# 119-hr-6461: READ AI Models Act

119-hr-6461, READ AI Models Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-26).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6461
- Congress: 119
- Title: READ AI Models Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-12-04
- Sponsor: Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-26

## Summary

**Creates a standardized, modular documentation template and technical guidance for AI models.** This bill would direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology to run a pilot to produce a flexible template and technical guidelines for documenting AI models and associated data used by public and private organizations. - AI developers would get a modular checklist to record items like model name, developer identity and location, release date, training-data knowledge cutoff, languages supported, and terms of service. - Public sector users would have a common format to document models they build or use, helping oversight and comparisons across agencies. - Researchers, standards groups, and industry would see technical guidelines that include relevant metrics or benchmarks and that draw on voluntary consensus standards and best practices. - The process requires NIST to publish a draft in the Federal Register, allow at least a 60-day public comment period, and report to specified House and Senate committees and post final materials on its website within 12 months if the pilot is judged effective.

## Cosponsors (11)

- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA), 2025-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2026-02-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3] (D-MI), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- NIST pilot for AI model documentation: benefit, low. This bill would direct the NIST Director to start a pilot program. The pilot would create a modular template and technical guidelines for documenting AI models and data. The guidelines would include metrics and benchmarks and could incorporate voluntary consensus standards. NIST would publish a dra…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-6461 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6461)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6461 (as of 2026-09-26).