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[H.R. 1736 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 324
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1736
[Report No. 119-373]
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct annual
assessments on terrorism threats to the United States posed by
terrorist organizations utilizing generative artificial intelligence
applications, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 27, 2025
Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Guest, and Mr. Evans of Colorado)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Homeland Security
November 12, 2025
Additional sponsor: Mr. Hernandez
November 12, 2025
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on
February 27, 2025]
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct annual
assessments on terrorism threats to the United States posed by
terrorist organizations utilizing generative artificial intelligence
applications, 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 ``Generative AI Terrorism Risk
Assessment Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE USE OF GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS FOR TERRORIST ACTIVITY.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the heightened terrorism threat landscape and the
increasing utilization of generative artificial intelligence by
foreign terrorist organizations represent a national security
threat, and the challenges posed by such threat are not well
understood; and
(2) the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation
with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, must
take steps to recognize, assess, and address such threat,
thereby reducing risks to the people of the United States.
SEC. 3. ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS ON TERRORISM THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES
POSED BY THE USE OF GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
FOR TERRORISM.
(a) Assessments.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for five
years, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with
the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees an assessment of terrorism
threats to the United States posed by the use of generative
artificial intelligence for terrorism.
(2) Contents.--Each terrorism threat assessment under
paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) An analysis of incidents during the immediately
preceding calendar year in which a foreign terrorist
organization or individual has used or attempted to use
generative artificial intelligence to carry out the
following:
(i) Spread violent extremist messaging and
facilitate the ability to radicalize and
recruit individuals to violence.
(ii) Enhance their ability to develop or
deploy chemical, biological, radiological, or
nuclear weapons.
(B) Recommendations on appropriate measures to
counter terrorism threats to the United States posed by
such terrorist organization or individual.
(3) Coordination.--Each terrorism threat assessment under
paragraph (1)--
(A) shall be coordinated by the Secretary of
Homeland Security to ensure compliance with applicable
law and protections relating to individuals' privacy,
civil rights, and civil liberties, and
(B) may be informed by existing products of the
Department of Homeland Security, as appropriate.
(4) Form.--Each terrorism threat assessment under paragraph
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall post
on a publicly available website of the Department of Homeland
Security the unclassified portion of each such assessment. Each
such unclassified portion shall not contain information that is
designated as For Official Use Only, or otherwise would not be
publicly available pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United
States Code (popularly referred to as the ``Freedom of
Information Act'' (FOIA)), or other applicable law.
(5) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the submission
of each terrorism threat assessment under paragraph (1), the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall brief the appropriate
congressional committees regarding each such assessment. The
head of any other relevant Federal department or agency shall
join the Secretary for any such briefing if any such committee,
in consultation with the Secretary, determines such is
appropriate.
(b) Information Sharing.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
review information relating to terrorism threats to the United
States posed by the use of generative artificial intelligence
for terrorism that is gathered by State and major urban area
fusion centers and the National Network of Fusion Centers, and
incorporate such information, as appropriate, into the
Department of Homeland Security's own information relating to
such. The Secretary shall ensure the dissemination to State and
major urban area fusion centers and the National Network of
Fusion Centers of such information.
(2) Coordination.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the
entities specified in paragraph (3) shall share with the
Secretary of Homeland Security information regarding terrorism
threats to the United States posed by the use of generative
artificial intelligence for terrorism.
(3) Entitles specified.--The entities specified in this
paragraph are the following:
(A) The Office of the Director of National
Intelligence.
(B) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(C) Members of the intelligence community.
(D) Any other relevant Federal department or agency
the Secretary of Homeland Security determines
necessary.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on
Homeland Security, the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence,
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate.
(2) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial
intelligence'' has the meaning given such term in section 5002
of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020
(15 U.S.C. 9401).
(3) Generative artificial intelligence.--The term
``generative artificial intelligence'' means the class of
artificial intelligence models that emulate the structure and
characteristics of input data in order to generate derived
synthetic content, including images, videos, audio, text, and
other digital content.
(4) Foreign terrorist organization.--The term ``terrorist
organization'' means any entity designated as a foreign
terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
(5) Fusion center.--The term ``fusion center'' has the
meaning given such term in subsection (k) of section 210A of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h).
(6) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence
community'' has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
(7) National network of fusion centers.--The term
``National Network of Fusion Centers'' means a decentralized
arrangement of fusion centers intended to enhance the ability
of individual State and local fusion centers to leverage the
capabilities and expertise of all such fusion centers for the
purpose of enhancing analysis and homeland security information
sharing nationally.
(8) Terrorism.--The term ``terrorism'' has the meaning
given such term in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (6 U.S.C. 101).
Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to require the
Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct annual assessments on
threats to the United States posed by the use of generative
artificial intelligence for terrorism, and for other
purposes.''.
Union Calendar No. 324
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1736
[Report No. 119-373]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct annual
assessments on terrorism threats to the United States posed by
terrorist organizations utilizing generative artificial intelligence
applications, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
November 12, 2025
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed