H.R. 6996 · In committee · Foreign Trade and International Finance

Full AI Stack Export Promotion Act

What it does

Requires specified departments to promote the export of the U.S. full artificial intelligence stack, including computing resources, data centers, trained algorithms, cloud services, and technical standards.
Requires Commerce to run a program to solicit industry consortia proposals for exporting the stack to allies and partners, as it began doing under a July 2025 executive order.
Requires Commerce to work with foreign purchasers on security measures against illicit foreign adversary access, develop standards showing the stack's benefits, and estimate export success twice a year for five years.
Directs the State Department to work to eliminate foreign barriers to the exports and to set a diplomatic strategy for the effort.

Official summary

Full AI Stack Export Promotion Act This bill requires specified departments to promote the export of the U.S. full artificial intelligence (AI) stack. Full AI stack refers to the compute and data infrastructure that enables AI research and development, including high-performance computing resources, data centers, trained algorithms deployed on such infrastructure, cloud services and infrastructure, and technical standards with which these facets operate. Specifically, the Department of Commerce must establish and carry out a program to identify and receive proposals from industry consortia for exporting the U.S. full AI stack to allies and partners. (Commerce implemented this program following a July 2025 executive order .) Additionally, Commerce must work with foreign purchasers of the U.S. full AI stack to institute security measures to prevent illicit or unauthorized foreign adversary (e.g., China) access to the U.S. full AI stack; develop practices and standards to demonstrate to potential purchasers the benefits of adopting the U.S. full AI stack; and complete, on a biannual basis for five years, an estimate of the success of exporting the U.S. full AI stack. The bill…

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Committee: House Foreign Affairs