House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Small AI Innovators Empowerment Act
Official title: To authorize the Department of Commerce to carry out a study on challenges faced by United States small artificial intelligence businesses, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 17, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7968.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SUBRAMANYAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 48, March 17, 2026, Page H2551):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7968, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7968
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Suhas Subramanyam.
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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.