Create five Senate-confirmed deputy representatives in the Office of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Threats for intergovernmental coordination, international engagement, private sector engagement, national security and emerging technology threats, and economic and workforce impacts.

Tom Barrett · Michigan · Republican

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Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: Create five Senate-confirmed deputy representative posts focused on intergovernmental coordination, international engagement, private sector engagement, national security and emerging technology threats, and economic and workforce impacts.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. U.S. House, Michigan 7th District; 119th Congress legislation H.R. 10768 introduced during Barrett's current federal term.

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In addition to the representative, the office would have five Senate-confirmed deputy representatives to spearhead specific responsibilities: Deputy representative for intergovernmental coordination; Deputy representative for international engagement; Deputy representative for private sector engagement; Deputy representative for national security and emerging technology threats; and Deputy representative for economic and workforce impacts.

Barrett's legislation would establish five Senate-confirmed deputy roles focused on specific AI and technology-threat policy areas.

Barrett Introduces Legislation to Address Growing Threats from Artificial Intelligence, Other Emerging Technology | Representative Tom Barrett
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formally introduced the Artificial Intelligence Governance and Emerging Threats Act

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Barrett announced introduction of legislation matching the commitment during the lookback window, showing concrete effort but not enactment.

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Barrett Introduces Legislation to Address Growing Threats from Artificial Intelligence, Other Emerging Technology | Representative Tom Barrett
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five Senate-confirmed deputy representatives

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official announcement describes the five Senate-confirmed deputy representatives contemplated by the claim.

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Barrett Introduces Legislation to Address Growing Threats from Artificial Intelligence, Other Emerging Technology | Representative Tom Barrett
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Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · October 9, 2026

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The bill remained in committee rather than enacted, so the office and deputy positions were not yet created as of the latest checked status.

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H.R. 10768 — To establish the Office of Artificial Intelligence… | Vote Files
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Recorded votes None taken

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): No recorded vote was reported for H.R. 10768, reinforcing that the commitment had not advanced to enactment.

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H.R. 10768 — To establish the Office of Artificial Intelligence… | Vote Files
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Public state: pending As of 2026-10-14 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment is an outcome promise to create five Senate-confirmed deputy representative posts. Barrett materially advanced the proposal by formally introducing the Artificial Intelligence Governance and Emerging Threats Act, but the verified legislative status shows the bill was only referred to committee on October 9, 2026, with no recorded votes. Because there is no verified enactment and no deadline has expired as of October 14, 2026, the outcome is unresolved rather than delivered or never.

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