America Needs One National Framework for Artificial Intelligence
America Needs One National Framework for Artificial Intelligence
Publish Date: 2026-06-04 10:38:00
Source Domain: news.bloomberglaw.com
Artificial intelligence is already changing the way Americans live, work, learn, and compete. It’s raising urgent questions about national security, accountability, jobs, and privacy.
This week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that calls for voluntary participation from developers to submit frontier AI models for a 30-day review period. Industry, safety experts, and stakeholders agree this is an important step, But many are also asking whether our laws can keep up.
The question before Congress isn’t whether AI will be governed. It’s whether we will build a clear national framework that protects Americans, supports innovation, and ensures the US leads the world in shaping this technology.
That is why, as a Republican and a Democrat, we’re releasing a bipartisan discussion draft of the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act. Policy for a technology this transformative can only be built to last if it’s written by both parties.
AI will shape our economy, workforce, national security, and daily lives for decades, and the framework governing it must be durable enough to survive changes in Congress, administrations, and political priorities.
Several states, including California, New York, and Illinois, have already moved forward with laws and proposals aimed at transparency, auditing, whistleblower protections, and safeguards for frontier AI systems. Many of those efforts reflect serious work. However, risks created by AI don’t stop at state lines.
The most advanced systems are built in one state and used in all 50, shaping jobs, consumers, and public safety everywhere. Protections that depend on your zip code are not enough.
Rather than allow protections to exist only in a handful of states or force innovators to navigate dozens of different legal regimes, our framework would establish one national standard. That standard would extend core protections to every American while giving developers, researchers, and businesses the clarity they…
