S. 2750 · 119th Congress

SANDBOX Act

Introduced on Sep 10, 2025 by Ted Cruz (R-TX). Latest action (Sep 10, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Sep 10, 2025
Cosponsors
0
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

A bill to require the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish a Federal regulatory sandbox program for artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Advisory bodies
  • Business records
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Consumer affairs
  • Economic development
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Judicial review and appeals
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Research and development
  • Right of privacy
  • Technology assessment

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.

Ted CruzR-TXSponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

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

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Sep 10, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 10, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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. AT&T Services, Inc.8 reports
    $11.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AT&T TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC$10.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 94%
  2. AI Integrators Council4 reports
    $230K reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS4 reports
    $5.5M reported (all issues)
  4. Accrete AI Government, LLC4 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ACCRETE AI GOVERNMENT LLC$8.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. Appalachian Voices4 reports
    $140K reported (all issues)
  6. BROADCOM INC4 reports
  7. Business Software Alliance4 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  8. ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $5.6M reported (all issues)
  9. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS4 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  10. LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION4 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  11. META PLATFORMS, INC.4 reports
    $25.4M reported (all issues)
  12. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES4 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)
  13. PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY4 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  14. Salesforce.com, Inc.4 reports
    $290K reported (all issues)
  15. Software & Information Industry Association4 reports
    $5.3M reported (all issues)
  16. Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)4 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  17. AFL-CIO3 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE, INC. (THE)AI match · 92%
  18. BSA, The Software Alliance (Formerly BSA Business Software Alliance, Inc)3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  19. Demand Progress Action, Inc3 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  20. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL3 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC$271.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  21. ARM INC.2 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ARM INCAI match · 96%
  22. GRUBHUB HOLDINGS INC.2 reports
    $220K reported (all issues)
  23. LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS, INC2 reports
    $470K reported (all issues)
  24. LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.2 reports
    $850K reported (all issues)
  25. AMERICAN FINTECH COUNCIL1 report
    $60K reported (all issues)
  26. Americans for Financial Reform1 report
    $150K reported (all issues)
  27. Getty Images Inc.1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GETTY IMAGES (US), INC.$173.2K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  28. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS1 report
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  29. NATIONAL NURSES UNITED1 report
    $130K reported (all issues)
  30. National Taxpayers Union1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  31. Public Citizen1 report
    $73K reported (all issues)
  32. SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA INC.1 report
    $550K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.AI match · 100%
  33. UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED1 report

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.