House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
AI OVERWATCH Act
Official title: To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security to require a license for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of certain integrated circuits, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Brian Mast R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2025
- Committee actionJan 21, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 21, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 2.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6875.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6875, Artificial Intelligence Oversight of Verified Exports and Restrictions on Weaponizable Advanced Technology to Covered High-Risk Actors Act” on February 2, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on January 21, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62045
- CBO publication date
- February 2, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6875, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6875
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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 Mr. MAST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 214, December 18, 2025, Page H6117):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6875, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6875
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
083ca9c39bf6d35aa0a4447a5f2627742159794172f1a2f533e9ff2c71d7867b
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of October 10, 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
46 cosponsors — 41 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 46 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Ben Cline (R-VA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Randy Fine (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Young Kim (R-CA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Robert Latta (R-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Max Miller (R-OH), John Moolenaar (R-MI) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Mast.
- H.R. 3497 (119th) Medal of Sacrifice Act
- H.R. 2334 (119th) Servicemember Residence Protection Act
- H.Res. 1099 (119th) Reaffirming Iran remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism.
- H.Con.Res. 74 (119th) Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
- H.R. 8661 (119th) Foreign Military Financing Loan Authorization Act of 2026
- H.R. 5299 (119th) DFC Modernization Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.