# 119-hr-10189: Defense AI Reliability and Reporting Act

119-hr-10189, Defense AI Reliability and Reporting Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA); status introduced (as of 2026-09-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10189
- Congress: 119
- Title: Defense AI Reliability and Reporting Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-08-31
- Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-24

## Summary

**A centralized Department of Defense AI incident and vulnerability reporting program** would collect, track, and analyze AI failures and weaknesses to surface recurring risks and guide fixes across the military. It emphasizes non-punitive reporting and requires remediation or deployment limits for serious, Department-wide problems. - Service members and operators: Covered incidents include AI-caused harm, loss of control, safety or mission degradation, and failures to follow operator commands. Department-wide incidents must have a documented corrective action plan and validation before continued operational use. - DoD acquisition, testing, and program offices: A designated official would standardize reports, run trend analysis, and issue guidance and alerts to inform testing, procurement, cybersecurity, and deployment decisions. The Secretary must deliver annual unclassified reports to Congress from 2027 through 2031 that summarize reports, trends, corrective actions, and policy recommendations, with a possible classified annex. - Armed Forces members, civilian employees, contractors, and subcontractors: The bill would create a protected disclosure process that encourages good-faith reporting, shields reporters from retaliation, and requires protections for proprietary and classified information.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1] (R-TX), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Annual AI reports to Congress: benefit, low. If enacted, this would require the Secretary of Defense to send an annual unclassified report to congressional defense committees in each year 2027 through 2031. Reports could include a classified annex. Each report would list the number and category of AI incident and vulnerability reports, summar…
- DoD central AI safety program: benefit, low. If enacted, this would require the Secretary of Defense to create a centralized, Department-wide program to collect, track, analyze, and fix AI incidents and vulnerabilities. It would cover problems from development, testing, buying, fielding, or operating AI systems. The Secretary would name an of…
- New limits on AI operational use: mixed, low. If enacted, this would require prompt reporting and categorization of AI incidents and vulnerabilities into local, program-level, or Department-wide response levels. For program-level or Department-wide matters, the designated official would coordinate remediation, retesting, mitigation measures, a…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-hr-5401: Pay Our Troops Act of 2026
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-10189 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10189)

## Related
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hr-5401: Pay Our Troops Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5401)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10189 (as of 2026-09-24).