Republican lawmakers ask GAO to review current AI regulatory landscape

Chairman Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) speaks during a House Science, Space, and Technology Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on July 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Lawmakers on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee are asking the Government Accountability Office to conduct a “comprehensive review” of current federal and state laws regulating artificial intelligence to inform future legislative efforts. 

Committee Chairman Brian Babin, R-Texas, and Research and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., sent the letter to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro on Wednesday.

The lawmakers cited policy actions like President Donald Trump’s executive order on AI signed during his first term in 2019 and an Office of Management and Budget memorandum from 2020 on agency rulemaking — along with recommendations from congressional AI working groups — as examples of the myriad AI requirements created within the federal bureaucracy.

“In recent years, a variety ...