AI Flaw Reporting and Security Enhancement Act
Latest action. Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the yeas and naysThe constitutional right of one-fifth of those present to force every member's vote onto the public record. The mechanism behind every roll call you can look up.Read the full definition (opens a new tab): 35 - 0.
AI Flaw Reporting and Security Enhancement Act
This bill establishes a program to facilitate the voluntary reporting and tracking of artificial intelligence (AI) flaws, to be administered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
In carrying out this program, NIST must seek to convene various stakeholders to establish common definitions for terms related to AI flaws and criteria for the classification of AI flaws (e.g., security-related flaws and safety-related flaws). The group must also support the development of technical standards and guidance related to detecting, managing, and disclosing AI flaws and prioritizing the remediation of such flaws.
Further, NIST must develop, or enter into cooperative agreements with institutions of higher education or research institutions to develop, infrastructure for the voluntary reporting, collection, and tracking of AI flaws. This must include a national database of AI flaws or the modification of an existing national database to account for AI flaws. (NIST currently administers a national database of cybersecurity vulnerabilities.) NIST must consider certain topics when developing this infrastructure, including the interoperability of the infrastructure with relevant existing systems, standards, and best practices.
Within three years of the bill’s enactment, NIST must report to Congress on the implementation of these provisions.
Under the bill, an AI flaw is a set of conditions or behaviors that allow for the violation of certain policies (e.g., safety or security policies) and is not necessarily associated with malicious intent.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on June 18, 2026. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
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Deborah Ross (D-NC) introduced it on June 18, 2026, and 2 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 1 Democrat, 1 Republican.
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It was introduced on June 18, 2026, 84 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 77 days ago, on June 25, 2026.
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Vote history
- HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action