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Executive Order 14179, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence (Valid from 2025-01-23).
Executive Order 14179, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, took effect 23 January 2025 and revoked Executive Order 14110, eliminating the mandatory federal AI reporting requirements that had applied to higher-risk AI developers (CLM-US-5a13dd0e, reported with Probable confidence). On 11 December 2025 the President signed a further Executive Order, Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence (EO 14365), now in force. EO 14365 directs the Attorney General to establish an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge state AI laws that are unconstitutional, preempted or otherwise unlawful; directs the Secretary of Commerce to evaluate, and potentially withhold, Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program funding from states whose AI laws conflict with federal policy; and directs the Federal Trade Commission to issue a preemption policy statement. The Order simultaneously preserves state authority over child safety, AI infrastructure and state procurement. The July 2025 America's AI Action Plan had earlier recommended withholding federal AI-related funding from states with burdensome AI regulations, a policy position subsequently implemented through the December 2025 Executive Order.
At state level, Colorado's SB 26-189, signed 14 May 2026, repealed and replaced the state's original AI Act (SB 24-205) before that statute's original effective date, reframing the state's regime as a narrower automated-decision-making-technology notice-and-transparency statute taking effect 1 January 2027 and enforced exclusively by the Colorado Attorney General, with no private right of action (CLM-US-8f3081d6, reported with Probable confidence).
Pending bills
A bill, the GUARDRAILS Act, has been introduced in the US House of Representatives that would repeal EO 14365 and bar federal preemption of state AI regulation; it remains at the introduction stage and is not enacted (CLM-US-62bec9bc, reported with Probable confidence).
Instruments (2)
- Executive Order 14179, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Valid from 2025-01-23
- Executive Order, Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence Valid from 2025-12-11
Claims and evidence (8)
Derived: Probable Colorado SB 26-189, signed 14 May 2026, repealed and replaced SB 24-205 before its original effective date, reframing the regime as a narrower automated-decision-making-technology notice-and-transparency statute effective 1 January 2027, enforced exclusively by the Colorado Attorney General with no private right of action.
Evidence and sources
- regulations.ai
Signed into law on May 14, 2026, SB26-189 repealed and replaced SB24-205 entirely, before the latter's original effective date.
- Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
SB 26‑189 is enforced exclusively by the Colorado Attorney General under the Colorado Consumer Protection Act. A violation of the developer or deployer requirements is deemed a deceptive trade practice, but private parties cannot bring suit
- Finnegan
Pre-use notice. Before using covered ADMT to materially influence a consequential decision, provide consumers with a clear and conspicuous notice disclosing that ADMT will be used and explaining how to obtain additional information.
- National Law Review
If covered ADMT results in an “adverse outcome,” which means a denial, termination, material reduction in benefits, or significantly worse pricing, the deployer must, within 30 days, provide a plain-language description of the decision and the ADMT’s role
- regulations.ai
Derived: Probable On 11 December 2025, the President signed an Executive Order directing the Attorney General to establish an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge state AI laws, the Secretary of Commerce to evaluate and potentially withhold BEAD funding from states with conflicting AI laws, and the FTC to issue a preemption policy statement within 90 days, while preserving state authority over child safety, AI infrastructure and state procurement.
Evidence and sources
- The White House
The Order directs the Attorney General to establish an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge unconstitutional, preempted, or otherwise unlawful State AI laws that harm innovation.
- The White House
Derived: Probable A 11 December 2025 executive order directs the Attorney General to establish an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge state AI laws as unconstitutional, preempted or unlawful, and conditions BEAD funding on a state's AI regulatory posture.
Evidence and sources
- The White House
The Order directs the Attorney General to establish an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge unconstitutional, preempted, or otherwise unlawful State AI laws that harm innovation.
- Gibson Dunn
The Order directs several federal government initiatives designed to blunt, preempt, or challenge state laws
- The White House
Derived: Probable On 11 December 2025 the President signed Executive Order 14365 directing federal agencies to challenge and evaluate state AI laws for preemption.
Evidence and sources
- The White House
The Order directs the Attorney General to establish an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge unconstitutional, preempted, or otherwise unlawful State AI laws that harm innovation.
- The White House
A bill (GUARDRAILS Act) was introduced in the US House of Representatives to repeal EO 14365 and bar federal preemption of state AI regulation.
Evidence and sources
- Holland & Knight
introduced the Guaranteeing and Upholding Americans' Right to Decide Responsible AI Laws and Standards (GUARDRAILS) Act
- Holland & Knight
Derived: Probable EO 14179 (23 January 2025) revoked EO 14110, eliminating mandatory federal AI reporting requirements for higher-risk AI developers.
Evidence and sources
- Hunton Andrews Kurth
By revoking the Biden Order, employers using AI will no longer be subject to such guidance or face mandatory federal reporting requirements.
- Hunton Andrews Kurth
A 11 December 2025 executive order directs federal agencies to challenge, defund and work toward preempting state AI laws judged onerous, while preserving state authority over child safety, AI infrastructure and state procurement.
Evidence and sources
- The White House
The Order directs the Attorney General to establish an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge unconstitutional, preempted, or otherwise unlawful State AI laws that harm innovation.
- The White House
The July 2025 America's AI Action Plan recommended withholding federal AI-related funding from states with burdensome AI regulations, a policy later implemented via the December 2025 executive order.
Evidence and sources
- Skadden
the July 2025 policy blueprint “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan” (AI Policy Blueprint), which called on the federal government not to direct AI-related funding to states with “burdensome” AI regulations.
- Skadden