H.R. 8283
119th Congress
House
Deterring American AI Model Theft Act of 2026
Official title: To prevent foreign adversaries from threatening the national security of the United States by extracting key technical features of closed-source, American-owne… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To prevent foreign adversaries from threatening the national security of the United States by extracting key technical features of closed-source, American-owned artificial intelligence models, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 22, 2026
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
Apr 22, 2026
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Apr 15, 2026
Introduced in House
Apr 15, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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What's happening now
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
11
- META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES
- ALLEGIANCE STRATEGIES, LLC
- FDD ACTION
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL
- SIIA
- META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)
- Education, Dept of
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- White House Office
Cosponsors
21
R
Van Orden, Derrick
R
Biggs, Sheri
R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
R
Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
R
Kiggans, Jennifer A.
R
Begich, Nicholas J.
R
Moran, Nathaniel
D
Gottheimer, Josh
R
Mackenzie, Ryan
R
Miller, Max L.
R
James, John
R
Salazar, Maria Elvira
R
McCaul, Michael T.
R
Moore, Barry
R
Cline, Ben
R
Harrigan, Pat
D
Kamlager-Dove, Sydney
R
LaHood, Darin
R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
R
Lawler, Michael
R
Moolenaar, John R.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8283: Deterring American AI Model Theft Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8283/
"H.R. 8283: Deterring American AI Model Theft Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8283/.
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