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House Science Committee Advances a Bipartisan Package of Ten AI Bills

On June 25, 2026, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology passed a bipartisan package of ten artificial intelligence bills, including the CREATE AI Act, the AI Security and Innovation Act, and the Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act. This is committee advancement, not enactment. Each bill still needs a full House vote, Senate passage, and the President's signature before any of it becomes law.

By Anthony Guerriero · The Leveraged Years Regulatory Research · Published June 25, 2026 · Last updated June 25, 2026 · Legislative signal

The short version

On June 25, 2026, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology passed a bipartisan package of ten AI bills. Committee Chairman Brian Babin announced the action, calling it "another important step toward securing America's leadership in artificial intelligence." The package spans federal data standards, AI security and flaw reporting, consumer protection against deceptive AI, workforce and education programs, and data-center energy measurement. None of these bills is law. Passing committee is one step in a long process, and each bill still needs House floor passage, Senate passage, and a presidential signature. For professionals, the value here is the map: this is a clear read on which AI issues have bipartisan momentum in the House right now. Track the ones that touch your field, and act only if they actually become law. The primary source is the Committee's own press release.

Regulatory Briefing

Instrument: House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology passage of a package of ten AI bills at a full-committee markup
Authority: United States House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; Chairman Brian Babin. A committee, not a chamber, so its action advances bills rather than making law.
Jurisdiction: United States (federal, proposed)
Status: Bills passed by the Committee on June 25, 2026. Not enacted. Each still requires a full House vote, Senate passage, and the President's signature.
Bindingness: Non-binding at this stage. SIGNAL. Committee passage moves a bill along; it imposes no obligation on anyone.
Next step: Possible scheduling for House floor consideration. There is no fixed deadline and no guarantee any bill reaches a floor vote.
Primary Source: House Science Committee press release, June 25, 2026, science.house.gov
Workflow Impact: None today. As a signal, it flags where House attention on AI is concentrated: data standards, security, consumer protection, and workforce.
Operational Next Step: Identify which of the ten bills touch your sector and add them to a watch list, so you see any that gain momentum toward a floor vote.
Last Verified: July 23, 2026

Here is the confirmed record. The Committee's press release states that on June 25, 2026, Chairman Brian Babin released a statement after the Committee "passed a bipartisan package of artificial intelligence legislation." The release names all ten bills with their numbers: the AI-Ready Federal Data Guidelines Act (H.R. 9341), the AI Security and Innovation Act (H.R. 9363), the CREATE AI Act (H.R. 2385), the NSF AI Education Act of 2025 (H.R. 5351), the LIFT AI Act (H.R. 5584), the READ AI Models Act (H.R. 6461), the Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act (H.R. 8893), the AI Flaw Reporting and Security Enhancement Act (H.R. 9333), the Workforce for AI Trust Act (H.R. 9334), and the Data Infrastructure Energy Measurement and Standards Act (H.R. 9372).

Babin framed it as "another important step toward securing America's leadership in artificial intelligence," adding that the package "expands access to cutting-edge research, strengthens our AI workforce, promotes responsible innovation, and bolsters our national security." He said he looked forward to "advancing them through the legislative process," which is the tell: these bills are on their way, not at their destination.

What are these bills actually about?

Read as a group, they sort into a few clear themes. Some are about federal data and standards, such as the AI-Ready Federal Data Guidelines Act, which the Committee says would direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop voluntary guidelines helping federal agencies prepare datasets for training AI models. Others are about security and integrity, including the AI Security and Innovation Act and the AI Flaw Reporting and Security Enhancement Act. One, the Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act, points at consumer-facing harms. Several address people and infrastructure: the NSF AI Education Act, the LIFT AI Act, the Workforce for AI Trust Act, and a measure on data-center energy measurement.

I am keeping the descriptions high-level on purpose. The Committee release summarizes each bill, but the operative language is what would govern if any of these passes, and summaries drift from text. If a specific bill in this list matters to your work, read that bill's own record before drawing any conclusion about what it would require.

Does committee passage mean these are close to becoming law?

No, and this is the part most coverage blurs. A committee markup is an early gate. After it, a bill can be scheduled for a full House vote, but many are not. Even a bill that clears the House still has to pass the Senate, which is a separate body with its own priorities and its own calendar, and then be signed. Ten bills advancing together is a strong signal of interest. It is not a prediction that any of them will be enacted, and it is certainly not a rule you comply with now.

Why does this belong on your radar?

Because a package like this is the clearest available picture of where the House wants to steer AI policy, and it carries bipartisan weight, which matters for whether anything survives the full process. If you work in a regulated field, or your firm builds or buys AI, the useful move is to treat this list as a preview. The themes here, data quality standards, security and flaw disclosure, deceptive-AI consumer protection, and workforce readiness, are the same pressure points showing up in state law and abroad. Seeing them cluster in one House package tells you which ones have federal legs.

What should you do with this?

Nothing operational, and do not let anyone tell you otherwise. None of these bills binds you today. What is worth doing is selective attention. Pick the one or two bills on this list that touch your sector, note their numbers, and watch whether they move toward a floor vote. If one does, that is the moment to read the text and think about implications. Until then, this is intelligence about the direction of federal AI policy, and good intelligence is worth having early even when it asks nothing of you yet.

Questions professionals are asking

Did these ten AI bills become law?

No. On June 25, 2026 the House Science Committee passed them, which advances them out of committee. Each bill still needs a full House vote, passage by the Senate, and the President's signature before it becomes law. Committee passage is an early step, not the finish line.

Which bills were in the package?

Ten, by the Committee's own list: the AI-Ready Federal Data Guidelines Act (H.R. 9341), AI Security and Innovation Act (H.R. 9363), CREATE AI Act (H.R. 2385), NSF AI Education Act of 2025 (H.R. 5351), LIFT AI Act (H.R. 5584), READ AI Models Act (H.R. 6461), Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act (H.R. 8893), AI Flaw Reporting and Security Enhancement Act (H.R. 9333), Workforce for AI Trust Act (H.R. 9334), and Data Infrastructure Energy Measurement and Standards Act (H.R. 9372).

What themes do the bills cover?

They group into federal data and standards, AI security and flaw reporting, consumer protection against deceptive AI, and workforce, education, and infrastructure measures. Chairman Babin described the package as expanding research access, strengthening the AI workforce, promoting responsible innovation, and bolstering national security.

What should my organization do now?

Nothing is required. A practical step is to identify the one or two bills on the list that touch your sector, note their numbers, and watch whether they advance toward a House floor vote. If one does, read the actual bill text before drawing conclusions about what it would require.

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