The Consumer Safety Technology Act also calls for a Commerce-FTC study on how blockchain can protect consumers against fraud.

The FIT Procurement Act would increase the micro-purchase and simplified acquisition thresholds and is backed by a host of tech trade groups.

A movement in Congress to ban the tech in the government is complicated by the need for research exceptions and existing network blocks.

The bipartisan legislation follows previous bills to prohibit DeepSeek from government devices.

The bipartisan legislation would task federal financial regulators to study fraud, data and identity theft powered by AI.

Kelly Loeffler touted $3 billion in savings from canceled contracts and $630 million from ID’ing fraudulent loans, but House lawmakers seeking specifics came up empty.

A new bill from Sens. Whitehouse, Warren and Wyden calls for performance and security audits into what DOGE left behind in its dives into SSA computer networks.

A bipartisan group of six senators re-introduced the SAMOSA Act, which would strengthen agency oversight of software purchasing and cut down on duplicative licenses.

The bipartisan Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act follows a bill of the same name that passed the House in March.

The remarks from Michael Kratsios follow the administration’s termination of grants at the National Science Foundation that don’t align with its policies.