Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (20 Nov 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
What this bill does
H.R. 1736, the Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act, would require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, to produce an annual assessment—for five years, beginning within one year of enactment—analyzing how foreign terrorist organizations or individuals have used generative artificial intelligence to spread extremist messaging, aid recruitment and radicalization, or enhance chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons capabilities. Each assessment must include recommendations for countering these threats, be submitted to specified congressional committees, and be released publicly in unclassified form (with a possible classified annex), followed by a briefing to Congress. The bill also directs DHS to share and receive relevant threat information with the FBI, intelligence community, and state/local fusion centers.
The bill primarily affects federal agencies—DHS, the intelligence community, the FBI, and fusion centers—by creating new reporting, coordination, and information-sharing obligations. It does not create new criminal penalties, regulate AI companies, or impose requirements on the public; its effects are on government processes for monitoring and reporting AI-related terrorism risks, with assessments required to comply with privacy and civil liberties protections.
The bill also states a "sense of Congress" that generative AI use by terrorist organizations poses a national security concern requiring further understanding and action.
The bill passed the House by voice vote on November 19, 2025, under a suspension of the rules, and now goes to the Senate for consideration. It has not yet been enacted into law.
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Official summary
Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to periodically provide Congress with an assessment of threats to the United States posed by the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) for terrorism. Generative AI is defined as the class of AI models that emulate the structure and characteristics of input data to generate derived synthetic content, including images, videos, audio, text, and other digital content.
The bill also (1) requires DHS to review and disseminate related information gathered by state and major urban area fusion centers and the National Network of Fusion Centers, and (2) requires other federal agencies to share related information with DHS. (A fusion center is a collaborative effort of two or more federal, state, local, or tribal government agencies that combines resources, expertise, or information with the goal of maximizing the ability of such agencies to detect, prevent, investigate, apprehend, and respond to criminal or terrorist activity.)
Timeline
20 Nov 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Common questions
- What does H.R. 1736 do?
- H.R. 1736, the Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act, would require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, to produce an annual assessment—for five years, beginning within one year of enactment—analyzing how foreign terrorist organizations or individuals have used generative artificial intelligence to spread extremist messaging, aid recruitment and radicalization, or enhance chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons capabilities. Each assessment must include recommendations for countering these threats, be submitted to specified congressional committees, and be released publicly in unclassified form (with a possible classified annex), followed by a briefing to Congress. The bill also directs DHS to share and receive relevant threat information with the FBI, intelligence community, and state/local fusion centers. The bill primarily affects federal agencies—DHS, the intelligence community, the FBI, and fusion centers—by creating new reporting, coordination, and information-sharing obligations. It does not create new criminal penalties, regulate AI companies, or impose requirements on the public; its effects are on government processes for monitoring and reporting AI-related terrorism risks, with assessments required to comply with privacy and civil liberties protections. The bill also states a "sense of Congress" that generative AI use by terrorist organizations poses a national security concern requiring further understanding and action. The bill passed the House by voice vote on November 19, 2025, under a suspension of the rules, and now goes to the Senate for consideration. It has not yet been enacted into law.
- Has H.R. 1736 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.R. 1736. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored H.R. 1736?
- H.R. 1736 was sponsored by Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX), with 3 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.R. 1736?
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (20 Nov 2025).
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