June 11, 2026
Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Ms. Lummis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct annual assessments on threats to the United States posed by the use of generative artificial intelligence for terrorism, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act
.
Sec. 2. Definitions
In this Act:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees
The term appropriate congressional committees means—
(A)
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
(B)
the Committee on Homeland Security, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
(2) Artificial intelligence
The term artificial intelligence has the meaning given the term in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).
(3) Generative artificial intelligence
The term generative artificial intelligence means the class of artificial intelligence models that emulate the structure and characteristics of input data in order to generate derived synthetic content, including images, videos, audio, text, and other digital content.
(4) Foreign terrorist organization
The term terrorist organization means any entity designated as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
(5) Fusion center
The term fusion center has the meaning given the term in section 210A(k) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h).
(6) Intelligence community
The term intelligence community has the meaning given the term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
(7) National Network of Fusion Centers
The term National Network of Fusion Centers means a decentralized arrangement of fusion centers intended to enhance the ability of individual State and local fusion centers to leverage the capabilities and expertise of all such fusion centers for the purpose of enhancing analysis and homeland security information sharing nationally.
(8) Secretary
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(9) Terrorism
The term terrorism has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101).
Sec. 3. Sense of Congress regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence applications for terrorist activity
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1)
the heightened terrorism threat landscape and the increasing utilization of generative artificial intelligence by foreign terrorist organizations represent a national security threat, and the challenges posed by that threat are not well understood; and
(2)
the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, must take steps to recognize, assess, and address the national security threat described in paragraph (1), thereby reducing risks to the people of the United States.
Sec. 4. Annual assessments on terrorism threats to the United States posed by the use of generative artificial intelligence for terrorism
(a) Assessments
(1) In general
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment of terrorism threats to the United States posed by the use of generative artificial intelligence for terrorism.
(2) Contents
Each terrorism threat assessment under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A)
An analysis of incidents during the immediately preceding calendar year in which a foreign terrorist organization or individual has used or attempted to use generative artificial intelligence to carry out the following:
(i)
Spread violent extremist messaging and facilitate the ability to radicalize and recruit individuals to violence.
(ii)
Enhance the ability of the foreign terrorist organization or individual to develop or deploy chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons.
(B)
Recommendations on appropriate measures to counter terrorism threats to the United States posed by the foreign terrorist organization or individual.
(3) Coordination
Each terrorism threat assessment under paragraph (1)—
(A)
shall be coordinated by the Secretary to ensure compliance with applicable law and protections relating to the privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties of individuals; and
(B)
may be informed by existing products of the Department of Homeland Security, as appropriate.
(4) Form
(A) In general
Each terrorism threat assessment under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(B) Publication
(i) In general
The Secretary shall post on a publicly available website of the Department of Homeland Security the unclassified portion of each terrorism threat assessment under paragraph (1).
(ii) Limitation
Each unclassified portion described in clause (i) shall not contain information that—
(I)
is designated as For Official Use Only; or
(II)
otherwise would not be publicly available pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act
), or other applicable law.
(5) Briefing
Not later than 30 days after the submission of each terrorism threat assessment under paragraph (1)—
(A)
the Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding the assessment; and
(B)
the head of any other relevant Federal department or agency shall join the Secretary for a briefing described in subparagraph (A) if the appropriate congressional committee, in consultation with the Secretary, determines it is appropriate.
(b) Information sharing
(1) In general
The Secretary shall—
(A)
review information relating to terrorism threats to the United States posed by the use of generative artificial intelligence for terrorism that is gathered by State and major urban area fusion centers and the National Network of Fusion Centers;
(B)
incorporate the information described in subparagraph (A), as appropriate, into the information of the Department of Homeland Security relating to the use of generative artificial intelligence for terrorism; and
(C)
ensure the dissemination to State and major urban area fusion centers and the National Network of Fusion Centers of the information described in subparagraph (A).
(2) Coordination
In carrying out paragraph (1), the entities described in paragraph (3) shall share with the Secretary information regarding terrorism threats to the United States posed by the use of generative artificial intelligence for terrorism.
(3) Entitles described
The entities described in this paragraph are the following:
(A)
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
(B)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(C)
Members of the intelligence community.
(D)
Any other relevant Federal department or agency the Secretary determines necessary.