Congress Moves To Criminalize Foreign Theft Of US AI Models
Introduced April 15, 2026 by Reps. Bill Huizenga and John Moolenaar, it treats unauthorized AI copying as a national security violation.
- Bans extraction attacks: circumventing API controls, fraudulent accounts, or broken contracts used to copy AI.
- Targets China, Hong Kong, Macau, Russia, and other nations in Export Group D:5.
- State Department keeps a five-year public blacklist; Commerce can add violators to its Entity List.
Why it matters: The bill defends a handful of companies' balance sheets, dressed in the language of national security.
H.R. 8283, Deterring American AI Model Theft Act of 2026 (GovInfo/Congress.gov bill text) ↗ · Jul 14, 20267/14/26