S3680-119

In Committee

Eliminating Bias in Algorithmic Systems Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Jan 15, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a procurement, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term agency has the meaning given the term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code. The term covered agency means an agency and expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3. It relies on procurement rules, definition changes, appropriations, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Defense and Environment.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Expands a procurement, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term agency has the meaning given the term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code. The term covered agency means an agency...
  • Expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a procurement, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term agency has the meaning given the term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code. The term covered agency means an agency and expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3.

Key Policy Areas

Defense, Environment

Primary Purpose

The bill expands a procurement, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term agency has the meaning given the term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code. The term covered agency means an agency and expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3.

Policy Domains

Defense Environment

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 15, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …

Jan 15, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 15, 2026

Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Welch, Ms. Warren, …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense Environment
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"covered algorithm" §id6df66b49fd3d4b2f84d4d220fce4d403

a process that— is— a computational process that uses machine learning, natural language processing, artificial intelligence techniques, or other computational processing techniques of similar or greater complexity

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