Expanding AI Voices Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7158 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7158 To support a broad and diverse interdisciplinary research community for the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-powered innovation through partnerships and capacity building at certain institutions of higher education and other institutions to expand AI capacity in populations historically underrepresented in STEM, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 20, 2026 Mrs. Foushee (for herself and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To support a broad and diverse interdisciplinary research community for the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-powered innovation through partnerships and capacity building at certain institutions of higher education and other institutions to expand AI capacity in populations historically underrepresented in STEM, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding AI Voices through Capacity Building Act'' or the ``Expanding AI Voices Act''. SEC. 2. EXPANDING CAPACITY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SCIENCE. Section 5401 of the National AI Initiative Act (15 U.S.C. 9451; enacted as part of title LIV of division E of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021; Public Law 116-283) is amended by-- (1) redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and (2) inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection: ``(g) Expanding Capacity in Artificial Intelligence.-- ``(1) In general.--The Director of the National