Establish the Center for AI Standards and Innovation within the Department of Commerce to develop AI security guidelines, evaluate AI systems, support synthetic content detection, and administer licensing for independent verification organizations.

Formally establishes CAISI within the Department of Commerce... CAISI will develop voluntary guidelines, best practices, and standards for AI security... evaluate AI systems and monitor AI progress, support synthetic content detection tools, and administer the IVO licensing regime.

Creates CAISI as a federal AI standards body with technical, evaluation, and licensing responsibilities.

gaaia-discussion-draft-section-by-section-website.pdf
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SEC. 102. Center for AI Standards and Innovation.

The bill proposes creating the Center for AI Standards and Innovation to carry out AI safety, evaluation, and licensing functions.

the-great-american-ai-act-discussion-draft-website-compressed-compressed.pdf
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SEC. 102. Center for AI Standards and Innovation.

The draft would create the Center for AI Standards and Innovation and assign it AI safety, evaluation, and licensing responsibilities.

the_great_american_ai_act_discussion_draft.pdf
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On June 4, 2026, Obernolte and Trahan released a discussion draft of the Great American AI Act; the release says the draft is meant to be reviewed before formal introduction, and a quoted supporter says he had already begun securing additional funding for CAISI through the FY27 appropriations process.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Obernolte made a concrete legislative move toward formalizing CAISI, but only as a discussion draft, not enacted law.

partial same_term A for effort

Obernolte, Trahan release a discussion draft of the Great American AI Act | Representative Jay Obernolte
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NIST’s current CAISI page says the center serves as the government point of contact for commercial AI testing and collaborative research, and that it works on guidelines and best practices to improve AI security and lead AI evaluations.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The center already exists inside NIST/Commerce and is performing part of the promised AI standards and evaluation work, but the page does not show the full licensing and synthetic-content-detection package from the draft.

partial same_term A for effort

Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) | NIST
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Last Action Date Listed July 23, 2026 Bill Version Introduced in House (IH)

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official GovInfo record shows Obernolte's FRONTIER Act remains at the introduced-in-House stage, so the independent-verification/licensing portion is concrete legislative effort but not enacted delivery.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 9925 (IH) - Frontier Risk Oversight, National Transparency, Independent Evaluation, and Reporting Act - BILLS-119hr9925ih | Related Documents | GovInfo
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Work with NIST organizations to develop guidelines and best practices to measure and improve the security of AI systems

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): NIST's current CAISI page confirms the center exists and performs AI security-guideline and evaluation-related functions, supporting partial delivery, but it does not establish the full statutory package including IVO licensing and synthetic-content-detection support.

partial same_term

Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) | NIST
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%