S 2750 Strengthening Artificial intelligence Normalization and Diffusion By Oversight and eXperimentation Act 2025

Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish a Federal regulatory sandbox program for AI, allowing applicants to test AI innovations by obtaining temporary waivers or modifications on specific legal provisions.

  • Authority: United States Congress
  • Parent authority: Federal government
  • Jurisdiction: United States
  • Collections: U.S. federal laws
  • Most recent activity: Proposed
  • Most recent activity date: 2025-09-10

Risk subdomain coverage

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

  • AI system security vulnerabilities
  • False or misleading information
  • Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
  • Competitive dynamics
  • Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of risk domains, with brief mentions of approximately 3-4 subdomains. The primary focus is on establishing a regulatory sandbox program rather than addressing specific AI risks. Coverage includes minimal references to security vulnerabilities (2.2), misinformation (3.1), and governance structures (6.5), though these are addressed primarily through procedural mechanisms rather than substantive risk mitigation measures.

Sector coverage

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

  • Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
  • Trade, Transportation & Utilities
  • Information
  • Finance & Insurance
  • Real Estate, Rental & Leasing
  • Professional & Technical Services
  • Scientific Research & Development Services
  • Management, Administrative & Support Services
  • Educational Services
  • Health Care & Social Assistance
  • Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
  • Accommodation, Food & Other Services
  • Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This regulatory sandbox program is cross-sectoral and applies to AI innovation across all economic sectors. The document does not restrict participation to specific industries, making it applicable to any sector where AI products, services, or development methods are subject to federal regulations that could be temporarily waived or modified.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative bill introduced in the U.S. Senate that would establish mandatory requirements for a Federal regulatory sandbox program with enforcement mechanisms, penalties, and judicial review provisions.

Actors

Proposer

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Entities: Mr. Cruz (U.S. Senator); United States Congress; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • Summary: The bill was introduced by Senator Cruz in the U.S. Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The legislative authority is the U.S. Congress acting through its constitutional powers.

Target

  • Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
  • Entities: persons testing AI innovations; applicants to the regulatory sandbox program; businesses incorporated or with principal place of business in the United States
  • Summary: The document targets any person or business that develops or deploys AI products, services, or development methods and seeks to test them through the regulatory sandbox program by obtaining temporary waivers from existing regulations.

Enforcer

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Entities: Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; applicable agencies with jurisdiction over covered provisions; National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office
  • Summary: The Director of OSTP has primary authority to establish and operate the program, grant or deny applications, and revoke waivers. Applicable agencies review applications within their jurisdictions and can enforce covered provisions after waivers expire or are revoked.

Monitor

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Entities: Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; applicable agencies; National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office; Congress
  • Summary: The Director monitors program participants through mandatory reporting requirements, record-keeping obligations, and incident notifications. Congress receives annual reports on program activities. Consumers can file complaints with the National AI Initiative Office.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

  • Plan and Design
  • Verify and Validate
  • Deploy
  • Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document covers multiple AI lifecycle stages with primary focus on Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages. It addresses the deployment of AI products and services through a regulatory sandbox and requires ongoing monitoring and reporting. There is implicit coverage of Plan and Design through application requirements, and Verify and Validate through risk assessment requirements.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

  • AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document extensively mentions AI systems, AI products, and AI services throughout. It references artificial intelligence systems and development methods but does not explicitly distinguish between frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, or open-weight models. There is no mention of compute thresholds.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2750/text
https://agora.eto.tech/instrument/2729
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