House Republicans look forward to working across the aisle to enact a national framework that unleashes the full potential of AI, cements the U.S. as the global leader, and provides important protections for American families.
Enact a national AI framework that unleashes the full potential of artificial intelligence, keeps the United States the global leader, and provides protections for American families.
Occurrences
Congress and the White House have been working together to deliver commonsense, pro-innovation framework for AI.
the first thing is we have to deliver a single national framework that protects children, safeguards communities, supports creators, and avoids a patchwork of state regulations.
Congress will utilize existing structures to establish safeguards and rules of the road, so to speak, without smothering the whole marketplace with red tape.
we have to move at the speed that victory demands. Inaction is unacceptable.
simplify and streamline where we can, to regulate only where we must and pave the way for American dominance.
House Republicans look forward to working across the aisle to enact a national framework that unleashes the full potential of AI, cements the U.S. as the global leader, and provides important protections for American families.
Evidence
House Republicans look forward to working across the aisle to enact a national framework that unleashes the full potential of AI, cements the U.S. as the global leader, and provides important protections for American families.
House Republicans look forward to working across the aisle to enact a national framework that unleashes the full potential of AI, cements the U.S. as the global leader, and provides important protections for American families.
I commend President Trump for releasing a thoughtful National AI Legislative Framework that pairs innovation with targeted safeguards.
House Science leaders sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a comprehensive review of existing federal and state laws and regulations governing artificial intelligence (AI).
H.R. 7434 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): AI Grand Challenges Act of 2026 ... introduced in House ... referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
H.R.8037 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Protect American AI Act of 2026 ... introduced in House ... referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
The White House said Trump signed Executive Order 14409 on June 2, 2026 to advance AI innovation, strengthen cybersecurity, protect critical infrastructure, and keep the United States the global leader in AI. The same fact sheet says the administration had already unveiled a national legislative framework in March and is continuing that effort.
The executive order states that the administration will promote AI innovation and security, work with the private sector, and avoid creating a mandatory licensing or preclearance regime for AI models. It is a federal executive action, not evidence that Congress enacted a national AI framework.
Speaker Johnson and House Republican leaders said Congress must act and that House Republicans would work across the aisle to enact a national AI framework that promotes innovation, U.S. leadership, and family protections.
The White House framework repeatedly directs that Congress should legislate on child protections, AI-enabled fraud, infrastructure, intellectual property, regulatory sandboxes, workforce development, and federal preemption of burdensome state AI laws.
Executive Order 14365 says the administration must act with Congress toward a minimally burdensome national standard and states that, until such a standard exists, executive action is needed against state laws viewed as excessive.
The House-engrossed bill included an AI and IT modernization initiative and a 10-year moratorium barring states from enforcing laws regulating AI models, AI systems, or automated decision systems in interstate commerce.
The Washington Post reported that the Senate voted 99-1 to remove the proposed 10-year state AI-law moratorium from the reconciliation bill after bipartisan opposition.
GovInfo lists H.R. 8037 as introduced in the House and referred to the Judiciary and Energy and Commerce Committees; the bill title concerns limiting litigation effects on data center and related infrastructure reviews.
GovInfo lists H.R. 7434 as introduced in the House and referred to the Science, Space, and Technology Committee to authorize NSF artificial intelligence research prizes.
Public Law 119-12 requires covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions and defines digital forgery as content created through software, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or other computer-generated means.
House Science Committee leaders asked GAO to comprehensively review existing federal and state laws and regulations governing AI to inform future legislative efforts.
Executive Order 14409 establishes AI cybersecurity measures, a voluntary framework for covered frontier models, and expressly disclaims mandatory licensing, preclearance, or permitting for AI model release.
Financial Services Chairman French Hill praised the White House AI framework and said Congress moving forward should advance sandboxes and a flexible sectoral approach while preserving U.S. AI leadership.
Assessments
The promised outcome was to enact a national AI framework. The evidence shows Johnson and House Republican leaders publicly committed to pursuing that framework and that the administration issued legislative recommendations and executive AI orders. Congress also advanced or enacted narrower AI-related measures, including targeted protections and AI-related House provisions, but the record does not show enactment of a comprehensive national AI framework matching the promise. Because there was same-term federal executive and legislative activity, including serious advocacy and related bills, this merits partial credit rather than delivered or never.
Johnson and allied House Republicans publicly pushed for a national AI framework during the current term, and there has been concrete same-term federal activity including a White House legislative framework, an executive order, committee groundwork, and AI-related bills. But the evidence does not show that Congress enacted a national AI framework with the promised combination of innovation leadership and family protections. Because Johnson is still in active federal office and the record shows live but incomplete follow-through rather than a finished outcome, this is best scored as unresolved rather than delivered or never.
The promise was to enact a national AI framework with both pro-innovation and family-protection components. The evidence shows Johnson publicly embraced that goal and that House Republicans pursued related AI legislative activity in the same Congress, including introduced bills and committee groundwork. However, the record provided does not show that a national AI framework was passed by Congress or enacted into law. Because there is meaningful action and advocacy but no completed enactment, this is best scored as partial rather than delivered. Timing is same_term because all cited activity occurred during the current term.