VET Artificial Intelligence Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2615 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2615 To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop voluntary guidelines and specifications for internal and external assurances of artificial intelligence systems, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 31, 2025 Mr. Hickenlooper (for himself and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop voluntary guidelines and specifications for internal and external assurances of artificial intelligence systems, 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 ``Validation and Evaluation for Trustworthy (VET) Artificial Intelligence Act'' or the ``VET Artificial Intelligence Act''. SEC. 2. PURPOSES. The purposes of this Act are-- (1) to develop consensus-driven, evidence-based voluntary technical guidelines and specifications for internal and external assurances through the testing, evaluation, validation, and verification of artificial intelligence systems, as appropriate based on the intended application, use- case, and risk profile of the artificial intelligence system; (2) to use meaningful assurance to supplement methodologies used to build trust in artificial intelligence systems, increase adoption of artificial intelligence systems, and provide for accountability and governance of artificial intelligence systems; and (3) to further the goals of the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Fra