Deterring American AI Model Theft Act of 2026
Latest action · Apr 22, 2026 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
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.
- IntroducedApr 15, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2026 to Sep 2, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | Original | Apr 15, 2026 |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Apr 20, 2026 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Apr 29, 2026 | |
| R-IL | Darin LaHood | Apr 29, 2026 | |
| R-NC | Pat Harrigan | Apr 29, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Apr 29, 2026 | |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | May 11, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | May 11, 2026 | |
| R-MI | John James | May 12, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | May 12, 2026 | |
| R-OH | Max L. Miller | May 19, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Ryan Mackenzie | Jun 2, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Jun 3, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Nathaniel Moran | Jun 8, 2026 | |
| R-AK | Nicholas J. Begich III | Jun 8, 2026 | |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Jul 27, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| R-SC | Sheri Biggs | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Sep 2, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 15, 2026Markup Apr 22, 2026 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 22, 2026Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
- Apr 15, 2026Introduced in House
- Apr 15, 2026Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 | Lists H2925H.R. 8283–8317 | — | Apr 15, 2026 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 28, 2026H.R. 8283, Deterring American AI Model Theft Act of 2026As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 22, 2026
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 172, no. 66, April 15, 2026, page H2925.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prevent foreign adversaries from threatening the national security of the United States by extracting key technical features of closed-source, American-owned artificial intelligence models, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Deterring American AI Model Theft Act of 2026
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Asia
- China
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Europe
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Intellectual property
- International Affairs
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Russia
- Sanctions
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2026Introduced 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.
