Will authorize $500 million over FY26-31 for the CDT fund to support implementation of the U.S. Technology Procurement Program.

Jeanne Shaheen · New Hampshire · Democratic

spending impact 0.51 specificity 0.93 extraction confidence 93%

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

Occurrences

Authorize $500 million over FY26-31: The bill authorizes $500 million in appropriations to the Cyberspace, Digital Connectivity, and Related Technologies (CDT) fund to support the implementation of the U.S. Technology Procurement Program.

Shaheen-backed legislation authorizes $500 million for implementation of the new technology procurement program.

[2026-05-19] Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Ricketts Introduce...
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

unverified · Source version 62893 · locator unknown

The official Senate legislation tracker lists S.4570, sponsored by Shaheen on 06/17/2026, as the "U.S. Tech PATH Act."

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is concrete legislative action in Shaheen's current Senate term and is the closest official follow-through I found. The tracker does not show enactment of the specific $500 million CDT fund authorization described in the claim, so I could not verify fulfillment from this source.

never same_term A for effort

Legislation | U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 72%

unverified · Source version 62907 · locator unknown

For this estimate, CBO assumes that S. 4570 will be enacted in late fiscal year 2026 and that costs would be incurred in 2027 and later years.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, CBO treated enactment as a future assumption rather than a completed fact, indicating the authorization had not yet been delivered as of the estimate.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S. 4570, U.S. Technology Procurement and Access to Trusted Hardware Act | Congressional Budget Office
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

unverified · Source version 62907 · locator unknown

$500 million over the 2026‑2031 period to establish a program to help foreign partners procure cybersecurity services and digital technologies from trusted U.S. sources;

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): CBO confirms the reported bill contains the same $500 million FY2026-FY2031 authorization concept, but this remains a bill-level authorization estimate, not enacted law.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S. 4570, U.S. Technology Procurement and Access to Trusted Hardware Act | Congressional Budget Office
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

unverified · Source version 62907 · locator unknown

Such spending would be subject to appropriation of the specified and estimated amounts.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The CBO estimate shows that even if the authorization were enacted, spending would still depend on appropriations, so the promised funding mechanism had not itself delivered spendable funds.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S. 4570, U.S. Technology Procurement and Access to Trusted Hardware Act | Congressional Budget Office
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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There is authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 through fiscal year 2031 to the Cyberspace, Digital Connectivity, and Related Technologies (CDT) Fund under section 592 of the Foreign Assistance Act for Fiscal Year 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2349cc-1) for purposes of carrying out this section.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The reported Senate bill text includes the precise promised authorization language for the CDT Fund and U.S. Technology Procurement Program implementation, documenting concrete legislative effort.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S. 4570 Reported in Senate - U.S. Technology Procurement and Access to Trusted Hardware Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

unverified · Source version 74774 · locator unknown

Bill Version Reported in Senate (RS)

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo identifies the latest official text as a reported Senate bill, not an enrolled bill or public law, which supports unresolved status as of the available official record.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S. 4570 (RS) - U.S. Technology Procurement and Access to Trusted Hardware Act - BILLS-119s4570rs | Related Documents | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%

verified · Source version 74776 · locator 1121

S.4570, - U.S. Technology Procurement and Access to Trusted Hardware (“U.S. Tech PATH”) Act

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The Senate Foreign Relations Committee business meeting agenda shows S.4570 was formally considered, reinforcing same-term effort toward the claim without proving enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Hearing: [2026-06-17] BUSINESS MEETING | United States Senate...
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-09-30 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment describes a bill that would authorize $500 million for the CDT fund, but the only verified outcome evidence provided shows S.4570 listed as the U.S. Tech PATH Act at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee business meeting. That verifies legislative activity, not enactment of the authorization. With no verified passage showing the authorization became law and no expired deadline, the outcome remains unresolved rather than delivered or never.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term A for effort

Shaheen appears to have made a serious same-term legislative effort by sponsoring S.4570, the U.S. Tech PATH Act, on June 17, 2026. But the provided evidence does not show that the specific promised outcome—authorizing $500 million over FY26-31 for the CDT fund to implement the U.S. Technology Procurement Program—was enacted or otherwise delivered. Under the stated rule, a substantial attempt without verified delivery is scored as never, with effort credit.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 81%