Expanding AI Voices Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 6
- Latest action
- Jan 20, 2026
What it does
The Expanding AI Voices Act would amend the National AI Initiative Act to create a new grant program administered by the National Science Foundation to increase artificial intelligence research, education, and workforce development capacity at institutions that are not among the top 100 in federal R&D spending, as well as at historically Black colleges and universities, minority-serving institutions, Tribal Colleges or Universities, and eligible nonprofit organizations or consortia. The program would support activities such as expanding AI research programs, faculty recruitment and training, bridge programs for graduate study, access to computing and data resources, community-building…
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Where it stands
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Who is involved
Sponsors
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.