Humanoid ROBOT Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3275 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3275 To reduce the risk to the national security of the United States posed by humanoid robots produced in certain countries, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 20, 2025 Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To reduce the risk to the national security of the United States posed by humanoid robots produced in certain countries, 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 ``Humanoid Robotics Oversight and Blocking of Obtainment from Totalitarians Act of 2025'' or the ``Humanoid ROBOT Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial intelligence'' has the meaning given that term in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401). (2) Country of concern.--The term ``country of concern'' has the meaning given the term ``covered nation'' in section 4872 of title 10, United States Code. (3) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' means-- (A) the government of a country of concern; (B) a political party of a country of concern; (C) a foreign entity of concern (as defined in section 9901 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 U.S.C. 4651)); (D) an entity identified by the Secretary of Defense under section 1260H(a) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283;