# 119-hr-6909: China AI Threat Assessment Act

119-hr-6909, China AI Threat Assessment Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6909
- Congress: 119
- Title: China AI Threat Assessment Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Mandates a comprehensive National Intelligence Estimate on China-developed AI systems** to evaluate whether those systems embed ideological or discriminatory bias and to judge risks to U.S. national security and democratic institutions. It would require the Director of National Intelligence to deliver the estimate within 180 days and coordinate with major intelligence agencies. - Policy makers and Congress would get a single, wide-ranging assessment of bias, training data, model architectures, and intended use cases to inform responses to Chinese AI. - The intelligence community would be directed to coordinate across agencies including the National Security Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency, affecting analytic priorities and workloads. - U.S. allies, civil liberties advocates, and military planners would receive recommendations on how to monitor, assess, and counter malign uses and on risks to democratic norms and decision making.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Report on China-developed AI risks: benefit, low. This bill would require the Director of National Intelligence to give Congress a National Intelligence Estimate on AI systems developed or used by entities in the People\'s Republic of China. The report would be due within 180 days after enactment. The NIE would evaluate embedded algorithmic bias,…

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- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-6909 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6909)

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- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-6976: Duty Status Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6976)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6909 (as of 2026-04-21).