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BLADE Act

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Cosponsors: 5 (3 D, 2 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-14

Introduced: 2026-08-05

Latest action (2026-08-05): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

What S. 5252 does, in plain terms

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Foreign Adversary AI Model Extraction Prevention Act of 2025

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Prevent foreign adversaries from obtaining the key technical details of closed-source, US-owned artificial intelligence models through extraction or other means, thereby protecting national security and economic competitiveness.

Bipartisan rationale: Honors Democratic priorities: protecting national security and preserving US technological leadership in AI, while ensuring due process and transparency. Honors Republican priorities: limiting federal overreach by requiring clear designation standards, incorporating judicial review, and including a sunset to force periodic congressional review, thus encouraging market-based solutions and minimizing permanent bureaucracy.

Funding: Fees collected from licensing applications $10,000,000 per fiscal year fo Sunset 5y Oversight: Inspector General of the Depar Enforcement: Civil penalties under the Export Con
→ Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce Clause – foreign commerce and with Indian tribes) → Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause) → Fifth Amendment (Due Process Clause – judicial review and notice-and-comment) → First Amendment (narrow tailoring to avoid chilling protected speech) → Tenth Amendment (reserving non-conflicting state laws to the states)

Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 Amendment V Amendment I Amendment X

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