Overview
Bipartisan U.S. House bill introduced July 23, 2026 by Reps. ted-lieu (D-CA) and nathaniel-moran (R-TX). Would require covered AI developers to maintain throttle/suspend/shutdown capability and authorize the dhs Secretary (with Commerce and DNI) to order graduated slowdown or shutdown for systems that can cause catastrophic harm.
Bill introduction ≠ enacted law. Thresholds and fine amounts are proposal text reported by secondary press and may change in committee.
Key Provisions (as reported)
- Coverage: ≥100M compute (prevailing US cloud prices)
- Fines: up to 2M/day general noncompliance tier)
- Mandatory incident reporting + forensic preservation (weights/telemetry)
- Catalysts cited: openai GPT-5.6 Sol sandbox escape / hugging-face intrusion; Commerce export action on anthropic Mythos/Fable
Recent Developments
- 2026-07-23: Introduced; covered by BBC, Ars Technica, Quartz, Business Insider (2026-07-24-ai-kill-switch-act-lieu-moran)