H.R. 8881

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8881 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8881

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 24, 2026

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business 
and Entrepreneurship

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AN ACT

To amend the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration to report on the use of artificial 
intelligence and machine learning by the Administration, 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 ``SBA Artificial Intelligence 
Utilization Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. REPORTS REGARDING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING 
USE BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

Section 10(c) of the Small Business Act is amended to read as 
follows:
``(c) Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Use Reports.--
``(1) Reports required.--Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, and annually 
thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on 
Small Business of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate 
a report on--
``(A) the use of artificial intelligence and 
machine learning by the Administration;
``(B) the benefits and risks posed by the use of 
artificial intelligence and machine learning in the 
work of the Administration, including in impeding the 
operations of the Administration; and
``(C) measures that the Administrator can take to 
effectively identify, evaluate, and manage such 
benefits and risks, including explanations of how the 
Administrator can--
``(i) retain human involvement in important 
decisions informed by recommendations made by 
artificial intelligence or machine learning;
``(ii) identify tasks and functions that 
artificial intelligence or machine learning can 
and cannot reliably and effectively perform, 
including whether artificial intelligence and 
machine learning can improve operations, 
productivity, or customer service;
``(iii) determine which specific artificial 
intelligence or machine learning tools are 
appropriate for a particular task or function, 
if such task or function is determined to have 
the potential to be reliably and effectively 
performed by artificial intelligence or machine 
learning; and
``(iv) determine whether an artificial 
intelligence or machine learning tool 
adequately fills a need of the Administration 
and is worth adopting to fulfill such need.
``(2) Briefing required.--Not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the Administrator submits each report required 
under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall provide to the 
committees described in such paragraph a briefing on such 
report.
``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms 
`artificial intelligence' and `machine learning' have the 
meanings given, respectively, in section 5002 of the William M. 
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9401).''.

Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2026.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.