HR6402-119

In Committee

Ensuring Safe and Ethical AI Development Through SAFE AI Research Grants

119th Congress Introduced Dec 3, 2025

Summary

What This Bill Does

Directs the National Academy of Sciences to design a grant program for safe AI models and safe AI research and to submit a detailed proposal and budget request to Congress.

Who Benefits and How

AI safety researchers and organizations gain a proposed federal grant path focused on safe-model development and risk mitigation.

Who Bears the Burden and How

The National Academy of Sciences must consult stakeholders, develop public guiding principles, and deliver a detailed proposal and budget request to Congress.

Key Provisions

  • States congressional support for research on AI safety and risk mitigation.
  • Directs the National Academy of Sciences to establish a grant program framework for safe AI models and research.
  • Requires a detailed congressional proposal, implementation timeline, and proposed appropriation request within one year.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

Directs the National Academy of Sciences to design a grant program for safe AI models and safe AI research and to submit a detailed proposal and budget request to Congress.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Science & Space, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

Directs the National Academy of Sciences to design a grant program for safe AI models and safe AI research and to submit a detailed proposal and budget request to Congress.

Policy Domains

Technology Science & Space Government Operations

Main Provisions

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • AI safety researchers and developers
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • National Academy of Sciences administrators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 3, 2025

Mr. Kiley of California introduced the following bill; which was …

Dec 3, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Dec 3, 2025

Introduced in House

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Technology
2 mentions across 1 clause
+2 positive

AI safety researchers and developers, Users of high-risk AI systems

Government
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

National Academy of Sciences administrators

2/2
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Technology Science & Space Government Operations

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