U.S. lawmakers propose FRONTIER Act for frontier AI audits and incident reporting
rickasaurus · x · 2026-07-25
A bipartisan group of six U.S. House lawmakers has introduced the FRONTIER Act, a bill aimed at federal oversight of frontier AI systems.
For models trained with more than 10^26 FLOPs, the bill would require:
- transparency reports and model cards
- risk-management frameworks for catastrophic risks
- rapid reporting of critical safety incidents
- independent third-party security and safety audits by Commerce-licensed auditors
It also creates a new Under Secretary of Commerce for AI Security. The sponsors are Reps. Jay Obernolte, Lori Trahan, Scott Franklin, Scott Peters, Erin Houchin, and Suhas Subramanyam.
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