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H.R. 8881119th CongressCommerce
SBA Artificial Intelligence Utilization Act of 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad (R-MN) · 1 active : 1 Democrat
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJun 23, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSBA Artificial Intelligence Utilization Act of 2026
This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to annually report on the SBA's use of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
The report must include information about (1) the benefits and risks posed by the SBA's use of artificial intelligence and machine learning; and (2) measures that the SBA can take to identify, evaluate, and manage such benefits and risks, including explanations of how the SBA can retain human involvement in decisions informed by the use of artificial intelligence or machine learning.
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Additionally, not later than 30 days after submitting each report, the SBA must brief the House Committee on Small Business and the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship about the report.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Small Business · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Computers and information technology
- Data collection, sharing, protection
- Government information and archives
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 69Middle 30–70
- 22Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
1 activeShow all 1 cosponsors
- George Latimer (D-NY-16)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
