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GUARDRAILS Act

To repeal the Executive order entitled ``Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence''.

Introduced Mar 26, 2026

Latest action (Mar 26, 2026) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Referred to
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Policy area
Science, Technology, Communications
Issues
Technology & Privacy

Summary

This bill would repeal an Executive order on artificial intelligence policy issued on December 11, 2025. The bill would also prohibit the use of federal funds to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out that Executive order. The bill is titled the GUARDRAILS Act, which stands for the Guaranteeing and Upholding Americans' Right to Decide Responsible AI Laws and Standards Act.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Mar 26, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · senate
  2. Mar 26, 2026 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 8031 — GUARDRAILS Act · Introduced Mar 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 95%
  • S 4113 — AI Guardrails Act of 2026 · Introduced Mar 17, 2026 · Cong. 119 78%
  • S 3557 — States' Right to Regulate AI Act · Introduced Dec 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 5388 — American Artificial Intelligence Leadership and Uniformity Act · Introduced Dec 19, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • S 4656 — Secure and Accountable Military AI Act of 2026 · Introduced Jun 2, 2026 · Cong. 119 66%
  • S 4214 — Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act · Introduced Mar 25, 2026 · Cong. 119 64%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 26, 2026

Mr. Schatz (for himself, Mr. Coons, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Kim, and Ms. Duckworth) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To repeal the Executive order entitled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence”.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Guaranteeing and Upholding Americans’ Right to Decide Responsible AI Laws and Standards Act” or the “GUARDRAILS Act”.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF EXECUTIVE ORDER.

The Executive order entitled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence”, issued on December 11, 2025, shall have no force or effect, and no Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out that Executive order. <all>

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