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House · Friday, September 11, 2026

House pair introduce bill on controlling AI agents

The File desk · Sep. 11, 2026, 6:15 a.m. ET

Confirmed1 primary sources

Status

Confirmed as an introduction from Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s Sept. 9, 2026, release with Rep. Mike Lawler. A bill number and the full text on Congress.gov were not independently confirmed in this pass. No hearing schedule is in the release.
Two House members want the National Institute of Standards and Technology to write rules for finding and controlling AI agents. On Sept. 9 Reps. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey and Mike Lawler of New York introduced the . Their release says the bill would direct NIST to develop national standards for discovering, verifying, and controlling AI agents, then push those standards into federal buying rules, with coordination from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Two House members want federal standards for finding and controlling AI agents.
On Sept. 9 Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey and Rep. Mike Lawler of New York introduced the .
Their release says the bill would direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology to write national standards for discovering, verifying, and controlling AI agents.
Those standards would then be pushed into how the government buys and deploys AI agents. The National Institute of Standards and Technology would coordinate with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
This is an introduction. A bill number and the full text on Congress.gov were not independently confirmed here. No hearing date is in the release.
How we know

What is still unknown or disputed

  • Bill number and full text status on Congress.gov were not independently confirmed in this pass.
  • No hearing schedule is in the Gottheimer release.

Primary sources

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  1. Source 1

    Gottheimer Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Stop Rogue AI Agents and Keep People in Control

    Rep. Josh Gottheimer · September 9, 2026

    On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, Gottheimer and Lawler introduced the bipartisan . Directs NIST to develop national standards for discovering, verifying, and controlling AI agents, with CISA coordination and federal procurement safeguards.

    https://gottheimer.house.gov/posts/release-gottheimer-introduces-bipartisan-bill-to-stop-rogue-ai-agents-and-keep-people-in-control