U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB5601: Insider Threat Reporting and Security Guidance Act of 2026
Status: In committee, September 29, 2026
A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to establish reporting requirements and voluntary guidance for large artificial intelligence contractors.
What the bill says
To require the Secretary of Defense to establish reporting requirements and voluntary guidance for large artificial intelligence contractors.
From the introduced text, September 29, 2026:
A BILL To require the Secretary of Defense to establish reporting requirements and voluntary guidance for large artificial intelligence contractors. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Insider Threat Reporting and Security Guidance Act of 2026 . SECTION 2. Insider threat reporting and voluntary guidance for large artificial intelligence contractors (a) Covered artificial intelligence contractor defined In this section, the term covered artificial intelligence contractor means a contractor that-- (1) has entered, or seeks to enter into, one or more contracts, with a total value of not less than $100,000,000, with the Department of Defense for an artificial intelligence system or services that use an artificial intelligence system; and (2) (A) has incurred, during the 3-year period preceding the date on which any such contract was entered into, not less than $1,000,000,000 in artificial intelligence-related research and development expenditures, measured on a rolling basis and aggregated with any other person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such contractor; or (B) uses or proposes to use, in the performance of such contract or contracts, an artificial intelligence model developed or controlled by a person that meets the expenditure criteria described in subparagraph (A). (b) Reporting requirements (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this …
Sponsors
- Banks, Jim (R) · primary sponsor
- Gillibrand, Kirsten (D)
Latest actions
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Common questions
- What is SB5601?
- SB5601 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Insider Threat Reporting and Security Guidance Act of 2026.
- What does SB5601 do?
- In its own words: To require the Secretary of Defense to establish reporting requirements and voluntary guidance for large artificial intelligence contractors.
- What is the status of SB5601?
- In committee as of September 29, 2026. Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (September 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB5601?
- Banks, Jim (R), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB5601?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5601
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