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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Division A, Title XV, Subtitle D: Artificial Intelligence; Division F, Title LXVI, Subtitle A: Artificial Intelligence)
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The FY2026 NDAA has two AI subtitles. Division A, Title XV, Subtitle D: DoD must exclude and remove covered artificial intelligence, as the Act defines it, from its systems within 30 days (sec. 1532), build a standardized assessment framework for AI models (sec. 1533), create a task force on AI sandbox environments (sec. 1534) and form an AI Futures Steering Committee (sec. 1535). Division F (Intelligence Authorization), Title LXVI, Subtitle A requires AI security guidance, sets rules for intelligence community AI development and use, and requires removal of DeepSeek and similar covered applications from IC systems (secs. 6601-6604). Other NDAA provisions are outside this entry.
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What it means for business
AI vendors selling to DoD and the intelligence community face model assessment and security requirements, and AI from covered foreign adversary companies is barred from DoD and IC systems.
Key provisions
- Removal of covered AI from DoD systems and devices (sec. 1532)
- DoD cross-functional team and framework for AI model assessment (sec. 1533)
- Task force on AI sandbox environments (sec. 1534) and AI Futures Steering Committee (sec. 1535)
- Intelligence community AI security guidance and AI development and use rules (secs. 6601-6603)
- Prohibition on DeepSeek on intelligence community systems (sec. 6604)
Latest legislative action
Dec 18, 2025. Signed by President December 18, 2025. Became Public Law No: 119-60.
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