Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 4
- Latest action
- May 15, 2025
What it does
The Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act of 2025 would require the Department of Defense to use competitive award processes when procuring cloud computing, data infrastructure, and foundation model solutions, with a preference for multi-cloud technology unless infeasible or a national security risk. It would mandate that the government retain exclusive rights to its data, prohibit covered providers (those with $50M+ in DoD contracts over the past five years) from using government-furnished data to train commercial products without authorization, and require annual reports to congressional defense committees on market competition, barriers to entry, and granted exemptions. The…
No official summary is available here. This one was written by AI from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.