Federal · House Bill · 119th Congress, 2nd Session
HR—8031
H.R. 8031 — Guaranteeing and Upholding Americans' Right to Decide Responsible AI Laws and Standards Act (GUARDRAILS Act)
Status ● Introduced Effective N/A Passage Likelihood L

How Is This Bill Enforced

Enforcement Authority
No enforcement mechanism specified. The bill is a one-time legislative repeal of an Executive Order and a prohibition on use of federal funds to implement it.
Private Right of Action
No private right of action. Enforcement is exclusive to the designated authority.
Penalties
No damages or remedies provisions. The bill contains no enforcement mechanism — it is a one-time repeal and spending prohibition.

What This Bill Requires

Verbatim statutory text on the left; plain-language analysis and a per-section checklist on the right. Numbered markers cross-link to the matching checklist row.

Statutory Text
Analysis & Obligations
Section 1
Short Title

This Act may be cited as the "Guaranteeing and Upholding Americans' Right to Decide Responsible AI Laws and Standards Act" or as the "GUARDRAILS Act".

Section 1 establishes the short title of the Act as the Guaranteeing and Upholding Americans' Right to Decide Responsible AI Laws and Standards Act, or the GUARDRAILS Act. This section creates no compliance obligations.

Section 2
Repeal of Executive Order

1 The Executive order entitled "Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence", issued on December 11, 2025, shall have no force or effect, and no Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out that Executive order.

Section 2 is the sole operative provision of the bill. It would nullify the Executive Order entitled Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, issued on December 11, 2025, rendering it without force or effect. It further prohibits any federal funds from being used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out that order. This provision operates on the federal executive branch and does not impose new affirmative compliance obligations on private entities.

Passage Likelihood

Low
Status Introduced
Chamber No passage
Committee No action
Majority party (No data)
Bipartisan No
Prior session None

Legislative History

2026-03-20 Introduced in House
2026-03-20 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Sources

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Entry Last Reviewed

2026-05-20
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