Executive Order16 Dec

Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence

Executive Order 14365, 90 FR 58499

President Trump signed Executive Order 14365 directing the Attorney General to establish an AI Litigation Task Force within 30 days to challenge State AI laws inconsistent with the order's policy. The order directs the Secretary of Commerce to publish an evaluation of State AI laws within 90 days and to issue a Policy Notice making States with onerous AI laws ineligible for non-deployment BEAD funds. It also directs the FTC Chairman to issue a policy statement on preemption of State laws requiring alterations to truthful AI outputs, and the FCC Chairman to initiate a proceeding on a Federal reporting and disclosure standard.

The Attorney General must establish an AI Litigation Task Force within 30 days to challenge State AI laws inconsistent with the order's policy.
The Secretary of Commerce must publish an evaluation of existing State AI laws within 90 days, identifying onerous laws and laws for referral to the Task Force.
The Secretary of Commerce must issue a Policy Notice making States with onerous AI laws ineligible for non-deployment BEAD funds, to the maximum extent allowed by Federal law.
The Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission must issue a policy statement on preemption of State laws requiring alterations to truthful AI outputs.

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The order directs the Attorney General to challenge State AI laws and the Secretary of Commerce to evaluate them, which may affect AI developers and deployers subject to those State laws. It also directs the FTC Chairman to issue a policy statement on preemption of State laws that require alterations to truthful AI outputs.

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Executive Order16 Dec
Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
President Trump signed Executive Order 14365 directing the Attorney General to establish an AI Litigation Task Force within 30 days to challenge State AI laws inconsistent with the order's policy. The order directs the Secretary of Commerce to publish an evaluation of State AI laws within 90 days and to issue a Policy Notice making States with onerous AI laws ineligible for non-deployment BEAD funds. It also directs the FTC Chairman to issue a policy statement on preemption of State laws requiring alterations to truthful AI outputs, and the FCC Chairman to initiate a proceeding on a Federal reporting and disclosure standard.

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