Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
This legislation aims to prevent Federal agencies from using or acquiring artificial intelligence models capable of generating harmful content. It defines a "covered application" as an AI model that fails to comply with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines for preventing the creation of child sexual abuse material or non-consensual intimate imagery, or one that a Federal court has determined generated such content. To support this, NIST is directed to establish performance benchmarks and a voluntary testing program for AI models to prevent the generation of obscene, degrading, and abusive content. Federal agencies are mandated to remove any identified covered applications from their information technology systems and to cease their procurement. The General Services Administration and agency Chief Acquisition Officers must conduct continuous reviews of products and services to identify and address non-compliant AI models. Vendors are provided an opportunity to modify their AI models to meet compliance standards, and agencies may implement additional safeguards for non-compliant models, requiring public certification and congressional notification. Furthermore, the bill prohibits the manufacture, import, or distribution of technologies designed to circumvent technical controls intended to prevent the generation of child pornography. It establishes a private right of action , allowing individuals whose images are used in child pornography, those injured by developers failing to implement robust controls, or developers whose controls are subverted, to seek remedies such as injunctions and damages in Federal court.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Safeguarding Against Fabricated Exploitation Through Artificial Intelligence Act of 2026
USA119th CongressS-5057| Senate
| Updated: 7/21/2026
This legislation aims to prevent Federal agencies from using or acquiring artificial intelligence models capable of generating harmful content. It defines a "covered application" as an AI model that fails to comply with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines for preventing the creation of child sexual abuse material or non-consensual intimate imagery, or one that a Federal court has determined generated such content. To support this, NIST is directed to establish performance benchmarks and a voluntary testing program for AI models to prevent the generation of obscene, degrading, and abusive content. Federal agencies are mandated to remove any identified covered applications from their information technology systems and to cease their procurement. The General Services Administration and agency Chief Acquisition Officers must conduct continuous reviews of products and services to identify and address non-compliant AI models. Vendors are provided an opportunity to modify their AI models to meet compliance standards, and agencies may implement additional safeguards for non-compliant models, requiring public certification and congressional notification. Furthermore, the bill prohibits the manufacture, import, or distribution of technologies designed to circumvent technical controls intended to prevent the generation of child pornography. It establishes a private right of action , allowing individuals whose images are used in child pornography, those injured by developers failing to implement robust controls, or developers whose controls are subverted, to seek remedies such as injunctions and damages in Federal court.