December 18, 2025
Mr. Vindman (for himself and Mr. Pfluger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
To direct the Director of National Intelligence to produce a National Intelligence Estimate on artificial intelligence systems developed or deployed by entities in the People’s Republic of China.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the China AI Threat Assessment Act
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Sec. 2. Findings
Congress finds the following:
(1)
Artificial intelligence systems developed by the People’s Republic of China may embed strategic, ideological, or discriminatory biases that reflect the political or military objectives of China.
(2)
A National Intelligence Estimate is needed to evaluate the risks these systems pose to United States national security and democratic institutions.
Sec. 3. National Intelligence Estimate on Chinese AI systems
(a) Requirement
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress a National Intelligence Estimate on artificial intelligence systems developed or deployed by entities in the People’s Republic of China.
(b) Elements
The National Intelligence Estimate required under subsection (a) shall include—
(1)
an evaluation of whether and to what extent China-developed commercial AI systems exhibit embedded algorithmic bias, including targeting or discriminatory logic based on ethnicity, religion, political views, or nationality;
(2)
an analysis of the training data sources, model architectures, and intended use cases of such systems;
(3)
an assessment of potential use of such AI systems for foreign influence operations, surveillance, or information manipulation targeting the United States or its allies;
(4)
identification of risks posed by the global proliferation of these systems to democratic norms, civil liberties, and military decision-making; and
(5)
recommendations for how the intelligence community and United States allies should monitor, assess, and counter malign uses of Chinese AI technology.
(c) Coordination
In preparing the National Intelligence Estimate under subsection (a), the Director shall coordinate with the heads of relevant elements of the intelligence community, including the Director of the National Security Agency and the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
(d) Artificial intelligence defined
In this section, the terms artificial intelligence and AI
mean any system, algorithm, software, or model, including those that are commercially available, that performs tasks requiring human-like cognition, including perception, prediction, autonomous decision-making, natural language understanding, or control of physical or digital systems.