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S. 5436: Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act of 2024

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S. 5436: Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act of 2024

118th Congress · introduced 2024-12-05 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2024-12-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act of 2024

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Official text

Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act of 2024

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118s5436.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/s>

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Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] · 1 cosponsors

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Eric Schmitt (R-MO)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] reported raising $5.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Artificial intelligence (AI)
Computer systems that do tasks that usually need human judgment, such as recognizing images, understanding language or making predictions. Laws about AI often cover how it is used, tested, disclosed or limited.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-s5436 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118