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| | The '''One Big Beautiful Bill Act''' (OBBB) is a 940-page substitute for H.R. 1 in the 119th Congress, 1st Session, as debated in the [[U.S. Senate]] at the end of June 2025. | | The '''One Big Beautiful Bill Act''' (OBBB) is a 940-page substitute for H.R. 1 in the 119th Congress, 1st Session, as debated in the [[U.S. Senate]] at the end of June 2025. |
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| − | The phrase "artificial intelligence" is mentioned 33 times. This bill conditions federal grants to states and local entities on their not regulating [[AI]]: | + | The [[U.S. Senate]] restored the funding of [[abortion]] and [[transgender]]-treatment [[Planned Parenthood]] for all except the first year, after the House had defunded Planned Parenthood for ten years. The Senate version also encourages state regulation of [[AI]], by which [[liberal]]s are expected to impose their viewpoints and censor [[conversion therapy]]. |
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| | + | In the House version the phrase "artificial intelligence" is mentioned 33 times. This bill conditions federal grants to states and local entities on their not regulating [[AI]]: |
| | {{cquote|(q) TEMPORARY PAUSE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), no eligible entity or political subdivision thereof to which funds made available under subsection (b)(5)(A) are obligated on or after the date of enactment of this subsection may enforce, during the 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection, any law or regulation of that eligible entity or a political subdivision thereof limiting, restricting, or otherwise regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems entered into interstate commerce.<ref>p. 174 of the OBBB.</ref>}} | | {{cquote|(q) TEMPORARY PAUSE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), no eligible entity or political subdivision thereof to which funds made available under subsection (b)(5)(A) are obligated on or after the date of enactment of this subsection may enforce, during the 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection, any law or regulation of that eligible entity or a political subdivision thereof limiting, restricting, or otherwise regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems entered into interstate commerce.<ref>p. 174 of the OBBB.</ref>}} |
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| | Late on June 28, 2025, a Satuday night, the [[U.S. Senate]] advanced this Act on a 51-49 party-line vote, with only Sens. [[Rand Paul]] (R-KY) and [[Thom Tillis]] (R-NC) voting "No" (for their very different reasons) among [[Republican]]s.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/28/two-gop-senators-big-beautiful-bill/</ref> | | Late on June 28, 2025, a Satuday night, the [[U.S. Senate]] advanced this Act on a 51-49 party-line vote, with only Sens. [[Rand Paul]] (R-KY) and [[Thom Tillis]] (R-NC) voting "No" (for their very different reasons) among [[Republican]]s.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/28/two-gop-senators-big-beautiful-bill/</ref> |
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| | + | This bill passed in the [[U.S. Senate]] on July 1 with Vice President [[JD Vance]] casting the tiebreaking vote, 51-50. |
| | == Criticism == | | == Criticism == |
| | The ''Jacobin'' website states, "It was designed and paid for by big businesses and their benefactors,"<ref>https://jacobin.com/2025/06/tax-bill-trump-big-business</ref> and singles out [[Big Pharma]] and [[private equity]] as having spent millions of dollars for special benefits to them in the [[OBBB]]. | | The ''Jacobin'' website states, "It was designed and paid for by big businesses and their benefactors,"<ref>https://jacobin.com/2025/06/tax-bill-trump-big-business</ref> and singles out [[Big Pharma]] and [[private equity]] as having spent millions of dollars for special benefits to them in the [[OBBB]]. |