Establish a federal cause of action allowing people injured by AI systems to bring claims in federal or state court.

Lori Trahan · Massachusetts · Democratic

policy impact 0.66 specificity 0.84 extraction confidence 88%

Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: Advance legislation creating a federal cause of action for AI-related injuries.. Promised outcome: People injured by AI systems would be able to bring claims in federal or state court.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. As U.S. Representative for Massachusetts' 3rd District, Trahan released a discussion draft of the CLAIM Act in the 2026 congressional term.

Occurrences

Establishes a federal cause of action. Injured parties may bring claims in federal or state court.

The CLAIM Act would establish a federal cause of action for injured parties to bring AI-related claims in federal or state court.

Trahan Unveils CLAIM Act Discussion Draft to Hold AI Developers Accountable for Harms Caused by Their Agents | U.S. Representative Lori Trahan
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Evidence

unverified · Source version 91493 · locator unknown

released a discussion draft of the Clear Liability for Artificial Intelligence Misconduct (CLAIM) Act. ... Injured parties may bring claims in federal or state court.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Trahan released a discussion draft matching the commitment's core mechanism, but the official release frames it as a draft rather than enacted law.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Trahan Unveils CLAIM Act Discussion Draft to Hold AI Developers Accountable for Harms Caused by Their Agents | U.S. Representative Lori Trahan
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

unverified · Source version 91496 · locator unknown

This Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The draft's own effective-date clause indicates the proposed cause of action would only become operative upon enactment; the current evidence shows proposal, not delivery.

unresolved same_term A for effort

claim_act_final.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

verified · Source version 91504 · locator 1394

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): A related federal AI-liability bill creating a cause-of-action framework remained at introduction/referral status in the official record, supporting that this policy area was still unresolved federally.

unresolved same_term

S. 2937 (IS) - Aligning Incentives for Leadership, Excellence, and Advancement in Development Act - BILLS-119s2937is | Content Details | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-10-14 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term

The verified commitment promises an enacted outcome: establishing a federal cause of action so injured parties may bring claims in federal or state court. The only verified outcome evidence shows a bill was introduced, read twice, and referred to committee, which is an attempt/referral rather than enactment. Because there is no verified evidence that the cause of action became law, and no documented deadline has expired, the promise remains unresolved. The verified passage does not establish Trahan's material contribution to that bill, so attribution is unknown and effort is not credited from verified evidence.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%