# Bipartisan Great American AI Act Discussion Draft Released: 269 Pages of Federal AI Governance

> Representatives Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan have put out a 269-page bipartisan discussion draft, the Great American AI Act, that amounts to the most complete attempt yet at a federal framework for artificial intelligence. It is organized into four titles covering frontier AI governance, the workforce, cybersecurity, and research and development, and it defines a large frontier developer as a company with $500 million or more in annual revenue that has trained a frontier model. The substance is where the fights begin. The draft would impose binding development obligations on those largest developers, authorize $100 million a year for a Center for AI Standards and Innovation, and, notably, preempt state AI laws for three years, a provision that cuts against the wave of rules now emerging in California and elsewhere. Released in early June to gather feedback before any formal introduction, the draft has already drawn criticism from both directions, with safety advocates calling it too soft and industry wary of new mandates. As a discussion draft it is a starting negotiation, but it sets the terms for what a national AI law might eventually contain.

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## Wortins' read

Representatives Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan have put out a 269-page bipartisan discussion draft, the Great American AI Act, that amounts to the most complete attempt yet at a federal framework for artificial intelligence. It is organized into four titles covering frontier AI governance, the workforce, cybersecurity, and research and development, and it defines a large frontier developer as a company with $500 million or more in annual revenue that has trained a frontier model. The substance is where the fights begin. The draft would impose binding development obligations on those largest developers, authorize $100 million a year for a Center for AI Standards and Innovation, and, notably, preempt state AI laws for three years, a provision that cuts against the wave of rules now emerging in California and elsewhere. Released in early June to gather feedback before any formal introduction, the draft has already drawn criticism from both directions, with safety advocates calling it too soft and industry wary of new mandates. As a discussion draft it is a starting negotiation, but it sets the terms for what a national AI law might eventually contain.

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