Directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop voluntary guidelines that help federal agencies prepare datasets, including open government data, for training artificial intelligence models.

Official title: AI-Ready Federal Data Guidelines Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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Introduced 18-JUN-2026

Referred 18-JUN-2026

Approved by committee 25-JUN-2026

Key points

Requires NIST, in consultation with OSTP, the Energy Department, and OMB, to develop voluntary guidelines covering data formatting, labeling, quality, metadata, maintenance, and public availability.
Allows optional pilot programs of up to one year that develop sector-specific guidelines, with no more than two running at once and a priority on areas such as biotechnology and biomanufacturing.
Requires NIST to brief the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee one year after the guidelines are published and annually for five years.
Bars NIST from transferring or reprogramming funds from its other programs to carry out this section, and repeals subsection (f) of section 22A of the NIST Act.

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Sponsor Brian Babin (R-TX) Cosponsors · 1

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