"The lawmakers cited policy actions like President Donald Trump's executive order on AI signed during his first term in 2019 and an Office of Management and Budget memorandum from 2020 on agency rulemaking - along with recommendations from congressional AI working groups - as examples of the myriad AI requirements created within the federal bureaucracy. Babin and Obernolte underscored the challenges associated with states creating new AI laws and regulations ahead of a unifying national framework."
""This review should cover laws and regulations that specifically pertain to AI, as well as existing laws and regulations that could be applied to AI," the lawmakers wrote. The second Trump administration has focused on addressing the patchwork of state-level regulations that could thwart progress in advancing the technical capabilities of AI, including issuing an executive order in December that instructed agencies to identify state AI regulations that it deemed"
Committee Chairman Brian Babin and Research and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Jay Obernolte asked Comptroller General Gene Dodaro to have GAO conduct a comprehensive review of federal and state laws regulating artificial intelligence. They cited policy actions including President Trump's 2019 executive order on AI, a 2020 OMB memorandum, and recommendations from congressional AI working groups. The review should map requirements across the federal bureaucracy and identify where federal law can be applied amid varied state rules. The chairmen warned that state-level regulatory divergence could hinder AI progress and said the review should cover laws specifically addressing AI and existing statutes applicable to AI.
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