House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Deterring American AI Model Theft Act of 2026
Official title: To prevent foreign adversaries from threatening the national security of the United States by extracting key technical features of closed-source, American-owned artificial intelligence models, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Huizenga R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2026
- Committee actionApr 22, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 22, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8283.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8283, Deterring American AI Model Theft Act of 2026” on May 28, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 22, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 28, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62480
- CBO publication date
- May 28, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8283, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
43616b1deb7f72c4c886773e7acd696c5b39130399086bd53b237055dbca6a6b
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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. HUIZENGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 66, April 15, 2026, Page H2925):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8283, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
43616b1deb7f72c4c886773e7acd696c5b39130399086bd53b237055dbca6a6b
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list 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
21 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 21 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Ben Cline (R-VA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), John James (R-MI), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Max Miller (R-OH), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Barry Moore (R-AL), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Huizenga.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.