Rick Scott (R-FL)
Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act
A Republican bill with 2 Republican cosponsors · See all 2 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct annual assessments regarding terrorism threats posed by generative artificial intelligence. These assessments must be submitted to specific congressional committees for a period of five years. The reports are required to analyze how terrorists use AI to spread extremist messages or develop weapons of mass destruction. The Secretary must also provide recommendations on how to counter these threats. These assessments must be coordinated to protect privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. Finally, the unclassified portions of these reports must be posted on a public Department of Homeland Security website.
Yes· 3 of 4
- Scored +2
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill requires the unclassified portions of the assessments to be posted on a public website.
- Scored +2
Does this better protect the country from computer attacks?
The bill assesses threats from generative AI to enhance national security awareness.
- Scored +1
Does this protect people from being watched or searched?
The bill mandates that assessments be coordinated to ensure compliance with privacy protections.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased National Security Awareness: The bill aims to recognize, assess, and address the national security threat posed by the use of generative artificial intelligence by foreign terrorist organizations to reduce risks to the people of the United States (Section 3).
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Monitoring of Extremist Activity: The assessments will analyze incidents where AI is used to spread violent extremist messaging or facilitate radicalization and recruitment (Section 4, a, 2, A, i).
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Monitoring of Weapons Development: The assessments will analyze the use of AI to enhance the ability of terrorists to develop or deploy chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons (Section 4, a, 2, A, ii).
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Public Transparency: The Secretary is required to post the unclassified portion of each assessment on a publicly available website (Section 4, a, 4, B, i).
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Protection of Rights: The Secretary must coordinate the assessments to ensure compliance with protections relating to the privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties of individuals (Section 4, a, 3, A).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts or burdens are explicitly mentioned in the text of the bill.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill requires the unclassified portions of the assessments to be posted on a public website. Does this protect people from being watched or searched? — The bill mandates that assessments be coordinated to ensure compliance with privacy protections.
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Does this better protect the country from computer attacks? — The bill assesses threats from generative AI to enhance national security awareness.
- Education And Technology
- Does this give people more control over their personal data? — The Secretary must coordinate assessments to ensure compliance with privacy protections.
- 6/16/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 6/11/2026
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Marsha BlackburnRepublican · Tennessee
Cynthia LummisRepublican · Wyoming