S4456-119

In Committee

AI OVERWATCH Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 30, 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 adds or tightens a trade restriction provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Artificial Intelligence Oversight of Verified Exports and Restrictions on Weaponizable Advanced Technology to Covered High-Risk, reduces a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2, and reduces a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 1758A. It relies on appropriations, reporting requirements, compliance mandates, and trade restrictions. The main policy areas are Defense and Transportation.

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

  • Adds or tightens a trade restriction provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Artificial Intelligence Oversight of Verified Exports and Restrictions on Weaponizable Advanced Technology to Covered High-Risk...
  • Reduces a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2.
  • Reduces a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 1758A.

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 adds or tightens a trade restriction provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Artificial Intelligence Oversight of Verified Exports and Restrictions on Weaponizable Advanced Technology to Covered High-Risk, reduces a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2, and reduces a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 1758A.

Key Policy Areas

Defense, Transportation

Primary Purpose

The bill adds or tightens a trade restriction provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Artificial Intelligence Oversight of Verified Exports and Restrictions on Weaponizable Advanced Technology to Covered High-Risk, reduces a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2, and reduces a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 1758A.

Policy Domains

Defense Transportation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 30, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, …

Apr 30, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 30, 2026

Mr. Banks (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Shaheen, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense Transportation
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_energy"
→ Secretary of Energy
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"restricted integrated circuit" §H52672FACEB4B4F3A8D7FABB0E908CAF7

a covered integrated circuit that is— an integrated circuit that has 1 or more digital processing units— with a total processing performance of 21,000 or more

"restricted integrated circuit" §HF5AE079DDCC843B3915D6DDF85091468

a covered integrated circuit that is— an integrated circuit that has 1 or more digital processing units— with a total processing performance of 21,000 or more

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