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

This bill, AI OVERWATCH Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Government Operations, Foreign Policy.

Who Benefits and How

technology companies and users of digital services may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HDABBC2FF493D4666B0855DA5D5C9081E: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Artificial Intelligence Oversight of Verified Exports and Restrictions on Weaponizable Advanced Technology to...
  • Section HF5AE079DDCC843B3915D6DDF85091468: 2. License requirement for exports of covered integrated circuits to countries of concern Part I of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4811 et...
  • Section H52672FACEB4B4F3A8D7FABB0E908CAF7: 1758A. Control of exports of covered integrated circuits In this section: The term allied country means any country listed in Country Group A under Supplement...

Evidence Chain:

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

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, AI OVERWATCH Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Government Operations, Foreign Policy

Primary Purpose

This bill, AI OVERWATCH Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Government Operations Foreign Policy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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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
Technology Government Operations Foreign Policy
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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