Bipartisan House discussion draft Great American Artificial Intelligence Act proposes three-year state preemption and mandatory audits for frontier AI developers
AI developers above $500M in revenue would face mandatory third-party audits twice a year under a new bipartisan House draft. The 269-page Great American Artificial Intelligence Act would also pause state laws on AI development for three years, The Hill and Roll Call report.
Congress now has its most detailed attempt yet at a national AI law. Reps. Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan, joined by Reps. Suhas Subramanyam, Scott Franklin, Scott Peters and Erin Houchin, released a 269-page discussion draft on June 4 called the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act. The most contested provision is a three-year preemption of state laws covering AI development: states would keep the power to regulate how AI systems are used within their borders, but would lose the ability to legislate how those systems are built. In exchange, the draft imposes federal obligations on the largest developers. Frontier AI companies above $500 million in annual revenue would have to publish safety frameworks, report critical incidents and submit to third-party audits twice a year. The bill would also codify the Commerce Department's Center for AI Standards and Innovation. As a discussion draft, the text is meant to gather feedback before formal introduction, and the preemption clause has already drawn criticism from AI safety groups. The draft lands days after President Trump signed an executive order establishing voluntary federal reviews of new frontier models. Sources: The Hill, Roll Call, Axios.