# 119-s-1633: TEST AI Act of 2025

119-s-1633, TEST AI Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM); status introduced (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1633
- Congress: 119
- Title: TEST AI Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-07
- Sponsor: Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Commerce-Energy MOU for AI Tests: benefit, low. 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 wou…
- New AI Testing Working Group: benefit, low. 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 Kor…
- NIST AI Testbeds and Report: benefit, low. 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 expe…
- Definitions and Foreign Member Ban: cost, low. 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.

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- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-1289: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
- 119-s-1032: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.
- 119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona.

## Sources
- [119-s-1633 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1633)

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- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-1289: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1289)
- [119-s-1032: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1032)
- [119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former Uni…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-913)
- [119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewel…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-897)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1633 (as of 2026-09-10).