AI Sovereignty Act

The AI Sovereignty Act would require the Secretary of Commerce, through the Bureau of Industry and Security, to produce an initial report within 240 days that maps and analyzes where critical artificial intelligence technologies are being developed or researched offshore, including who is involved (foreign entities, partnerships with domestic entities, foreign nationals educated or working in the U.S. who later work for foreign entities), and how these activities may migrate or be reshored over time. The report would assess the economic, national security, allied, adversary, and geopolitically vulnerable-market implications of offshore AI development, and propose strategies to disincentivize offshore activity, bolster domestic AI development, strengthen oversight of acquisitions of U.S. assets, and reduce such acquisitions. The Secretary would also publish a comprehensive report to Congress and the Federal Register detailing identifications, assessments, strategies, and policy recommendations, while excluding any personally identifiable information. Following the initial report, the Act requires annual (and ongoing) reviews to determine whether the strategies are outdated and, if so, to issue updated strategies in a new report. The Secretary must consult with other federal agencies as appropriate and relies on a broad definition of “critical artificial intelligence technologies.”