HR 8881
Passed a chamber
Requires the Small Business Administration to report to Congress each year on how it uses artificial intelligence and machine learning, including the risks and how to keep human judgment in important decisions.
Official title: SBA Artificial Intelligence Utilization Act of 2026
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
19-MAY-2026
Referred
19-MAY-2026
Approved by committee
20-MAY-2026
Reported
03-JUN-2026
On the calendar
03-JUN-2026
Passed
23-JUN-2026
Senate
Received
24-JUN-2026
- Requires the SBA Administrator to submit a report to the House and Senate Small Business committees within 90 days of enactment, and annually after that
- Covers the benefits and risks of AI and machine learning in SBA work, including risks to agency operations, and how to manage them
- Requires a briefing to those committees within 30 days after each report is submitted
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (03-JUN-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 23-JUN-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Small Business Committee (House)
- Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee (Senate)
Commerce
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