House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
AI for Secure Networks Act
Official title: To study the impacts of artificial intelligence technology with respect to the security of telecommunications networks, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2026
- Committee actionSep 16, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 37 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7294.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MENENDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 22, January 30, 2026, Page H1922):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7294, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7294
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), August Pfluger (R-TX), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Menendez.
- H.R. 1717 (119th) Communications Security Act
- H.R. 5967 (119th) Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act
- H.R. 2511 (119th) Sarah Katz Caffeine Safety Act
- H.R. 6984 (119th) Data Center Transparency Act
- H.R. 5440 (119th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for small businesses to provide diaper changing stations in restrooms.
- H.R. 2949 (119th) Working Families Task Force Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.