The White House released its first AI policy framework for Congress on Friday, outlining a blueprint that would centralize AI oversight at the federal level and effectively shut down the growing patchwork of state regulations.

One Federal Rulebook

The framework explicitly calls on Congress to preempt state AI laws that regulate how models are developed or that penalize companies for downstream use of their AI by third parties. The goal: replace 50 different state standards with a single minimally burdensome national baseline.

Carve-outs remain for state fraud laws, consumer protection, child safety enforcement, and zoning authority over AI infrastructure placement.

Children's Safety Provisions

A core pillar is age-gating: the framework asks Congress to require age verification for AI models likely to be accessed by minors, alongside tools for parents to configure safeguards around their children's AI usage. This is paired with bipartisan kids' online safety bills already in circulation.

The Trump America AI Act

Complementing the White House plan, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released a nearly 300-page discussion draft called the "TRUMP AMERICA AI Act." It would place a "duty of care" on AI chatbot developers to prevent foreseeable user harms, and sunset Section 230 liability protections for online platforms two years after enactment.

The bill drew immediate criticism from right-leaning think tanks, who argued it contradicts the administration's stated goal of light-touch AI regulation.

Both the White House framework and Blackburn's draft bill follow Trump's December executive order, which called for a federal standard to supersede state-level AI legislation.