Require large frontier AI developers to publish frontier AI frameworks and report model releases and critical safety incidents to federal regulators.

Jay Obernolte · California · Republican

oversight impact 0.90 specificity 0.97 extraction confidence 97%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Large frontier developers... must write, implement, comply with, and publicly post a frontier AI framework... Before, or concurrently with, deploying any new frontier model, frontier developers must publish a report... [and] file a report with CAISI within 15 days of a critical safety incident or within 24 hours if the incident poses an imminent risk of death or serious injury.

Imposes transparency and incident-reporting obligations on major AI developers.

gaaia-discussion-draft-section-by-section-website.pdf
primary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

Subtitle B—Transparency, Independent Verification, and Whistleblower Protections; Sec. 111. Transparency in frontier artificial intelligence.

The bill includes transparency requirements for frontier AI developers, including disclosure and reporting obligations.

the-great-american-ai-act-discussion-draft-website-compressed-compressed.pdf
primary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

Subtitle BTransparency, Independent Verification, and Whistleblower Protections

The draft would impose transparency and reporting requirements on frontier AI developers.

the_great_american_ai_act_discussion_draft.pdf
secondary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

unverified · Source version 27921 · locator unknown

Obernolte and Trahan released a discussion draft of the Great American AI Act, saying it is intended to gather feedback before formal introduction and would create a federal framework for AI governance.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is a concrete legislative step toward the claim, but it is still only a discussion draft and not yet enacted or formally introduced as a bill.

partial same_term A for effort

Obernolte, Trahan release a discussion draft of the Great American AI Act | Representative Jay Obernolte
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

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The summary says large frontier developers must publicly post a frontier AI framework, publish a report before or when deploying a new frontier model, and file critical safety incident reports with CAISI.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The draft text matches the promise closely on transparency and incident reporting, but it remains a proposal rather than a delivered federal requirement.

partial same_term A for effort

gaaia-discussion-draft-section-by-section-website.pdf
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

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unverified · Source version 65080 · locator unknown

Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23), alongside Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA-50), Scott Franklin (R-FL-18), Suhas Subramanyan (D-VA-10), and Erin Houchin (R-IN-09), introduced the Frontier Risk Oversight, National Transparency, Independent Evaluation, and Reporting (FRONTIER) Act.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Obernolte moved the earlier discussion draft into introduced legislation, a concrete same-term step but not enactment of a binding requirement.

partial same_term A for effort

Trahan, Obernolte Introduce Bipartisan FRONTIER Act to Strengthen Oversight of Advanced AI | U.S. Representative Lori Trahan
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unverified · Source version 65082 · locator unknown

a large frontier developer shall write, implement, comply with, and clearly and conspicuously publish on a publicly available website of such developer a frontier AI framework

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced text contains the promised frontier AI framework publication requirement and related reporting provisions, but the bill text itself is proposed legislation rather than enacted law.

partial same_term A for effort

oberno_079_xml_-_the_frontier_act_-_final_text.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Obernolte and Trahan released a discussion draft that closely matches the promise by requiring frontier AI frameworks, model-release reporting, and critical incident reporting to federal regulators. But the cited materials show only a draft and pre-introduction legislative step, not an enacted or otherwise fully delivered federal requirement, so this is partial credit rather than fulfillment.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%