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*[https://www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/the_one_big_beautiful_bill_act.pdf Text of this Bill] | *[https://www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/the_one_big_beautiful_bill_act.pdf Text of this Bill] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 09:30, June 30, 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.
The phrase "artificial intelligence" is mentioned 33 times. This bill conditions federal grants to states and local entities on their not regulating AI:
| “ | (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.[1] | ” |
Procedural Record
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 Republicans.[2]
Criticism
The Jacobin website states, "It was designed and paid for by big businesses and their benefactors,"[3] and singles out Big Pharma and private equity as having spent millions of dollars for special benefits to them in the OBBB.