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Protecting Our Children in an AI World Act of 2025

Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary

Focuses on protecting minors from harms associated with AI systems, likely covering chatbots, generated sexual imagery of children, and data practices affecting kids. It would push safeguards onto consumer-facing AI products.

Model-rated AI relevance 90%.

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Data as of: bills Sep 9, 2026 · votes Sep 11, 2026 · statements Sep 9, 2026. What changed

Progress

  1. Introduced

    Feb 13, 2025

  2. Reported by committee

  3. Passed House

  4. Passed Senate

  5. Became law

Latest action · February 13, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

What members said

Releases that cite this bill first, then releases on the same topics.

Bernard SandersIndependenttoward oversightSep 3, 2026 · same topic

Sanders would permanently ban superintelligent AI and pause advanced AI development until a new federal regulator sets safety rules.

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Eric BurlisonRepublicantoward oversightSep 3, 2026 · same topic

Burlison would bar federal funds for AI-augmented license plate readers and biometric surveillance cameras to protect Fourth Amendment privacy rights.

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Joshua HawleyRepublicantoward oversightSep 3, 2026 · same topic

Hawley is investigating AI surveillance camera companies, arguing Congress never authorized these invasive AI-driven networks and that corporate self-policing is an inadequate safeguard.

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Bill FosterDemocrattoward oversightSep 2, 2026 · same topic

Foster would restore NCUA and FHFA authority over third-party tech vendors because AI makes cyberattacks on the financial system more sophisticated.

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Thomas MassieRepublicantoward oversightSep 2, 2026 · same topic

Massie would bar federal funds for AI-augmented license plate readers and biometric surveillance cameras to stop a government surveillance state.

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Pat HarriganRepublicanmixedAug 31, 2026 · same topic

Harrigan backs bipartisan monitoring of self-improving AI through NIST while stressing the bill imposes no new mandates and won't impede innovation.

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Sara JacobsDemocrattoward oversightAug 31, 2026 · same topic

Jacobs introduces bipartisan legislation creating a DoD-wide AI incident and vulnerability reporting program to make military AI safer and more accountable.

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George WhitesidesDemocrattoward oversightAug 29, 2026 · same topic

Whitesides introduces the Self-Improving AI Monitoring Act to give federal evaluators visibility into frontier labs' automated AI R&D and reduce superintelligence risk.

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Bill data read 2026-09-09T02:09:45.522Z