House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
READ AI Models Act
Official title: To direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop best practices and technical guidance on artificial intelligence model documentation, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Sarah McBride D-DEWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 4, 2025
- Committee actionJun 25, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 25, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6461.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6461, READ AI Models Act” on August 25, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on June 25, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62722
- CBO publication date
- August 25, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6461, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6461
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. McBRIDE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 203, December 4, 2025, Page H5052):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6461, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6461
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 committee report (as of September 25, 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
11 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 8 Democrats
3 of 11 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), George Whitesides (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sarah McBride.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.