HR 8283
Cleared committee
Directs the Commerce and State Departments to identify foreign entities that extract the technical features of closed-source American AI models, publish a list of them, and consider adding them to the Entity List, with sanctions authority for blocking their U.S. property.
Official title: Deterring American AI Model Theft Act of 2026
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House
Introduced
15-APR-2026
Referred
15-APR-2026
Approved by committee
22-APR-2026
- Requires the Secretary of State, with Commerce, to assess within 180 days which foreign entities of concern have conducted model extraction attacks on U.S.-owned closed-source AI models or run fraudulent account networks
- Requires the Secretary of State to maintain and publish an AI Model Extraction Attackers List on a public website for up to 5 years, without disclosing confidential owner information
- Requires Commerce to decide by majority vote whether identified entities should be added to the Entity List, and authorizes the President to block transactions in their U.S. property under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
- Exempts authorized model training done under owner terms, and carves out humanitarian goods, intelligence, and law enforcement activities from sanctions
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International Affairs
■ 19 R■ 2 D
19 Republicans
- Nicholas J. Begich
- Sheri Biggs
- Ben Cline
- Eric A. "Rick" Crawford
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann
- Pat Harrigan
- John James
- Jennifer A. Kiggans
- Darin LaHood
- Michael Lawler
- Ryan Mackenzie
- Michael T. McCaul
- Max L. Miller
- John R. Moolenaar
- Barry Moore
- Nathaniel Moran
- Maria Elvira Salazar
- Derrick Van Orden
2 Democrats