Covered AI Prohibition Act
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
This bill, titled the Covered AI Prohibition Act, would bar certain categories of AI systems described as 'covered AI.' Only the title is available, so the specific scope of the prohibition is unclear.
Model-rated AI relevance 95%: The title indicates a direct prohibition on a class of AI systems, making it core AI regulation. (claude-opus-5, Sep 21, 2026)
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Progress
Introduced
Sep 17, 2026
Reported by committee
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became law
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Latest action · September 17, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
What members said
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Gottheimer announced bipartisan legislation mandating pre-deployment national security testing of frontier AI models to prevent cyberattacks and weapons development.
Source ↗Blunt Rochester and Curtis called for congressional hearings with AI executives and swift regulation of AI systems.
Source ↗Ansari led House colleagues demanding Trump initiate international negotiations to establish global rules restraining AI development risks.
Source ↗Carson and 107 House Democrats demanded Congress stay in session to pass legislation creating AI safeguards against cybersecurity and rogue agent risks.
Source ↗Jayapal held a hearing on harms of surveillance AI and Big Tech monopoly power, calling for structural regulatory solutions to break up AI oligopoly control.
Source ↗Lawler and Gottheimer pushed their Stop Rogue AI Act directing NIST to set national standards for monitoring and controlling autonomous AI agents.
Source ↗Booker calls for a special session of Congress to urgently address catastrophic AI risks, existing harms, and AI's benefits.
Source ↗Hickenlooper calls for Senate hearings and stronger AI guardrails, including independent audits and accountability for harms.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-09-21T12:57:38.683Z