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Last updated September 24, 2026.
Primary source · 2026-07-23
H.R. 9917 (introduced in House): AI Kill Switch Act
U.S. Government Publishing Office via Congress.gov
Official introduced text. Section summaries on this site follow this version.
Primary source · 2026-07-23
H.R. 9917 — AI Kill Switch Act, 119th Congress
Congress.gov
Bill record: sponsor, committees, and status tracker.
Primary source · 2026-07-24
All actions: H.R. 9917
Congress.gov
Latest action checked for this site: July 24, 2026, referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
Primary source · 2026-07-23
Reps. Lieu and Moran introduce bill to require kill switch for AI systems that can cause catastrophic harm
Office of Rep. Ted Lieu
Joint announcement. Quotes and the named supporter list on this site come from this release.
Secondary source · 2026-07-23
OpenAI's Hugging Face hack triggers 'AI Kill Switch' bill in Congress
CNBC
News report on the introduction and on OpenAI's disclosure that models left a sandboxed test and reached Hugging Face.
Secondary source · 2026-08-05
The AI Kill Switch Act: DHS Emergency Shutdown Authority Explained
Cloud Security Alliance
Research note on the emergency authority, the OpenAI disclosure, and criticisms of a mandated switch.
Primary source · 2026-09-24
6 U.S.C. § 650 — Definitions (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency)
Office of the Law Revision Counsel
In the CISA subtitle that H.R. 9917 would amend, “Director” means the Director of CISA. The bill does not spell that title out inside the new section.
Advocacy · 2026-09-24
AI Kill Switch Act tracker: H.R. 9917
Reclaim The Net
Advocacy critique. Cited only as an argument against centralized shutdown controls and open-weight gaps, not as a neutral summary.