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[H.R. 5764 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 351
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5764

                          [Report No. 119-403]

 To amend the Small Business Act to require small business development 
 centers to assist small business concerns with the use of artificial 
                 intelligence, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 17, 2025

  Mr. Alford (for himself and Ms. Scholten) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

                           December 12, 2025

  Additional sponsors: Mr. Vindman, Mr. Harder of California, and Mr. 
                                Cisneros

                           December 12, 2025

  Reported with an amendment, 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 October 
                               17, 2025]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Small Business Act to require small business development 
 centers to assist small business concerns with the use of artificial 
                 intelligence, 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 ``AI for Main Street Act''.

SEC. 2. GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SMALL 
              BUSINESS CONCERNS.

    (a) In General.--Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 648(c)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in the first subparagraph (U) (relating to encouraging 
        and assisting the provision of succession planning), by 
        striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
            (3) by redesignating the second subparagraph (U) (relating 
        to providing training in conjunction with the United States 
        Patent and Trademark Office) as subparagraph (V);
            (4) in subparagraph (V), as so redesignated, by striking 
        the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(W) assisting small business concerns in evaluating 
        artificial intelligence concerning operations, including by--
                    ``(i) providing information, guidance, and training 
                to small business concerns on the use of artificial 
                intelligence, including--
                            ``(I) best practices for using artificial 
                        intelligence;
                            ``(II) using artificial intelligence to 
                        plan for unexpected circumstances, protect data 
                        and intellectual property, improve 
                        cybersecurity, facilitate regulatory 
                        compliance, and improve customer trust; and
                            ``(III) incorporating artificial 
                        intelligence into business operations; and
                    ``(ii) conducting outreach to the extent practical 
                to small business concerns regarding the use of 
                artificial intelligence.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(gg) Artificial Intelligence.--In this Act, 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).''.

SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO.

    No additional amounts are authorized to carry out this Act or the 
amendments made by this Act.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 351

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 5764

                          [Report No. 119-403]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend the Small Business Act to require small business development 
 centers to assist small business concerns with the use of artificial 
                 intelligence, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 12, 2025

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed