H.R. 8094 · AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2026
Introduced bill directing the FTC to establish foundation-model disclosure requirements.
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Indexed source materialH.R. 9442 · Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act
House bill proposing a conditional moratorium on covered AI data-centre construction and upgrades.
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H.R. 8094 directs the FTC to establish foundation-model disclosure rules
The bill would require regulations covering training data, documentation, testing, inference-time collection and model operations.
Establish requirements for covered entities with regard to foundation models to improve transparency of training data, documentation, testing, data collection during inference, and operations of foundation models, before commercial deployment and during the lifecycle of the system.Congress.gov · H.R. 8094 · Section 2(a)(1)(A)
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H.R. 9442 proposes a conditional moratorium on AI data centres
The bill would stop construction or upgrading of covered facilities until specified safeguards are enacted and Congress expressly ends the pause.
The construction or upgrading of new or existing artificial intelligence data centers may not commence or proceed until—Congress.gov · H.R. 9442 · Section 3(b)
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H.R. 9442 would require quarterly public infrastructure reporting
The bill directs the Energy Secretary to publish facility-level information on water, energy, emissions, labour and other impacts.
The Secretary of Energy shall— (A) submit to Congress quarterly reports on artificial intelligence data centers; and (B) make those quarterly reports publicly available.Congress.gov · H.R. 9442 · Section 3(c)(1)
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A federal AI data-centre moratorium enters the US debate
H.R. 9442 introduces a direct growth-control ask into Congress. Its significance lies less in near-term passage than in linking AI capacity to electricity, water and national-security constraints.
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US proposal would put foundation-model disclosure under the FTC
H.R. 8094 asks the Federal Trade Commission to establish public-information requirements covering foundation-model training data and algorithms. The vehicle remains at the introduced stage.