Bills · 119th Congress · Commerce

AI for Main Street Act

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 1/20/26Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic199 Yea · 3 Nay · 11 Not voting
  • Republican195 Yea · 11 Nay · 11 Not voting
  • Independent / Other1 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

AI for Main Street Act

This bill requires Small Business Development Centers to assist small businesses in evaluating artificial intelligence, including by providing best practices for using artificial intelligence and guidance about using artificial intelligence to plan for unexpected circumstances.

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Sponsor
Rep. Mark Alford ( Republican · MO-4)
Cosponsors
4
Introduced
10/17/25
Policy area
Commerce
Status
10/17/25Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
10/17/25Introduced in House
11/18/25Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 0.
11/18/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
12/12/25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 351.
12/12/25Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-403.
1/20/26Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
1/20/26On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 395 - 14 (Roll no. 33). (text: CR H931)
1/20/26Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 395 - 14 (Roll no. 33). (text: CR H931)
1/20/26Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H940)
1/20/26At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
1/20/26DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5764.
1/20/26Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H931-932)
1/20/26Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
1/26/26Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.