AI for Mainstreet Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3586 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3586

 To amend the Small Business Act to require small business development 
 centers to assist small business concerns with the use of artificial 
                 intelligence, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 7, 2026

Mr. Young (for himself and Ms. Cantwell) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business 
                          and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Small Business Act to require small business development 
 centers to assist small business concerns with the use of artificial 
                 intelligence, 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 ``AI for Mainstreet Act''.

SEC. 2. GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SMALL 
              BUSINESS CONCERNS.

    (a) In General.--Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648(c)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in the first subparagraph (U) (relating to encouraging 
        and assisting the provision of succession planning), by 
        striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
            (3) by redesignating the second subparagraph (U) (relating 
        to providing training in conjunction with the United States 
        Patent and Trademark Office) as subparagraph (V);
            (4) in subparagraph (V), as so redesignated, by striking 
        the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(W) assisting small business concerns in evaluating 
        artificial intelligence concerning operations, including by--
                    ``(i) providing information, guidance, and training 
                to small business concerns on the use of artificial 
                intelligence, including--
                            ``(I) best practices for using artificial 
                        intelligence;
                            ``(II) using artificial intelligence to 
                        plan for unexpected circumstances, protect data 
                        and intellectual property, improve 
                        cybersecurity, facilitate regulatory 
                        compliance, and improve customer trust; and
                            ``(III) incorporating artificial 
                        intelligence into business operations; and
                    ``(ii) conducting outreach to the extent practical 
                to small business concerns regarding the use of 
                artificial intelligence.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(gg) Artificial Intelligence.--In this Act, the term `artificial 
intelligence' has the meaning given the term in section 5002 of the 
National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 
9401).''.
    (c) No Additional Funds.--No additional amounts are authorized to 
carry out this Act or the amendments made by this Act.
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