Foreign Adversary AI Risk Assessment and Diplomacy Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7058 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7058

 To require the Secretary of State to conduct assessments of the risks 
     posed to the United States by foreign adversaries who utilize 
 generative artificial intelligence for malicious activities, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2026

Mr. Baumgartner (for himself, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Ms. Salazar, and 
  Mr. Ezell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of State to conduct assessments of the risks 
     posed to the United States by foreign adversaries who utilize 
 generative artificial intelligence for malicious activities, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Foreign Adversary AI Risk Assessment 
and Diplomacy Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) while generative artificial intelligence has the 
        potential to provide substantial societal and economic benefits 
        when developed and used responsibly, the increasing use of 
        generative artificial intelligence by foreign adversaries may 
        represent a national security risk, and the challenges posed by 
        such use is not well understood; and
            (2) the Department of State, in consultation with the heads 
        of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, must take 
        diplomatic steps to recognize, assess, and address the use of 
        generative artificial intelligence by foreign adversaries, 
        including through bilateral and multilateral engagements and 
        the promotion of responsible state behavior in international 
        fora, to reduce the national security risks to the United 
        States.

SEC. 3. ASSESSMENTS OF THE RISKS POSED TO THE UNITED STATES BY FOREIGN 
              ADVERSARIES WHO UTILIZE GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL 
              INTELLIGENCE FOR MALICIOUS ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for three years, the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other relevant 
Federal departments and agencies as appropriate shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees an assessment of the risks posed 
to the United States by foreign adversaries who utilize generative 
artificial intelligence for malicious activities.
    (b) Contents.--Each assessment under subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
            (1) An analysis of incidents during the preceding calendar 
        year in which foreign adversaries have utilized, or attempted 
        to utilize, generative artificial intelligence for malicious 
        activities against the United States and its allies, including 
        the following:
                    (A) To disseminate or produce synthetic media, 
                including foreign anti-United States propaganda or 
                conduct foreign malign influence operations targeting 
                the United States, its citizens, or its allies.
                    (B) To enhance their ability to develop or deploy 
                chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons.
                    (C) To facilitate malicious cyber operations.
                    (D) To develop or enhance other military, 
                surveillance, or intelligence capabilities.
            (2) An analysis of emerging trends in the use of generative 
        artificial intelligence by foreign adversaries, including the 
        following:
                    (A) The extent to which such activities may be 
                attributable to specific foreign adversaries.
                    (B) The implications of such trends for United 
                States foreign policy, diplomatic engagement, and the 
                development of United States and allied-led 
                international norms and standards.
            (3) Recommendations to mitigate and counter the risks posed 
        to the United States and allies by foreign adversaries who 
        utilize generative artificial intelligence applications for 
        malicious activities.
    (c) Form.--Each assessment under subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex only for the 
protection of intelligence sources and methods relating to the matters 
contained in the assessment. The Secretary of State shall post on a 
publicly available website of the Department of State the unclassified 
portion of each assessment.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
            (2) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial 
        intelligence'' has the meaning given such term in section 
        5002(3) of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act 
        of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401(3)).
            (3) Foreign adversary.--The term ``foreign adversary'' has 
        the meaning given the term ``covered nation'' in section 
        4872(f) of title 10, United States Code.
            (4) Generative artificial intelligence applications.--The 
        term ``generative artificial intelligence applications'' means 
        the class of artificial intelligence models that emulate the 
        structure and characteristics of input data in order to 
        generate derived synthetic content, including images, videos, 
        audio, text, and other digital content.
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