China FIREWALL Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10670 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10670

  To prohibit Chinese AI models from being used on government-issued 
 devices or software systems, to prohibit the procurement of any such 
                    models, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 2026

 Mr. Gottheimer (for himself and Mr. LaLota) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL

 
  To prohibit Chinese AI models from being used on government-issued 
 devices or software systems, to prohibit the procurement of any such 
                    models, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``China FIREWALL Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF CHINESE AI MODELS.

    (a) Prohibition on the Use of Chinese AI Models.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator 
        of General Services, the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
        Infrastructure Security Agency, the Director of National 
        Intelligence, and the Secretary of Defense, and consistent with 
        the information security requirements under subchapter II of 
        chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, shall develop 
        standards and guidelines for executive agencies that require 
        the removal of any covered application from information 
        technology.
            (2) National security and research exceptions.--The 
        standards and guidelines developed under paragraph (1) shall 
        include--
                    (A) exceptions for law enforcement activities, 
                national security interests and activities, and 
                security researchers; and
                    (B) for any authorized use of a covered application 
                under an exception, requirements for agencies to 
                develop and document risk mitigation actions for such 
                use.
    (b) Procurement Prohibition.--The head of an executive agency may 
not procure a covered application, including any software that utilizes 
a covered application.
    (c) Waiver.--The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, the 
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the 
Director of National Intelligence, and the Secretary of Defense may 
waive the requirements of this section, on a case-by-case basis, in the 
interest of national security.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Artificial intelligence; ai.--The term ``artificial 
        intelligence'' or ``AI'' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative 
        Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).
            (2) Covered application.--The term ``covered application'' 
        means any AI application that is developed or provided by a 
        foreign entity of concern, or any software that utilizes a 
        foundation model developed or provided by a foreign entity of 
        concern.
            (3) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has 
        the meaning given that term in section 133 of title 41, United 
        States Code.
            (4) Foreign entity of concern.--The term ``foreign entity 
        of concern'' has the meaning given that term in section 
        40207(a) of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 
        2021 (42 U.S.C. 18741(a)).
            (5) Foundation model.--The term ``foundation model'' means 
        a software component of an information system that--
                    (A) implements artificial intelligence;
                    (B) uses computational, statistical, or machine-
                learning techniques to produce outputs from a defined 
                set of inputs;
                    (C) is trained on a broad data set;
                    (D) is designed for generality of output; and
                    (E) is adaptable to a wide range of distinctive 
                tasks.
            (6) Information technology.--The term ``information 
        technology'' has the meaning given that term in section 11101 
        of title 40, United States Code.
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