To amend the Small Business Act to help small business concerns critically evaluate artificial intelligence tools, and for other purposes.
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Legislative Progress
IntroducedAdditional sponsors: Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Goodlander, …
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the …
Ms. Scholten (for herself and Mr. Downing) introduced the following …
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill directs the Small Business Administration to create free educational resources and online modules teaching small businesses how to evaluate, adopt, and safely use AI tools. Topics include how AI works, risk management, privacy protection, and maintaining human oversight of AI-informed decisions.
Who Benefits and How
Small business owners benefit from free, authoritative guidance on AI adoption without needing to hire consultants. SBA-affiliated Small Business Development Centers gain new educational content. NIST and the AI Advisory Working Group gain an outlet for translating technical AI guidance into practical business advice.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The SBA faces new responsibilities to develop and maintain AI educational content, though no new funding is authorized (CUTGO compliance). Third-party AI vendors may face more informed and skeptical customers. The bill creates no new regulatory burdens on businesses.
Key Provisions
- SBA must create AI educational modules on an existing online platform
- Content must cover how AI works, its limitations, risk management, and privacy
- Must include guidance on identifying appropriate AI use cases and evaluating tools
- Content must be kept current with input from NIST and AI Advisory Working Group
- No new funding authorized (CUTGO compliance)
Evidence Chain:
This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
Primary Purpose
Requires SBA to create educational resources helping small businesses evaluate and use artificial intelligence tools effectively and safely
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Leverage existing SBA infrastructure to provide AI education to small businesses without new appropriations"
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "director_of_nist"
- → Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of the Small Business Administration
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
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