House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
AI Kill Switch Act
Official title: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require certain entities to maintain a technical capability with respect to shutting down certain technology, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9917.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LIEU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 121, July 23, 2026, Page H5198):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9917, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9917
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 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.
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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
12 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 10 Democrats
2 of 12 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.