H.R. 2152 (119th)Bill Overview

AI PLAN Act

Finance and Financial Sector|Finance and Financial Sector
Cosponsors
Support
Bipartisan
Introduced
Mar 14, 2025
Discussions
Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Introduced
Committee
Floor
President
Law
Congressional Activities
01 · The brief
Plain-English summaryWhat this bill actually does

Requires the Treasury, Homeland Security, and Commerce Secretaries to jointly submit, within 180 days and annually thereafter, a report describing interagency policies to defend U.S. financial markets and persons from AI-enabled financial crimes. Reports must list available and needed resources, consider risks like deepfakes, voice cloning, synthetic identities, foreign election interference, false signals, and digital fraud, and consult specified officials.

Why people may split

Civil liberties and surveillance concerns versus security urgency

Watch point

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well‑scoped and specifically constructed reporting requirement that directs relevant agencies to produce an interagency strategy and concrete deliverables on AI‑related financial crime risks.

Requires the Treasury, Homeland Security, and Commerce Secretaries to jointly submit, within 180 days and annually thereafter, a report describing interagency policies to defend U.S. financial markets and persons from AI-enabled financial crimes.

Reports must list available and needed resources, consider risks like deepfakes, voice cloning, synthetic identities, foreign election interference, false signals, and digital fraud, and consult specified officials.

Within 90 days after each report, the three Secretaries must provide legislative recommendations and best practices for mitigation and incident response.

Passage40/100

Low-cost, narrow reporting bills often advance, but passage depends on committee scheduling and potential Senate procedural hurdles.

CredibilityAligned

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well‑scoped and specifically constructed reporting requirement that directs relevant agencies to produce an interagency strategy and concrete deliverables on AI‑related financial crime risks.

Contention30/100

Civil liberties and surveillance concerns versus security urgency

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
Federal agenciesFederal agencies

These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.

Likely helped
  • Federal agenciesImproves interagency coordination to detect and respond to AI-enabled financial crimes.
  • Potential benefitIdentifies existing technical tools and gaps, guiding procurement and investment decisions.
  • Potential benefitCreates basis for legislative reforms or standards addressing AI misuse in financial systems.
Likely burdened
  • Federal agenciesCreates additional administrative and reporting burdens for federal agencies.
  • Potential burdenCould generate budgetary needs without authorizing appropriations, shifting costs to agencies.
  • Potential burdenMay enable expanded government monitoring or surveillance measures raising privacy concerns.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Civil liberties and surveillance concerns versus security urgency
Progressive80%

Likely supportive of proactive federal coordination to protect consumers, markets, and democratic processes from AI-enabled fraud.

They will welcome attention to misinformation, deepfakes, and synthetic identity threats, but will want civil liberties and equity safeguards included in any follow-on actions.

Leans supportive
Centrist85%

Views the bill as a practical, narrowly focused step to assess risks and resource needs.

Appreciates deadlines and interagency input but will seek clarity on costs, measurable outcomes, and accountability for follow-through.

Leans supportive
Conservative65%

Generally supportive of national-security framing and protecting markets from AI-enabled threats, but cautious about expanding federal authority, regulatory burdens, and added spending.

Because the bill mandates reports rather than new regulations, it is less objectionable.

Split reaction
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Floor

Still ahead

President

Still ahead

Law

Still ahead

Passage likelihood40/100

Low-cost, narrow reporting bills often advance, but passage depends on committee scheduling and potential Senate procedural hurdles.

Scope and complexity
24%
Scopenarrow
24%
Complexitylow
Why this could stall
  • No Congressional Budget Office cost estimate provided
  • Agency capacity and competing priorities for producing reports
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

No vote history yet

The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.

06 · Go deeper

Go deeper than the headline read.

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Civil liberties and surveillance concerns versus security urgency

Low-cost, narrow reporting bills often advance, but passage depends on committee scheduling and potential Senate procedural hurdles.

Unlocked analysis

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well‑scoped and specifically constructed reporting requirement that directs relevant agencies to produce an interagency strategy and concrete deliverables on AI‑…

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