U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10180: Self-Improving AI Monitoring Act
Status: In committee, August 27, 2026
To amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to authorize certain assessments by the Director of the Institute and impose requirements on certain memorandums of understanding relating to artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to authorize certain assessments by the Director of the Institute and impose requirements on certain memorandums of understanding relating to artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, August 27, 2026:
A BILL To amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to authorize certain assessments by the Director of the Institute and impose requirements on certain memorandums of understanding relating to artificial intelligence, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Self-Improving AI Monitoring Act . SECTION 2. Assessments and memorandums of understanding with respect to certain standards for artificial intelligence Section 22A of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 278h-1 ) is amended-- (1) in subsection (b)-- (A) in paragraph (4), by striking and after the semicolon; (B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and (3) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection: (h) Requirements for memorandums of understanding In carrying out subsection (b), the Director may not enter into with the developer of a frontier artificial intelligence system (as determined by the Director) a memorandum of understanding to conduct pre-deployment evaluation of such frontier artificial intelligence system unless the following requirements are satisfied: (1) Such memorandum includes a requirement for such developer, in carrying out such evaluation, to disclose to the Director upon request of the Director information relating …
Sponsors
- George Whitesides (D) · primary sponsor
- Pat Harrigan (R, HD-010)
- Jared Huffman (D, HD-CA-2)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Science, Technology, Communications
Common questions
- What is HB10180?
- HB10180 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Self-Improving AI Monitoring Act.
- What does HB10180 do?
- In its own words: To amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to authorize certain assessments by the Director of the Institute and impose requirements on certain memorandums of understanding relating to artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10180?
- In committee as of August 27, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. (August 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10180?
- George Whitesides (D), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB10180?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10180
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