Congress asks for a report on how spy groups use AI
H.R. 10502 — To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a report on the use of artificial intelligence systems to acquire, analyze, query, disseminate, or otherwise access information under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. · Filed by Addison McDowell (R-NC) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 17, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Director of National Intelligence to write a report to Congress. The report must explain how U.S. spy groups use AI to collect and study facts. It must say what AI systems they use. It must say what rules protect people. It must say what the spy groups told the secret FISA court about this AI use. The Director must send the report within 180 days.
Who it affects
Congress will get the report and learn how spy groups use AI. People in the United States may be hit by this because spy groups collect facts about them. But the report may stay secret from the public.
One thing to notice
The report can be kept secret from the public. Congress may see it but most people may not.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 1 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Sep 17, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 17, 2026 — Referred to House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Director of National Intelligence — The federal official who leads all U.S. spy groups and reports to Congress.
- FISA court — A secret federal court that checks requests from spy groups to collect facts.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,986 characters) on Sep 26, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 15,166 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-26.
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