AI for Main Street Act
Latest action · Jan 26, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 17, 2025
- Passed HouseJan 20, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
AI for Main Street Act
This bill requires Small Business Development Centers to assist small businesses in evaluating artificial intelligence, including by providing best practices for using artificial intelligence and guidance about using artificial intelligence to plan for unexpected circumstances.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 33 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed395–14 | Jan 20, 2026 |
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 17, 2025 to Nov 17, 2025; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Original | Oct 17, 2025 |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Nov 12, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Nov 17, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred Oct 17, 2025Markup Nov 18, 2025Reported Dec 12, 2025 |
| Senate | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Referred Jan 26, 2026 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 26, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Jan 20, 2026Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jan 20, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H931-932)
- Jan 20, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5764.
- Jan 20, 2026At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Jan 20, 2026Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H940)
- Jan 20, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 395 - 14 (Roll no. 33). (text: CR H931)
- Jan 20, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 12, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-403.
- Dec 12, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 351.
- Nov 18, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Nov 18, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 0.
- Oct 17, 2025Introduced in House
- Oct 17, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H931, H932Text printed H931Recorded votes H940enact | Mark Alford R-MO, Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY, Roger Williams R-TX | Jan 20, 2026 |
| House | Lists H4542H.R. 5764–5793 | — | Oct 17, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 172, October 17, 2025, page H4542.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3586 | AI for Mainstreet Act | Related bill | Jan 7, 2026 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Small Business Act to require small business development centers to assist small business concerns with the use of artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- AI for Mainstreet Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- AI for Main Street Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- AI for Main Street Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- AI for Main Street Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To amend the Small Business Act to require small business development centers to assist small business concerns with the use of artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 26, 2026Referred in Senate
- Jan 20, 2026Engrossed in House
- Dec 12, 2025Reported in House
- Oct 17, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
