Real bill currently in Congress c/o S/119/5252

BLADE Act

Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance ▲ 30 days since action Sponsor: Bill Hagerty, TN-Senate, R → Congress.gov

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

What should pass

“AI Consensus Solution”

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Foreign Adversary AI Model Extraction Prevention Act of 2025

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

Vote-count path: Estimated House: ~270 votes (180 D centrists + 90 R national security hawks); Senate: ~67 votes (48 D + 19 R from oversight-minded caucus), with opposition from libertarian-leaning members concerned about overbreadth.

→ 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)

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