# 119-hr-9965: AI Threat Output and Monitoring Incident Containment Act

119-hr-9965, AI Threat Output and Monitoring Incident Containment Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT); status introduced (as of 2026-08-22).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9965
- Congress: 119
- Title: AI Threat Output and Monitoring Incident Containment Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-07-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-22

## Summary

**Evaluate and reduce the risk that powerful AI could cause or enable a nuclear incident.** This bill creates a Department of Energy program, run through the National Laboratories, to test AI systems for nuclear-related risks and develop containment and mitigation guidance. - Large AI developers must participate if they meet the bill's threshold (about $2 billion spent on AI over the prior five years). They must give secure access to models and testing data or face subpoenas, DOJ referrals, and civil penalties up to $1 million per violation. - The Department of Energy and the National Laboratories will run red-team and blind evaluations, deliver a testing report for each participant, and issue recommendations on containment protocols, contingency planning, and technical standards. The Secretary must stand up the Program within 90 days and the Paperwork Reduction Act does not apply. - Information submitted is generally exempt from Freedom of Information Act requests but can be shared for court orders, congressional requests, national security or public safety, or as anonymized data. The Secretary must report legislative recommendations to Congress within 1 year and update them annually until the Program ends after 7 years.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] (R-MI), 2026-08-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New AI nuclear testing program: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Energy Secretary to start an "Advanced Artificial Intelligence Nuclear Evaluation Program" within 90 days. The Program would test AI for the chance of an AI-related nuclear incident and use red-teaming and practical jailbreaking tests. It would allow outside t…
- Secretary reports and recommendations: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary to assess Program data and report to Congress within one year. The report would identify trends, evaluation awareness, potential for AI nuclear incidents, and scheming behavior. The Secretary would recommend legislative or regulatory steps, which cou…
- Who the AI program covers: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would define which developers and AI systems the Program covers. It would treat an entity as a "large advanced artificial intelligence developer" if it and its affiliates spent $2,000,000,000 or more on AI development in the prior five calendar years. "Advanced artificial intel…
- New penalties for large AI developers: cost, medium. If enacted, the bill would require very large AI developers to participate in the Program and lists banned conduct. Prohibited actions include failing to participate, lying about participation, hiding material information, impeding the Program, refusing secure access to models (including weights an…
- Confidentiality rules for Program submissions: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would make most information submitted to the Program exempt from public FOIA disclosure. The Secretary could disclose submissions only for a court order, with participant consent, at a congressional committee request, for national security/public safety/critical infrastructure…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-9965 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9965)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9965 (as of 2026-08-22).