TEST AI Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced
Summary
Creates measurement standards for evaluating AI systems used by Federal agencies. This bill would direct NIST to run a pilot using testbeds to develop measurement standards, coordinate with the Department of Energy, and get advice from a new AI Testing Working Group.
Show full summary
- Federal agencies would gain testbeds and measurement standards to judge AI reliability and use. The Director must develop testbeds and demonstrate standards within 2 years and report findings to Congress after the first demonstration.
- AI developers, model builders, researchers, and industrial users would get a public strategy and metrics. The Working Group must produce, within 1 year, a blueprint covering reliability, performance, capability, interpretability, security (including data leakage), privacy, data bias, and applicability.
- The Department of Energy and its facilities would support the pilot through a memorandum of understanding that ensures access to DOE resources, personnel, and cross‑cutting R&D programs. The Working Group would have up to 10 members drawn from government, industry, and academia and would exclude citizens of covered foreign countries.
Your PRIA Score
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Sign up for a PRIA Policy Scan to see your personalized alignment score for this bill and every other piece of legislation we track. We analyze your financial profile against policy provisions to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Commerce-Energy MOU for AI Tests
The bill would require the Commerce and Energy secretaries to sign a memorandum of understanding within 180 days after enactment. The MOU would ensure NIST and other Federal agencies can access DOE resources, personnel, facilities, and cross-cutting R&D programs as needed for the pilot. The MOU would be renegotiated or reviewed not later than two years after the pilot starts and every two years after that.
New AI Testing Working Group
The bill would require the Commerce Secretary to set up an Artificial Intelligence Testing Working Group within 90 days after the Commerce-Energy MOU is signed. The group would have up to 10 members and must include Commerce, Energy, and NIST or their designees. Citizens of China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran could not serve on the group. The group would have one year to publish a public strategy on measurement standards covering reliability, security, privacy, bias, interpretability, and initial applications.
NIST AI Testbeds and Report
The bill would require NIST's Director to run a pilot program of AI testbeds in coordination with the Energy Secretary and after consulting the Working Group. The testbeds must be developed under the Working Group strategy and completed not later than two years after enactment. NIST could hire experts from universities, industry, and standards groups to help. Within 180 days after the first testbed demonstration and standards development, NIST would send a report to Congress with findings and recommendations on changes, resources, or legislation.
Definitions and Foreign Member Ban
The bill would define key terms for the Act upon enactment. It would adopt the National AI Act definition of "artificial intelligence system" and define "testbed", "Director", and "Working Group". It would also bar citizens of China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran from serving on the Working Group.
Free Policy Watch
You just read the policy. Now see what it costs you.
Pick a topic. PRIA runs your household against live legislation and sends you a free personalized readout.
Pick a topic to get started
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
NM • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
TN • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
IL • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
ID • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Peter Welch
VT • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
View on Congress.govTake It Personal
Get Your Personalized Policy View
Take the PRIA Score to see how policy affects your household, then upgrade to PRIA Full Coverage for year-round monitoring.
Already have an account? Sign in