A sign marks the entrance to the Department of Commerce headquarters building on April 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)
The bipartisan bill comes as House Republicans want to give the agency $500 million for AI and modernization while also barring enforcement of state-level AI regulations.
Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., speaks at the rally at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Fair Share America)
DOE’s national labs play a big role in the TEST AI Act, which would establish a testbed pilot to develop and refine measurement standards used to assess…
Howard Lutnick delivers remarks before being sworn in as Commerce secretary in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Elon Musk joins President Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks at the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Ministerial meeting in Detroit on May 27, 2023. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, left, and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., talk about proposed legislation during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 8, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., chairwoman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, speaks with Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., before a hearing on June 9, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Legislation from Sens. Cantwell and Moran tasks Commerce and SBA with the creation of AI training resources for small businesses in underserved communities.