Executive orderIn effect
Executive Order 14365: Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
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.1
Key provisions
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- 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.1
Status: In effect
The Federal Register's executive order notes for this order, retrieved on 2026-10-08, list no revoking or amending order.2
Sources
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