# 119-s-3952: Future of Artificial Intelligence Innovation Act of 2026

119-s-3952, Future of Artificial Intelligence Innovation Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] (R-IN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3952
- Congress: 119
- Title: Future of Artificial Intelligence Innovation Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-02-26
- Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**This bill would create a federal hub to develop voluntary AI standards and testbeds.** It would coordinate testing, shared datasets, prize challenges, and international standards work to help U.S. researchers and industry build safer, more interoperable AI.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] (D-WA), 2026-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2026-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2026-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New federal AI prize competitions: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let OSTP and other agencies run a Federal Grand Challenges prize program within one year to fund AI research and commercialization. Prizes would generally be limited to U.S. companies and to individual winners who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents, and agenc…
- New NIST AI standards center: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require NIST to set up a Center for Artificial Intelligence Standards and Innovation within 90 days and to form a stakeholder consortium within 180 days. The Center would give voluntary guidance, testing methods, and quarterly consultation with industry, labs, academia, a…
- Priority federal AI datasets list: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would direct OSTP, through the National Science and Technology Council, to identify and prioritize 20 federal datasets within one year for AI training and evaluation. The public would be able to comment before the list is final. Agencies would add improved datasets to their dat…
- New rules for temporary fellows: cost, low. If enacted, the bill would define 'temporary fellow' as a non‑federal person doing agency work and require the fellow and the agency head to sign a certification that the fellow will not perform inherently governmental functions before starting. The agency must send that certification to OMB and re…
- Shared AI testbeds and privacy rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require Commerce and Energy, with NSF, to create an interagency AI testbed program within one year that links national and federal labs, NIST, and public/private partners for tests, reproducible evaluations, and security assessments. The program would include a voluntary…

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- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-1515: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-s-1289: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act

## Sources
- [119-s-3952 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3952)

## Related
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- [119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-524)
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-1515: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1515)
- [119-s-1289: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1289)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3952 (as of 2026-09-10).