{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-blumenthal-introduce-bipartisan-ai-evaluation-legislation-to-put-americans-first/", "Hawley, Blumenthal Introduce Bipartisan AI Evaluation Legislation to Put Americans First", "2025-09-29", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Ill.) introduced bipartisan legislation to create a risk evaluation program within the Department of Energy (DOE) dedicated to tracking AI safety concerns related to Americans\u2019 national security, civil liberties, and labor protections. The program would ensure real transparency by requiring developers of advanced AI systems to submit product information to the DOE before deploying their new technology.\n\n\u201cAs Big Tech companies continue to develop new generations of artificial intelligence, the wide-ranging risks of their technology continue to grow unchecked and underreported. Simply stated, Congress must not allow our national security, civil liberties, and labor protections to take a back seat to AI. This bipartisan legislation would guarantee common-sense testing and oversight of the most advanced AI systems, so Congress and the American people can be better informed about potential risks,\u201d said Senator Hawley.\n\n\u201cAI companies have rushed to market with products that are unsafe for the public and often lack basic due diligence and testing. Our legislation would ensure that a federal entity is on the lookout, scrutinizing these AI models for threats to infrastructure, labor markets, and civil liberties\u2014conducting vital research and providing the public with the information necessary to benefit from AI promises, while avoiding many of its pitfalls,\u201d said Senator Blumenthal.\n\nThe Artificial Intelligence Risk Evaluation Act would:\n\nEstablish an \u201cAdvanced Artificial Intelligence Evaluation Program\u201d within the DOE to evaluate advanced AI systems and collect data on the likelihood of adverse AI incidents, such as loss-of-control scenarios and weaponization by adversaries.\n\nRequire developers of advanced AI systems to participate in the program, including a duty to provide information regarding the AI system upon request.\n\nProhibit an advanced AI system from being deployed until the developer has complied with program requirements.\n\nRequire the Secretary of Energy to annually report to Congress with a recommended plan for federal oversight of advanced AI systems based on the program\u2019s results.\n\nIn July, Senators Hawley and Blumenthal introduced bipartisan legislation to protect consumers\u2019 data rights and hold Big Tech companies accountable for illegally pirating creators\u2019 copyrighted works to train their AI models.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-blumenthal-introduce-bipartisan-ai-evaluation-legislation-to-put-americans-first/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7426232807338238, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}