HR 6996
Cleared committee
Directs the Commerce and State Departments to promote exports of U.S. artificial intelligence systems, computing hardware, and standards to allies and partners, and to report to Congress on the effort and on how much of global AI computing relies on U.S. firms.
Official title: Full AI Stack Export Promotion Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
09-JAN-2026
Referred
09-JAN-2026
Approved by committee
22-APR-2026
- Commerce Department sets up a program to accept proposals from industry consortia for exporting the U.S. full AI stack to allies and partners, subject to U.S.-approved security requirements
- State Department works to remove foreign barriers to U.S. AI exports, sets up an industry hotline, and produces a diplomatic strategy within 180 days
- Commerce Department develops security measures to prevent foreign adversaries from gaining unauthorized access to U.S. AI systems deployed abroad
- Commerce Department publishes an AI export success tracker every six months for five years, estimating U.S. firms' share of global AI computing capacity, chips, and cloud services
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in House, 09-JAN-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Foreign Affairs Committee (House)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
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