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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 10484
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 17, 2026
Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Defense to issue Department of Defense-wide guidance for identifying certain artificial intelligence products and excluding and removing those products from systems and devices of the Department, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Covered AI Prohibition Act
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Requirement for guidance and prohibition on use of artificial intelligence of certain artificial intelligence companies
Section 1532 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (10 U.S.C. 2224 note) is amended in subsection (a)—
by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
Guidance for Department systems and devices
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall issue Department of Defense-wide guidance for the identification of covered artificial intelligence companies and processes for the exclusion and removal of artificial intelligence developed by such companies from systems and devices of the Department.
; and
in paragraph (3)(B), by striking if
and inserting on and after the date that is 90 days after the date on which
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