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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 8526

Introduced

To amend the Public Health Service Act to update quality standards for mammography facilities for the use of AI systems, and for other purposes.

Sponsor
RDavid Schweikert· Arizona
Introduced
April 27, 2026
Policy area
Health
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.April 27, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8526 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8526

To amend the Public Health Service Act to update quality standards for 
mammography facilities for the use of AI systems, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 27, 2026

Mr. Schweikert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to update quality standards for 
mammography facilities for the use of AI systems, 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. UPDATING QUALITY STANDARDS FOR MAMMOGRAPHY FACILITIES FOR 
USE OF AI SYSTEMS.

Section 354(f)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
263b(f)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (D)--
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
``physician who'' and inserting ``physician, or a 
machine-learning or artificial intelligence system, 
that''; and
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ``who'' and 
inserting ``that''; and
(2) in subparagraph (G)(ii)(I), by striking ``signed by the 
interpreting physician''.
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