Introduce the HBCU Artificial Intelligence Research Leadership Act to provide federal funding to HBCUs to establish Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes.

announced she will be introducing the HBCU Artificial Intelligence Research Leadership Act, legislation to provide federal funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to establish Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes.

Foushee says she will introduce legislation funding HBCU AI research institutes.

Rep. Foushee Announces Legislation to Close AI Research Funding Gaps and Establish AI Institutes at HBCUs | U.S. Congresswoman Valerie Foushee
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this legislation would establish HBCU Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes by requiring 10 percent of the research institutes established through the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program be operated by, or in partnership with, an HBCU.

The bill would mandate a 10 percent HBCU share of NSF AI research institutes.

Rep. Foushee Announces Legislation to Close AI Research Funding Gaps and Establish AI Institutes at HBCUs | U.S. Congresswoman Valerie Foushee
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Foushee's sponsored-legislation page lists H.R. 7826 on March 5, 2026 as a cosponsored bill to direct financial assistance to HBCUs for national AI research institutes.

She supported a closely matching HBCU AI research institutes bill, but the official House page shows cosponsorship rather than an introduction by Foushee herself.

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