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Executive Order 14365: Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence

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Orders the Attorney General to set up an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge state AI laws, tells Commerce to publish a list of 'onerous' state AI laws within 90 days and to bar those states from remaining BEAD broadband non-deployment funds, and asks the FTC (policy statement) and FCC (possible preemptive disclosure standard) to act. It also orders a legislative proposal for a preemptive federal framework that would spare state child-safety, data-center and state-procurement laws.

Why it matters

The EO does not itself void any state law; state AI laws remain enforceable unless a court enjoins them or Congress preempts them, so companies must still comply with state rules.

SourceFederal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-23092/ensuring-a-national-policy-framework-for-artificial-intelligenceSecondary: https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1422986/dl Checked against the source on 4 Oct 2026. Implementation as of 2026-10-04: DOJ AI Litigation Task Force established 9 Jan 2026 (AG memo); DOJ has filed no standalone suit but intervened on 24 Apr 2026 in xAI's challenge to Colorado's AI Act. Commerce's 'onerous laws' evaluation and NTIA's BEAD policy notice (both due 11 Mar 2026) had not been published as of late June 2026 (NTIA: 'no final decision') and none was located by this review. FTC proposed its AI-accuracy policy statement on 7 Jul 2026 (see separate record). No FCC proceeding located in the Federal Register.

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Executive Order 14365: Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence. The President (Executive Office of the President). Status: In force. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-eo-14365-national-ai-policy-framework-2025/ (verified 4 Oct 2026).

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