House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
AI Cyber Defense Act
Official title: To require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to carry out certain activities regarding certain artificial intelligence attacks, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Pat Harrigan R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 22, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10873.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARRIGAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 163, October 22, 2026, Page H6058):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10873, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54726918bb4871b5142a66cf5e44d2565a3b1a07541a20876d1945b1fcb9e9fb
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.