HR6996119th Congress

Full AI Stack Export Promotion Act

Sponsored By: Representative Fine, Randy [R-FL-6]

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Summary

This bill would promote global deployment of the U.S. full AI stack by pushing U.S.-designed models, semiconductors, cloud services, and data center deployments abroad while embedding security and diplomatic controls to protect U.S. advantage and limit adversary access.

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  • U.S. tech firms and consortia would get a Department of Commerce program to identify and receive export proposals that meet U.S. security requirements. Eligibility is limited to consortia formed solely to participate and a status report is due in 180 days.
  • Allies and partners would be the focus of a State Department-led push to reduce foreign market barriers. That effort includes industry listening sessions, a hotline for export barriers, and a diplomatic strategy due in 180 days to promote U.S. adoption and counter authoritarian influence.
  • National security and standards bodies would set rules to prevent illicit adversary access, including transfer restrictions, supply-chain checks, and deployment agreements. The bill also mandates a study due in 180 days and an Export Success Tracker within 180 days and then every six months for five years to measure installed AI capacity and U.S. hardware and cloud metrics.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

6 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Confidence standards for U.S. AI exports

If enacted, the bill would direct the Commerce Secretary to work with State, Defense, Energy, and the public to create practices and product standards showing U.S. AI stack products are private, secure, and effective. The standards work would finish within 180 days after enactment. The goal would be to reassure large foreign purchasers and help U.S. suppliers sell abroad.

Diplomatic plan and global AI study

If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of State, with Commerce, to hold industry listening sessions, create a hotline for export barriers, and use diplomacy to reduce foreign obstacles to U.S. AI exports. The State Department would also lead a study, with intelligence and Commerce, on economic, diplomatic, security, and priority-region impacts of global AI deployment. Both the diplomatic strategy and the study must be submitted to Congress within 180 days after enactment, in unclassified form with an optional classified annex.

Security rules for U.S. AI exports

If enacted, the bill would direct the Commerce Secretary, working with State, Defense, and Energy, to work with foreign purchasers to put security measures in place to prevent foreign adversaries from getting illicit access to U.S. AI stack systems. Commerce would report to Congress within 180 days on deployment speed and security plans, required purchaser measures, country agreements, and supply-chain steps to remove adversary hardware or software. The report would be unclassified but may include a classified annex.

U.S. AI export success tracker

If enacted, the bill would require Commerce, the Director of National Intelligence, and State to publish an initial report within 180 days estimating each country's AI capacity and the U.S. share of AI chips, data-center AI, model usage (tokens), and cloud revenue. Updates would be required every six months for five years. Reports must be unclassified and sent to two congressional committees, with an optional classified annex.

Industry consortia program for AI exports

If enacted, the bill would require Commerce to run a program that accepts proposals from industry consortia that meet U.S. security standards to facilitate export of the U.S. full AI stack. Only consortia formed solely to participate in the program would be eligible. Commerce must report to Congress on the program's status and results within 180 days after the program is established.

Definitions for U.S. AI exports

If enacted, the bill would add legal definitions for key terms used across the Act. Defined terms include the 'full AI stack', 'AI integrated circuits', 'national computing capacity', 'U.S. artificial intelligence semiconductor products', 'token', 'foreign adversaries', and which congressional committees are 'appropriate.' These definitions would take effect upon enactment and guide how other provisions are applied.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Fine, Randy [R-FL-6]

FL • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]

    MI • R

    Sponsored 4/20/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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