H.R. 9497 · 118th Congress

AI Advancement and Reliability Act of 2024

Introduced on Sep 9, 2024 by Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23). 11 cosponsors, 8 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 11, 2024): Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Sep 9, 2024
Cosponsors
11
8 from the other party
Policy area
Science, Technology, Communications
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 to establish a center on artificial intelligence to ensure continued United States leadership in research, development, and evaluation of the robustness, resilience, and safety of artificial intelligence systems, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Research and development

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Jay ObernolteR-CA-23Sponsor

Democrats · 8

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Sep 9, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Sep 9, 2024Introduced in House
  3. Sep 9, 2024 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  4. Sep 11, 2024 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Sep 11, 2024 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Anthropic2 reports
    $470K reported (all issues)
  2. CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)
  3. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.2 reports
    $37.2M reported (all issues)
  4. Google Client Services LLC2 reports
    $6.3M reported (all issues)
  5. NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $7.4M reported (all issues)
  6. Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)2 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  7. TECHNOLOGY NETWORK AKA TECHNET2 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  8. Americans for Prosperity1 report
    $210K reported (all issues)
  9. BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION1 report
    $990K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99%
  10. Carnegie Mellon University1 report
    $90K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$85M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. Cohere US, Inc.1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)
  12. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL1 report
    $720K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC$271.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM)1 report
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION$586.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  14. LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.1 report
    $280K reported (all issues)
  15. MICROSOFT CORPORATION1 report
    Federal contractor: MICROSOFT CORPORATION$444.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  16. OPENAI OPCO, LLC1 report
    $510K reported (all issues)
  17. The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.