Sen. Schatz Introduces GUARDRAILS Act to Repeal Trump Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence
The GUARDRAILS Act is currently in the early stages of the legislative process. It was recently introduced in the Senate and sent to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for review. There are no upcoming votes scheduled at this time.
This bill is a partisan effort to overturn a major action by Trump. Without support from the majority party, it is unlikely to move past the committee stage.
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Federal workers at agencies implementing AI programs under the December 2025 executive order would see those directives canceled. Employees working on AI policy, safety testing, or governance frameworks at agencies like NIST, OMB, and others could face uncertainty about their ongoing work and mandates, though the bill itself does not eliminate their positions.
“no Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out that Executive order”
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Introduced in Senate
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A group of House Democrats introduced the GUARDRAILS Act to repeal a December executive order that preempts state AI laws. The bill responds to the administration's 'AI Litigation Task Force' and threats to withhold broadband funding from states that do not rescind their own AI regulations.
The GUARDRAILS Act would declare that an AI executive order issued by President Trump last December 'shall have no force or effect, and no Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out that Executive order,' preserving states' powers to address AI risks.
Rep. Don Beyer and Sen. Brian Schatz introduced the GUARDRAILS Act (H.R. 8031 / S. 4216) to repeal the December 2025 executive order that sought to establish a moratorium on state-level AI policies, amid ongoing disagreements over safety standards and federal preemption.
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GUARDRAILS Act
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