Kiley said he urged Congress to take up and pass H.R. 6402. Verified evidence 46980 directly confirms that action. The broader policy outcome of enactment and creation of grants is not shown, but the adjudicated promised action was to urge Congress, not to prove enactment.

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