Establish responsible artificial intelligence safeguards, including protections for consumers, workers, children, privacy, transparency, accountability, safety testing, data protection, and programs addressing potential job loss.

James R. Walkinshaw · Virginia · Democratic

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Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Support and work to establish bipartisan artificial intelligence safeguards.. Promised outcome: AI rules that protect consumers, workers, children, privacy, transparency, accountability, safety, and innovation.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Official House email update as U.S. Representative for Virginia's 11th District and member of the House Artificial Intelligence Caucus.

Occurrences

As a member of the House Artificial Intelligence Caucus, I support bipartisan safeguards that protect consumers, workers, children, and Americans’ privacy, strengthen transparency and accountability for high-risk uses, and keep our country at the forefront of technological progress. We should have mandatory safety testing of new models, protections for personal data, and programs to address potential job loss, among other provisions.

Walkinshaw supported bipartisan AI safeguards covering privacy, consumer and worker protections, children, transparency, accountability, model safety testing, data protection, and job-loss programs.

Representative James Walkinshaw
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Evidence

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“Today, Congressman James Walkinshaw (VA-11) introduced a bipartisan bill with Congressman Addison McDowell (NC-06) to direct the intelligence community to report to Congress on how it uses artificial intelligence with data collected under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, including which systems are being used and what safeguards are in place to protect Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights.”

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Walkinshaw announced a bipartisan AI oversight bill focused on intelligence-community AI use, transparency, and safeguards. This is concrete legislative effort, but the source describes introduction rather than enactment of comprehensive responsible-AI safeguards.

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Walkinshaw, McDowell Leads Bipartisan FISA AI Reporting Act to Increase Oversight of Artificial Intelligence Use Under FISA | U.S. Representative James Walkinshaw
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“I support bipartisan safeguards that protect consumers, workers, children, and Americans’ privacy, strengthen transparency and accountability for high-risk uses, and keep our country at the forefront of technological progress. We should have mandatory safety testing of new models, protections for personal data, and programs to address potential job loss, among other provisions.”

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Walkinshaw reiterated support for the same broad AI safeguards described in the commitment and said Congress should establish clear rules. The language shows the promise remains an active policy objective, not a delivered federal outcome.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Representative James Walkinshaw
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Mr. McDowell (for himself and Mr. Walkinshaw) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text confirms Walkinshaw is a cosponsor of H.R. 10502 and that the measure was introduced and referred to committees, not enacted. This is concrete same-term effort toward AI oversight/safeguards but leaves the broader commitment unresolved.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10502 Introduced in House (IH) - U.S. Government Publishing Office
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An assessment of the safeguards established by the elements of the intelligence community to ensure that such use of artificial intelligence is in compliance with such Act and the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official bill text shows the proposal targets AI safeguards and oversight for intelligence-community use under FISA Section 702. Because this is a reporting requirement in introduced legislation rather than enacted safeguards, it supports unresolved status with effort.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10502 Introduced in House (IH) - U.S. Government Publishing Office
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Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-10-08 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment was broad support for establishing bipartisan AI safeguards, including privacy, transparency, accountability, safety testing, data protection, and job-loss programs. Verified evidence shows Walkinshaw materially participated in introducing H.R. 10502 and that the bill concerned assessment of AI safeguards for intelligence-community use, which is relevant same-term effort. But the verified passages show introduction and referral only, not enactment or an achieved safeguards regime, and there is no documented deadline that has expired. An introduced bill does not fulfill a promise to establish or achieve the broader AI safeguards outcome.

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