Congress Again Considers Banning State AI Laws

Congress again considers banning state AI laws

As companies like Nvidia continue to surge in values, lawmakers are still grappling with how to regulate artificial intelligence. In fact, they still disagree on who should have that power. President Donald Trump reignited the debate last month with a post on his Truth Social platform that the country “MUST have one Federal Standard of a patchwork of 50 State...

Scalise: Preemption of States' AI Laws Won't Be Part of FY26 NDAA

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told reporters Tuesday that a compromise version of the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act still under negotiation won't include language to preempt states' AI laws, amid ongoing concerns about proposals tying such a...

Scalise: No AI Moratorium in National Defense Authorization Act

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2025 – Republicans are no longer looking to block state AI laws as part of a must-pass defense bill.House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told reporters Tuesday that GOP supporters of the President Donald Trump-backed measure were considering other options. Democrats and several Republican lawmakers and governors have been fiercely opposed to including the measure in the National Defense Authorization Act.“If you can ad…

AI Preemption ‘Double Sneak’ in the National Defense Authorization Act

Every year, Congress passes the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) — the massive, must-pass bill that funds the U.S. military and sets national security policy. Because it touches intelligence programs, weapons systems, and classified operations, Congressional NDAA negotiations to write the bill are among the most tightly held and least transparent on Capitol Hill. It is not where sweeping technology policy like the AI moratorium is suppo…