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119th Congress

S. 5417

AI Emergency Button Act

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
John Kennedy(R-LA)
Introduced
Sep 16, 2026
Policy area
Science, Technology, Communications
Committees
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Official text
Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (0)

No cosponsors.

Summary

No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.

Official title: A bill to require entities to include human-controlled shutdown mechanisms in all artificial intelligence systems.

Latest action(Sep 16, 2026): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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