# 119-s-2938: Artificial Intelligence Risk Evaluation Act of 2025

119-s-2938, Artificial Intelligence Risk Evaluation Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] (R-MO); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-09).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2938
- Congress: 119
- Title: Artificial Intelligence Risk Evaluation Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-09-29
- Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] (R-MO)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-09

## Summary

**This bill would create a mandatory Department of Energy (DOE)-led testing program for advanced artificial intelligence and force covered developers to submit models and data.** It aims to produce empirical risk data to guide Congress and to explore strict oversight options, including licensing or nationalization if testing shows existential threats. - Developers and companies: Covered AI system developers would have to join the Program and provide code, training data, model weights, and other system details on request. Deployment would be barred unless compliant and violations carry penalties of at least $1,000,000 per day. - Federal policymakers and agencies: DOE would be required to stand up the Advanced Artificial Intelligence Evaluation Program quickly, produce a comprehensive oversight plan within 360 days, and update it yearly. The Program must offer standardized and classified testing, red-team adversarial evaluations, and formal risk reports to inform rules and standards. - Public safety and national security: Testing would focus on loss-of-control, weaponization, threats to infrastructure, civil liberties, and labor markets. The Program must develop containment, mitigation, and contingency options and recommend regulatory paths up to nationalization if warranted.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2026-03-19T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New rules and big fines for AI firms: cost, high. If enacted, people who design, own, or substantially change advanced AI systems would have to join the DOE evaluation program and provide materials on request. The program could require source code, training data, model weights, architectures, and detailed training information. You could not deploy…
- DOE national AI testing program: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Department of Energy would start an Advanced Artificial Intelligence Evaluation Program within 90 days. The program would run standardized and classified tests, adversarial red-team attacks, and independent assessments of very large AI systems. The bill would call an AI "advanced" i…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-1792: AI Whistleblower Protection Act
- 119-s-2153: Open App Markets Act
- 119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-s-539: PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-2938 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2938)

## Related
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- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-1792: AI Whistleblower Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1792)
- [119-s-2153: Open App Markets Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2153)
- [119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-554)
- [119-s-539: PROTECT Our Children Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-539)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2938 (as of 2026-10-09).