HR5764 AI for Main Street Act 2025

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2025-10-17

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Compromise of privacy
• AI system security vulnerabilities

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with only implicit references to cybersecurity (2.2) and data protection (2.1). The focus is on providing guidance and training to small businesses rather than addressing specific AI risks or harms. No other risk subdomains are substantially covered.

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

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This Act governs AI use across all economic sectors where small businesses operate. It does not target specific industries but rather provides cross-sectoral guidance and training for small business concerns in any sector to adopt and use artificial intelligence in their operations.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a Congressional Act that amends the Small Business Act with binding legal obligations. It uses mandatory language ('shall') and creates enforceable requirements for the Small Business Administration to provide AI guidance and training to small businesses.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is a Congressional Act (HR5764) proposed by the United States Congress to amend the Small Business Act.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_User, Affected_Stakeholder
• Entities: Small business concerns
• Summary: The Act explicitly targets small business concerns, requiring the Small Business Administration to provide them with guidance, training, and outreach on artificial intelligence use.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Small Business Administration (SBA)
• Summary: The Small Business Administration is implicitly designated as the enforcer through the amendment to Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act, which defines the SBA's responsibilities and mandates.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Small Business Administration (SBA)
• Summary: The Small Business Administration is implicitly responsible for monitoring implementation through its mandate to conduct outreach and provide ongoing guidance and training to small businesses.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Collect and Process Data
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not focus on specific AI lifecycle stages but rather on providing guidance and training to small businesses on incorporating AI into their operations. It implicitly covers deployment and operational monitoring through references to incorporating AI into business operations and ongoing best practices.

Technical Scope

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

No technical scope terms identified.

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions 'artificial intelligence' and defines it by reference to the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020. It does not distinguish between AI models, AI systems, or specific types of AI such as frontier, general purpose, task-specific, foundation models, generative, or predictive AI. There is no mention of compute thresholds or open-weight/open-source models.