HR 6275 China AI Power Report Act 2025 (A report annually on the advanced artificial intelligence capabilities of China)

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2025-11-21

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Cyberattacks, weapon development or use
• Competitive dynamics
• Governance failure
• AI possessing dangerous capabilities

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

• Compromise of privacy
• False or misleading information
• Pollution of information ecosystem
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
• Power centralization and unfair distribution
• AI pursuing its own goals
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 8-10 subdomains, with strong focus on malicious actors (4.1, 4.2, 4.3), AI system security (2.2), competitive dynamics (6.4), dangerous capabilities (7.2), and governance (6.5). Coverage is concentrated in national security, geopolitical competition, and advanced AI capabilities assessment domains.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Information
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)
• National Security

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
• Finance & Insurance
• Professional & Technical Services
• Educational Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs Public Administration (US government agencies required to report). It requires extensive monitoring and assessment of China's AI capabilities across multiple sectors including National Security, Information, Scientific Research, Healthcare, Education, Finance, and Manufacturing, but does not directly regulate these sectors—rather it mandates reporting on AI use within them in China.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a Congressional bill that creates binding legal obligations for the Secretary of Commerce to submit annual reports. It uses mandatory language throughout ('shall submit', 'shall include') and establishes legal requirements enforceable through Congressional oversight mechanisms.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document is a Congressional bill presented to the Senate and House of Representatives, as indicated by the formal legislative structure and preamble.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The bill creates binding obligations for the Secretary of Commerce to prepare and submit reports, in consultation with multiple federal agency heads. These government entities are the direct targets who must comply with the reporting requirements.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Congressional committees receiving the reports have oversight authority to enforce compliance. Congress exercises oversight through the reporting mechanism and has the authority to ensure executive branch compliance with legislative mandates.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Secretary of Commerce is responsible for monitoring and assessing China's AI capabilities through the required reporting. The Congressional committees monitor compliance with the reporting requirements and assess the information provided.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document extensively covers multiple AI lifecycle stages with primary focus on Build and Use Model, Deploy, and Operate and Monitor stages. It requires detailed assessments of AI model development (training compute, parameters, algorithms), deployment patterns, and monitoring of operational systems. The Plan and Design stage is covered through assessments of chip design and EDA software. Data collection receives minimal coverage.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Models
• Frontier AI
• AI Systems
• Compute Threshold
• Open Weight / Open Source

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly covers AI models, AI systems, and frontier/advanced AI throughout. It makes extensive reference to open-weight and closed-weight models. While it doesn't explicitly define compute thresholds, it requires assessment of training compute measured in floating-point operations. The document does not explicitly use terms like 'general purpose AI', 'foundation models', or 'generative AI' but implicitly addresses advanced AI capabilities that may fall within these categories.