Overview

• Under the proposal, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy would run a federal AI sandbox and coordinate agency reviews of company waiver applications.
• Waivers would last two years and could be renewed up to a total of 10 years, with written agreements, incident reporting, and consumer disclosures required, and the program would sunset after 12 years with annual reports to Congress.
• If a relevant agency fails to respond within 90 days, a waiver may be treated as approved, and OSTP could overturn agency denials on appeal.
• Participants complying with their agreements would be shielded from federal enforcement for specified waived rules, while consumers would retain the right to sue for damages.
• Industry group NetChoice endorsed the bill, while Public Citizen and the Tech Oversight Project warned it could weaken protections and concentrate power in OSTP, a debate shaped by July’s 99–1 Senate vote rejecting a decade-long block on state AI rules.