WASHINGTON (May 15, 2025)- House Republicans are working to pass a Budget Reconciliation Bill or better known as President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” impacting tax cuts, millions of Americans' access to Medicaid, immigration, and clean energy.
Furthermore technology is included in this sweeping bill. The bill, as 404 Media reports, would stop states from regulating AI entirely for 10 years.
For more context on the matter, please consider Alicia Solow-Niederman, Associate Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School. Solow-Niederman is an expert in the intersection of law and technology. Her research focuses on how to regulate emerging technologies, such as AI with an emphasis on algorithmic accountability, data governance and information privacy. Solow-Niederman is a member of the EPIC Advisory Board and has written and taught in privacy law and government use of AI.
Solow-Niederman said, “Congress is trying to use the budget reconciliation process to stop state AI regulation in its tracks for a decade. That’s bad for policy, bad for procedure, and bad for the public. It's bad for AI policy development because it stops even the possibility of tailored, robust state laws to address emergent algorithmic harms. It's bad for procedure because it uses a budgetary maneuver as cover for a serious substantive intervention. And it's bad for the public because it doesn't allow any deliberation or discussion on these issues, undercutting democratic accountability.”
To speak with Professor Alicia Solow-Niderman, please contact Media Relations Specialist Shannon Mitchell at shannon [dot] mitchell
gwu [dot] edu (shannon[dot]mitchell[at]gwu[dot]edu).
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