House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action

USA Act

H.R. 9326Introduced Jun 15, 2026Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Official title: To promote United States leadership in technical standards by directing the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of State to take certain actions to encourage and enable United States participation in developing standards and specifications for artificial intelligence and other critical and emerging technologies, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Webster R-FL

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Where it went

IntroducedJun 15, 2026
Committee actionJul 21, 2026
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 21, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9326.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9326, USA Act” on September 30, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on July 21, 2026”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 2026 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62825
CBO publication date
September 30, 2026
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 9326, 119th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9326
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 30, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
October 1, 2026
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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. WEBSTER of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 100, June 15, 2026, Page H4118):
Article I, Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2026 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 9326, 119th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9326
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 30, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
October 1, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
eb2fff6aa39ac4ff6aee9d158ae5ee0021c3ca915affb20c878be5722f0a3918
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 30, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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