AI (Artificial Intelligence), cybersecurity, data privacy, SaaS, and guardrails

During his too-short term as president, Joe Biden issued multiple executive orders to Department of Homeland Security and other agencies that were impacted by security breaches and cybersecurity issues. He wanted them to recommend guardrails that could be put in place within their departments, perhaps converted to legislation by Congress.
Apps like Pushwoosh had gained access to military and other secure data, representing themselves as US-based, when they were instead in Russia. Biden-Harris sought rational ways to keep AI and digital media in check -- not to abolish it, just to ensure it had proper security measures keeping it safe.
Among the very first of Biden's EOs that Trump nullified: Those related to AI and cybersecurity. Below therefore you can find attempts at legislation that will do what Trump will not: Put in much-needed guardrails!
Highlighted legislation has 20+ sponsors/cosponsors.

Proposed legislation:

August 23, 2025 - September 19, 2025: Contains transcripts of two critical meetings. Nineteen Democrats and no Republicans signed on to a resolution requiring the Trump administration to report on DOGE's access to American citizens' private data. Twenty-two Democrats cosponsored a bill that would direct the FTC to to require impact assessments of certain algorithms. Otherwise, bills had little traction.
July 17, 2025 - August 22, 2025: Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act of 2025; top the Scammers Act; Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2025 (surveillance-based pricing). Also, although it does not have 20+ sponsors, Pick Up After Your DOGE Act: To require performance and security audits of certain agency computer systems. Finally, transcripts for three AI-related meetings are included here, two from the Biden era, one from July 2025.
July 22, 2025 - July 24, 2025: Seven pieces of legislation that passed the House and was referred to Senate. Many are a direct boondoggle for techbros who use loopholes in IRS regulations to set themselves up as nonprofits or small businesses.

Note: There are no specific committees dedicated to AI and cybersecurity. Everything from Agriculture, to Ways and Means, to Banking and more, has AI-related legislation in committee.

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