The Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act from Sens. Adam Schiff and Todd Young would tap the GAO for recommendations on federal cyber programs.

The bipartisan IRS legislation contains 60-plus measures, covering everything from digitization of tax returns to online dashboards and callback technology.

The bipartisan CREATE AI Act has a House companion and seeks to establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource following a pilot launched in 2023.

The legislation would create a testbed program, prize competition, and build upon recommendations from an AI advisory body.

The legislation from Sens. Todd Young, R-Ind., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is a companion to a House bill that passed out of committee late last year.

The bipartisan legislation from Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Todd Young, R-Ind., would refresh the federal program for the first time since its 2023 expiration.

The bicameral legislative effort would task the intelligence agency with producing cyber-focused guidance to secure AI systems and ward off foreign threats.

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.

The legislation would establish a nonprofit foundation to help NIST utilize partnerships with the private sector.

The initiative to bolster quantum research partly expired Sept. 30, 2023. A House bill of the same name advanced out of committee last year.