[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1275]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4611. Mr. HICKENLOOPER submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory 
Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON CLASSIFICATION AS SUPPLY CHAIN RISK 
                   DUE TO SAFETY AND ETHICAL USAGE REQUIREMENTS 
                   ALIGNED WITH RECOMMENDATION FROM NATIONAL 
                   INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY.

       Section 4713(i) of title 41, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``based solely'' and all that follows through the 
     period and inserting ``against a potential procurement source 
     that is otherwise qualified to enter into procurement 
     contracts with the Federal Government, based on--
       ``(1) the foreign ownership of such source; or
       ``(2) the safety, data privacy, and ethical usage 
     requirements of such source, if the source is headquartered 
     in the United States and such requirements align with the 
     privacy and security recommendations or frameworks of the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology, including the 
     Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework and any 
     successor framework.''.
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