Senate Parliamentarian Clears GOP Plan to Deny Access to Broadband Funding for States That Regulate AI

States would have to avoid regulating AI for 10 years to receive federal broadband funding under the proposal.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) leaves after attending the memorial service for the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 24, 2019. Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough announced on June 21 that the Republican-backed measure to put a temporary block on states’ regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) can remain in the One Big Beautiful Bill. 

This means that the bill’s proposal to restrain state AI laws for 10 years can be part of Congress’s reconciliation process and could be passed with a simple majority.