More than 300 AI bills have been introduced in this Congress alone. But one bill just cleared a major hurdle with the kind of bipartisan support that barely exists in Washington anymore.
The CREATE AI Act passed the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee on June 25, 2026, with a 29-0 vote.
What the CREATE AI Act actually does
The bill, formally known as the Creating Resources for Every American to Experiment with Artificial Intelligence Act (H.R. 2385), would permanently establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource under the National Science Foundation. In English: it gives researchers, students, and smaller institutions access to the computing power, datasets, and AI models that have traditionally been locked behind Big Tech’s velvet rope.
A pilot version of the NAIRR has been running since January 2024. It has already supported more than 600 research projects and trained over 6,000 students across all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico.
