AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8094 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8094 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to establish requirements for making information available to the public about the training data and algorithms used in artificial intelligence foundation models, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 26, 2026 Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Lawler, and Ms. Jacobs) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Federal Trade Commission to establish requirements for making information available to the public about the training data and algorithms used in artificial intelligence foundation models, 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 ``AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. ELEMENTS OF FOUNDATION MODEL TRANSPARENCY. (a) Establishment of Requirements.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Secretary of Commerce, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and other relevant stakeholders (including standards bodies, covered entities, academia, technology experts, and advocates for civil rights and consumers), shall do the following: (1) In accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code, promulgate regulations that: (A) 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 foundatio