Consider requiring objective pre-release review standards for frontier artificial intelligence models and kill switches for closed-weight developers.

Congress should also consider objective standards for pre-release review of frontier models, and to require closed-weight developers to include a "kill switch ," among other options.

Liccardo says Congress should consider objective pre-release review standards for frontier AI models and requirements that closed-weight developers include a kill switch.

Op-Ed: What Congress can do about AI safety — with China — now | Congressman Sam Liccardo
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Congress should also consider objective standards for pre-release review of frontier models, and to require closed-weight developers to include a “kill switch,” among other options.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Liccardo directly renewed the specific frontier-model pre-release review and closed-weight kill-switch proposal, but framed it as congressional consideration rather than a completed requirement.

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Op-Ed: What Congress can do about AI safety — with China — now | Congressman Sam Liccardo
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107 House Democrats demanded Speaker Mike Johnson cancel the upcoming recess to vote on legislation creating AI safeguards.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Liccardo led a concrete pressure campaign during the lookback window for floor action on AI safeguards, indicating effort but not enactment.

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Over a Hundred House Democrats Demand Congress Stay in Session to Confront AI Crisis | Congressman Sam Liccardo
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Reviewing the results of such assessment and such mitigation to determine-- whether to deploy such model

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The FRONTIER Act contains a pre-deployment review concept for frontier models, but the bill was only introduced and referred to committees, so it does not deliver the requirement.

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H.R. 9925 Introduced in House (IH) - FRONTIER Act
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Maintain a technical capability to carry out the following actions

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The House AI Kill Switch Act proposes shutdown capabilities for covered AI technology, but it remains an introduced bill referred to committee.

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H.R. 9917 Introduced in House (IH) - AI Kill Switch Act
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an objection from Sen. Rand Paul prevented the bill from passing unanimously.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A Senate kill-switch attempt during the lookback window was blocked, reinforcing that a federal kill-switch requirement remained unresolved.

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Senate blocks Kennedy bill to require AI developers to install an emergency kill switch
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Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the creation of a mandatory governmental licensing, preclearance, or permitting requirement

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The executive order created a voluntary frontier-model access framework, but expressly did not create mandatory pre-release approval or permitting, leaving the claim unresolved federally.

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Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security – The White House
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