U.S. AI policy tracker

Executive orderEO 14434In effect

Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence (external site: govinfo.gov)

Signed September 29, 2026 · President of the United States (Donald J. Trump)

Sets a policy that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the executive branch will use the terms "Super Intelligence" and "SI" in place of "Artificial Intelligence" and "AI", and directs agencies to do so in official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, policy documents, and other non-statutory documents. It does not require changes to previously issued regulations, Presidential actions, contracts, grants, or other historical documents. For the order's purposes the new terms mean the technologies covered by the statutory definition of artificial intelligence at 15 U.S.C. 9401(3), and the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology is to propose legislative language for a Federal definition within 60 days.

The Federal Register's executive order notes for this order, retrieved on 2026-10-08, list no revoking or amending order. NIST's super intelligence page states that, per this order, NIST is working to update its communications to incorporate the term "super intelligence". Separately, NIST's center page now uses the name Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI), while items from July 2026 listed on that page use the earlier name Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI); NIST's pages do not say when or why the name changed.

Executive orderEO 14409In effect

Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security (external site: govinfo.gov)

Signed June 2, 2026 · President of the United States (Donald J. Trump)

Directs agencies to prioritize the cyber defense of national security systems and of Department of War and civilian Federal information systems, and directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the National Cyber Director, to form an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse, in voluntary collaboration with the AI industry and critical infrastructure operators, to coordinate the discovery and remediation of software vulnerabilities. It directs those agencies, in consultation with NIST and others, to develop a classified benchmarking process to determine when an AI model is a "covered frontier model" and to design a voluntary framework through which developers could give the Federal Government access to such models for up to 30 days before releasing them to other trusted partners. The order states that nothing in its frontier model section authorizes a mandatory governmental licensing, preclearance, or permitting requirement for new AI models, and it directs the Attorney General to prioritize enforcement of Federal criminal laws against unauthorized computer access using AI.

The Federal Register's executive order notes for this order, retrieved on 2026-10-08, list no revoking or amending order.

Executive orderEO 14365In effect

Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence (external site: govinfo.gov)

Signed December 11, 2025 · President of the United States (Donald J. Trump)

States a policy of "a minimally burdensome national policy framework for AI" and directs the Attorney General to establish an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge State AI laws inconsistent with that policy. It directs the Secretary of Commerce to publish an evaluation of State AI laws and to issue a policy notice making States with laws identified in that evaluation ineligible for certain non-deployment funds under the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program, to the maximum extent allowed by Federal law. It directs the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to begin a proceeding on whether to adopt a Federal reporting and disclosure standard for AI models that preempts conflicting State laws, and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to issue a policy statement on how the FTC Act applies to AI models. It also directs a legislative recommendation for a uniform Federal AI policy framework that preempts conflicting State AI laws, which is not to propose preempting otherwise lawful State laws on topics such as child safety protections.

The Federal Register's executive order notes for this order, retrieved on 2026-10-08, list no revoking or amending order.

OMB memorandumM-26-04In effect

Increasing Public Trust in Artificial Intelligence Through Unbiased AI Principles (external site: whitehouse.gov)

Issued December 11, 2025 · Office of Management and Budget

OMB guidance implementing section 4 of Executive Order 14319. It requires agencies to include contractual requirements on compliance with the order's two Unbiased AI Principles, truth-seeking and ideological neutrality, in any new solicitation or order for a large language model and to update their procurement policies by March 11, 2026, and says agencies should, to the extent practicable, modify existing contracts for large language models. It does not apply to national security systems, and agencies are not required to apply it to models acquired under a free, open-source license.

The memorandum's sunset provision says it "shall cease to have any force or effect two years after the date of its issuance, unless the Director of OMB provides otherwise."

Executive orderEO 14363In effect

Launching the Genesis Mission (external site: govinfo.gov)

Signed November 24, 2025 · President of the United States (Donald J. Trump)

Establishes the Genesis Mission, a national effort to apply AI to scientific discovery, implemented within the Department of Energy by the Secretary of Energy, with the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology providing general leadership and coordinating participating agencies through the National Science and Technology Council. It directs the Secretary to establish and operate the American Science and Security Platform, providing high-performance computing, AI modeling frameworks and agents, domain-specific foundation models, secure access to datasets, and tools for AI-augmented experimentation. It also directs the Secretary to identify at least 20 national science and technology challenges for the Mission and to report to the President annually.

The Federal Register's executive order notes for this order, retrieved on 2026-10-08, list no revoking or amending order.

Executive orderEO 14355In effect

Unlocking Cures for Pediatric Cancer With Artificial Intelligence (external site: govinfo.gov)

Signed September 30, 2025 · President of the United States (Donald J. Trump)

Directs the Make America Healthy Again Commission, with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto, to develop ways to use AI to improve diagnosis, treatment, cures, and prevention of pediatric cancer, with an initial focus on the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative. It directs work on increasing investment from existing Federal funds in pediatric cancer research, and directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to integrate AI into work on health data interoperability and to finalize interoperability standards for patient data used with AI.

The Federal Register's executive order notes for this order, retrieved on 2026-10-08, list no revoking or amending order.

Executive orderEO 14318In effect

Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure (external site: govinfo.gov)

Signed July 23, 2025 · President of the United States (Donald J. Trump)

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to launch an initiative to provide financial support for qualifying data center projects and the components they depend on, where a data center project is a facility requiring more than 100 megawatts of new load dedicated to AI inference, training, simulation, or synthetic data generation. It directs agencies to identify existing, and establish new, categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act for such projects, sets out other measures to expedite environmental reviews and permitting, and directs agencies to offer sites on Federal lands and military installations for them. It revokes Executive Order 14141.

The Federal Register's executive order notes for this order, retrieved on 2026-10-08, list no revoking or amending order.

Executive orderEO 14319In effect

Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government (external site: govinfo.gov)

Signed July 23, 2025 · President of the United States (Donald J. Trump)

Directs agency heads to procure only large language models developed in accordance with two "Unbiased AI Principles": truth-seeking and ideological neutrality. It directs OMB to issue implementing guidance within 120 days, and directs agencies to include terms requiring compliance with the principles in new contracts for large language models, with decommissioning costs charged to the vendor if the agency terminates a contract for noncompliance. The order states that it builds on Executive Order 13960.

The Federal Register's executive order notes for this order, retrieved on 2026-10-08, list no revoking or amending order. OMB issued Memorandum M-26-04 on December 11, 2025 to implement section 4 of the order.

Executive orderEO 14320In effect

Promoting the Export of the American AI Technology Stack (external site: govinfo.gov)

Signed July 23, 2025 · President of the United States (Donald J. Trump)

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish an American AI Exports Program within 90 days and to issue a public call for proposals from industry-led consortia for full-stack AI export packages, covering AI-optimized hardware and cloud services, data pipelines, models, security measures, and applications. Proposals selected by the Secretary are to be designated priority AI export packages, and the Economic Diplomacy Action Group, chaired by the Secretary of State, is to coordinate Federal financing tools to support them. Proposals must comply with U.S. export control regimes, outbound investment regulations, and end-user policies.

The Federal Register's executive order notes for this order, retrieved on 2026-10-08, list no revoking or amending order.

Strategy or planFinal

Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan (external site: whitehouse.gov)

Released July 23, 2025 · The White House

A plan developed under Executive Order 14179; its introduction carries the names of the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. It sets out recommended Federal policy actions under three pillars: Accelerate AI Innovation, Build American AI Infrastructure, and Lead in International AI Diplomacy and Security. Recommended actions include revising the NIST AI Risk Management Framework to eliminate references to misinformation, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and climate change; updating Federal procurement guidelines for large language models; streamlining permitting for data centers, semiconductor manufacturing facilities, and energy infrastructure; and exporting American AI to allies and partners.

Executive Order 14363 of November 24, 2025 refers to the Administration implementing America's AI Action Plan, and NIST's AI RMF page states that AI RMF 1.0 is being revised as part of the plan.

LawPublic Law 119-12In effect

Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act (external site: govinfo.gov)

Enacted May 19, 2025 · U.S. Congress

Makes it a Federal crime to knowingly publish, through an interactive computer service, nonconsensual intimate visual depictions of an identifiable individual, including "digital forgeries," which the Act defines to include depictions created through artificial intelligence or other technological means. It requires covered platforms to establish a process through which individuals can request removal of such depictions and to remove them within 48 hours of a valid request. A failure to reasonably comply with these notice and removal obligations is treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act, which the Commission enforces.

Approved May 19, 2025. Section 3 gave covered platforms one year after enactment to establish the notice and removal process.

Executive orderEO 14277In effect

Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth (external site: govinfo.gov)

Signed April 23, 2025 · President of the United States (Donald J. Trump)

Establishes a White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education, chaired by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and directs it to plan a Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge for students and educators. It directs Task Force agencies to seek public-private partnerships to develop online resources for teaching AI literacy from kindergarten through grade 12, and directs the Secretary of Education, the National Science Foundation, and the Secretary of Agriculture to prioritize AI in teacher training, research, and related programs. It also directs the Secretary of Labor to seek to increase participation in AI-related Registered Apprenticeships.

The Federal Register's executive order notes for this order, retrieved on 2026-10-08, list no revoking or amending order.

OMB memorandumM-25-21In effect

Accelerating Federal Use of AI through Innovation, Governance, and Public Trust (external site: whitehouse.gov)

Issued April 3, 2025 · Office of Management and Budget

OMB guidance to agencies on their use of AI, which the memorandum says the AI in Government Act of 2020 required; it rescinds and replaces M-24-10. It directs each agency to retain or designate a Chief AI Officer within 60 days, requires agencies covered by the Chief Financial Officers Act to develop and publish AI strategies within 180 days, and requires minimum risk management practices for high-impact AI, with agencies to stop using such AI if proper risk mitigation is not possible. Agencies must also keep updating their annual AI use case inventories and develop compliance plans.

OMB Memorandum M-26-04 of December 11, 2025 names M-25-21 among the existing directives and policies that its guidance builds on.

OMB memorandumM-25-22In effect

Driving Efficient Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government (external site: whitehouse.gov)

Issued April 3, 2025 · Office of Management and Budget

OMB guidance on agencies' acquisition of AI systems and services, issued consistent with the Advancing American AI Act, Executive Order 14179, and M-25-21; it rescinds and replaces M-24-18. It requires agencies to update internal acquisition procedures within 270 days, states a policy to maximize the use of AI products and services developed and produced in the United States, and gives guidance across the acquisition lifecycle, including contract terms on intellectual property rights and protections against vendor lock-in. It applies to contracts awarded under solicitations issued 180 days or more after the memorandum, and to options exercised after that date.

OMB Memorandum M-26-04 of December 11, 2025 states that it complements M-25-22 and names M-25-22 among the existing directives and policies that its guidance builds on.

Executive orderEO 14179In effect

Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence (external site: govinfo.gov)

Signed January 23, 2025 · President of the United States (Donald J. Trump)

States a policy "to sustain and enhance America's global AI dominance" and directs the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs to develop an AI action plan within 180 days. It directs a review of all actions taken under the revoked Executive Order 14110, so that agencies can suspend, revise, or rescind those found inconsistent with the order's policy, and directs OMB to revise memoranda M-24-10 and M-24-18 within 60 days.

The Federal Register's executive order notes for this order, retrieved on 2026-10-08, list no revoking or amending order.

Executive orderEO 14148In effect

Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions (external site: govinfo.gov)

Signed January 20, 2025 · President of the United States (Donald J. Trump)

Revokes a list of executive orders and presidential memoranda issued from January 2021 to January 2025, including Executive Order 14110 on artificial intelligence. It directs the Directors of the Domestic Policy Council and the National Economic Council to review Federal actions taken under the revoked orders and to submit a further list of orders to rescind and replace, and directs the National Security Advisor to review National Security Memoranda issued from January 20, 2021 through January 20, 2025.

The Federal Register's executive order notes for this order, retrieved on 2026-10-08, list no revoking or amending order.

ReportNIST AI 100-4Final

Reducing Risks Posed by Synthetic Content: An Overview of Technical Approaches to Digital Content Transparency (external site: nvlpubs.nist.gov)

Published November 20, 2024 · National Institute of Standards and Technology

A NIST report that examines existing standards, tools, methods, and practices, and the potential development of further standards and techniques, for authenticating content and tracking its provenance, labeling synthetic content such as through watermarking, detecting synthetic content, preventing generative AI from producing child sexual abuse material or non-consensual intimate imagery of real individuals, testing software used for these purposes, and auditing and maintaining synthetic content. It uses the definition of synthetic content from Executive Order 14110 and notes that the efficacy of many of the technical approaches it describes has not yet been fully examined.

Strategy or planNIST AI 100-5Final

A Plan for Global Engagement on AI Standards (external site: nvlpubs.nist.gov)

Published July 26, 2024 · National Institute of Standards and Technology

A plan for U.S. engagement with standards organizations, industry, academia, civil society, and foreign governments on developing and implementing AI-related consensus standards, prepared by the Department of Commerce in coordination with the Department of State and other agencies in accordance with section 11(b) of Executive Order 14110. It sorts AI topics into three tiers by readiness for standardization, with terminology, testing and evaluation methods, digital content transparency, risk management, and security and privacy among those it calls urgently needed and ready, and recommends engagement activities for the U.S. government and other stakeholders.

FrameworkNIST AI 600-1Final

Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile (external site: nvlpubs.nist.gov)

Published July 26, 2024 · National Institute of Standards and Technology

A cross-sectoral profile of and companion resource for the AI RMF 1.0 for generative AI, developed under section 4.1(a)(i)(A) of Executive Order 14110. It defines risks that are novel to or exacerbated by the use of generative AI and suggests actions to help organizations govern, map, measure, and manage those risks across the AI lifecycle.

FrameworkNIST AI 100-1Final

Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) (external site: nvlpubs.nist.gov)

Published January 26, 2023 · National Institute of Standards and Technology

A framework intended for voluntary use by organizations that design, develop, deploy, or use AI systems, developed as directed by the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020. Part 1 describes how organizations can frame AI risks and lists characteristics of trustworthy AI systems: valid and reliable, safe, secure and resilient, accountable and transparent, explainable and interpretable, privacy enhanced, and fair with their harmful biases managed. Part 2, the Core, organizes risk management into four functions: Govern, Map, Measure, and Manage.

NIST's AI RMF page states that AI RMF 1.0 is being revised as part of the White House AI Action Plan. The framework itself says a review with formal input from the AI community is expected no later than 2028.

FrameworkStatus not stated

Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: Making Automated Systems Work for the American People (external site: bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov)

Released October 4, 2022 · White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

A white paper from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy that identifies five principles to guide the design, use, and deployment of automated systems: safe and effective systems; algorithmic discrimination protections; data privacy; notice and explanation; and human alternatives, consideration, and fallback. It is accompanied by a handbook, From Principles to Practice, with steps for applying the principles. Its legal disclaimer states that it is non-binding and does not constitute U.S. government policy.

The Blueprint is posted on the archived Biden White House website (bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov), which labels its content historical material that is no longer updated. No official source read on 2026-10-08 states that it was withdrawn or replaced.

LawPublic Law 116-283, Division EIn effect

National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (external site: govinfo.gov)

Enacted January 1, 2021 · U.S. Congress

Directs the President to establish a National Artificial Intelligence Initiative to support AI research and development, education and workforce training, and the coordination of Federal AI activities, and provides for a National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office, an interagency committee, and a National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee. It provides for a network of National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes and a task force on a National AI Research Resource. It directs NIST to support the development of AI standards and to develop a voluntary risk management framework for trustworthy AI systems, and sets out AI activities for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy.

Most of the Act's provisions are codified in chapter 119 of title 15 of the United States Code (2024 edition), and Executive Order 14434 of September 29, 2026 uses its definition of artificial intelligence at 15 U.S.C. 9401(3). Section 5101(e) provides that the Initiative terminates 10 years after the date of enactment.

LawPublic Law 116-260, Division U, Title IIn effect

AI in Government Act of 2020 (external site: govinfo.gov)

Enacted December 27, 2020 · U.S. Congress

Creates an AI Center of Excellence within the General Services Administration to facilitate the adoption of AI in the Federal Government and improve cohesion and competency in its use. It requires the OMB Director to issue a memorandum to agencies on their acquisition and use of AI, including approaches to remove barriers to that use and best practices for identifying and mitigating discriminatory impact or bias, and to update it every two years for 10 years. Each agency must post a plan to achieve consistency with the memorandum or a written determination that it does not use and does not anticipate using AI. The Act also directs the Office of Personnel Management to identify AI skills and competencies and to establish or update an occupational job series for AI positions.

OMB Memorandum M-25-21 of April 3, 2025 states that the AI in Government Act of 2020 required its issuance, and directs agencies to develop compliance plans consistent with section 104(c) and (d) of the Act. Section 103(d) of the Act provides that section 103, which creates the AI Center of Excellence, ceases to be effective 5 years after the date of enactment. USASI has not confirmed whether a later law changed that date.

Executive orderEO 13960In effect

Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Government (external site: govinfo.gov)

Signed December 3, 2020 · President of the United States (Donald J. Trump)

Sets out nine principles that agencies must follow when designing, developing, acquiring, and using AI in the Federal Government, including that such use be lawful, accurate, safe, understandable, transparent, and accountable. It directs OMB to publish a roadmap for policy guidance on agency use of AI, and directs agencies to prepare annual inventories of their non-classified and non-sensitive AI use cases and make them public where practicable. The order does not apply to AI used in defense or national security systems, to AI embedded in common commercial products, or to AI research and development activities.

The Federal Register's executive order notes for this order, retrieved on 2026-10-08, list no revoking or amending order. OMB Memorandum M-26-04 of December 11, 2025 describes this order as an existing directive that its guidance builds on.

OMB memorandumM-21-06In effect

Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications (external site: whitehouse.gov)

Issued November 17, 2020 · Office of Management and Budget

OMB guidance, required by Executive Order 13859, on regulatory and non-regulatory approaches to AI applications developed and deployed outside the Federal Government; government use of AI is outside its scope. It sets out ten principles for agencies to consider, including public trust, public participation, risk assessment and management, benefits and costs, fairness and non-discrimination, and safety and security, and states that agencies must avoid regulatory or non-regulatory actions that needlessly hamper AI innovation and growth. Agencies with regulatory authorities were to submit plans to achieve consistency with the memorandum by May 17, 2021.

OMB Memorandum M-25-21 of April 3, 2025 tells agencies to consult M-21-06 for guidance on regulatory and non-regulatory approaches to AI applications developed and deployed outside the Federal Government.

Executive orderEO 13859In effect

Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence (external site: govinfo.gov)

Signed February 11, 2019 · President of the United States (Donald J. Trump)

Establishes the American AI Initiative, a Federal Government strategy guided by five principles and coordinated through the National Science and Technology Council Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence. It directs agencies that perform or fund research to treat AI as a research and development priority, directs all agencies to review Federal data and models for opportunities to increase access by the non-Federal AI research community, and directs agencies that provide educational grants to consider AI a priority area in existing fellowship and service programs. It also directs OMB to issue a memorandum to agencies on regulatory and non-regulatory approaches to AI applications, and directs NIST to issue a plan for Federal engagement in developing AI technical standards.

The Federal Register's executive order notes for this order, retrieved on 2026-10-08, list no revoking or amending order.