Congress demands annual AI-terrorism threat reports, public and transparent.
H.R. 1736 — Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act · Filed by August Pfluger (R-TX) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Feb 27, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to produce annual reports for six years assessing how foreign terrorist organizations use generative AI (like ChatGPT) to spread propaganda, radicalize recruits, and develop weapons. The reports must be shared with Congress and the public (in unclassified form), and DHS must coordinate with intelligence agencies and state fusion centers to gather and share relevant threat information.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core function is to require systematic, recurring threat assessment and public reporting on a specific national security issue (terrorist use of generative AI). It is a transparency and oversight mechanism, not a regulatory or appropriations measure.
What the text implies
- Annual assessments may reveal gaps in current AI safety/security practices at major AI companies, potentially creating political pressure for regulation without explicit statutory mandate.
- Public reporting of terrorist AI tactics could inadvertently provide operational intelligence to adversaries, though the bill requires unclassified form and FOIA compliance to mitigate this.
- Fusion center coordination may expand state/local surveillance infrastructure's access to federal AI-threat intelligence, raising questions about downstream use and privacy safeguards at the local level.
- The six-year reporting window (one year after enactment, then five more years) creates a fixed endpoint; if threats evolve beyond year six, Congress would need to reauthorize to maintain assessments.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Citizens gain transparency into how government understands an emerging national security threat (terrorist use of AI) and what countermeasures are being considered. The bill mandates public reporting, congressional briefings, and information-sharing among federal agencies and state fusion centers, strengthening oversight and accountability. No restrictions on citizen rights or protections are imposed.
Named in the bill
Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation, State and major urban area fusion centers, National Network of Fusion Centers, House Committee on Homeland Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Feb 27, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Feb 27, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Homeland Security and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence”
- Mar 25, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Sep 3, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 0”
- Nov 19, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4783-4784)”
- Nov 19, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Guest moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
3 lobbying clients named this bill on 6 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $630,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 26 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 61% of bills with at least one filing.
August Pfluger, the sponsor, reported $1,070,325 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Fdd Action — $530,000 on 2 filings
- American Security Fund — $60,000 on 2 filings
- Association of National Advertisers — $40,000 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (6,572 characters) on Jul 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 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.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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