Secretary of Commerce

On July 23, 2026, two bills were introduced in Congress—the FRONTIER Act and the AI Kill Switch Act—each providing a mechanism for the government to issue emergency orders suspending or restricting fr…

A proposed U.S. law would require AI companies to implement a government-controlled kill switch, giving the Department of Homeland Security authority to shut down AI systems that pose national securit…

A bill introduced in the U.S. House on June 25 would require frontier AI model developers to report dangerous capabilities, security breaches, and safety incidents to the Secretary of Commerce within …