Bipartisan House Lawmakers Unveil Draft AI Regulation Bill A bipartisan push in the U.S. House to set nationwide rules for artificial intelligence has opened a new front in the struggle between federal standard-setters, state regulators, and a wary White House.

Lawmakers first signaled their move with the release of a 269-page discussion draft, the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act, led by Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Lori Trahan (D-MA). They are pitching the document as a starting point for negotiations on federal AI regulation and a way to avoid a patchwork of state laws.

Soon after, more details emerged about what the framework would do. The bill would preempt state laws on the development of AI models for three years, establishing a single national standard while Congress continues to debate longer-term rules. It would also formally create a Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) to develop voluntary standards and guidelines, backed by $100 million per year from 2027 to 2029.

The draft goes further by imposing obligations on “large frontier developers,” requiring them to plan for and mitigate risks before releasing new models and to report critical safety incidents to CAISI. It includes protections for AI whistleblowers, higher fines for AI-enabled fraud, and new mechanisms to study AI’s impact on the workforce, as well as measures on content moderation, cybersecurity, research security, and international standards.

In an op-ed, the bill’s authors argued that AI “will shape our economy, workforce, national security, and daily lives for decades” and that the governing framework must be “durable enough to survive changes in Congress, administrations, and political priorities.” They contend that one national standard is preferable to “protections [that] exist only in a handful of states” or require innovators to navigate “dozens of different legal regimes.”

Yet the path forward remains uncertain. The White House has been described as skeptical of approaches that impose strict requirements on companies, signaling potential friction between the administration and lawmakers as negotiations over the bill begin.

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