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HR6909119th Congress

China AI Threat Assessment Act

Sponsored By: Representative Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]

Introduced

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.

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  • 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.

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Report on China-developed AI risks

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, training data sources, model architectures, and intended use cases. It would assess potential uses for foreign influence, surveillance, or information manipulation, and risks to democratic norms, civil liberties, and military decision-making. The Director would coordinate with the National Security Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency. The bill would define "artificial intelligence" broadly to include systems, software, or models that do perception, prediction, language understanding, autonomous decisions, or control of physical or digital systems.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]

VA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 12/18/2025

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