119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Sep 16, 2026
AI Emergency Button Act
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Latest action (Sep 16, 2026): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Science, Technology, Communications
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No cosponsors.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
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3 citations.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 21, 2026 · issue area: Science/Technology
$520,000
Spent on own lobbying
…061 - A bill to improve the tracking and processing of security and safety incidents and risks associated with artificial intelligence, and for other purposes. S.5417 - A bill to require entities to include human-controlled shutdown mechanisms in all artificial intelligence systems.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES · lobbying firm or registrant: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$2,820,000
Spent on own lobbying
…s, privacy, artificial intelligence, and federal procurement and Section 815 related to capital allocation limits S. 4950: ITS Codification Act; all provisions S. 5417: AI Emergency Button Act; all provisions S. 5508: Telecommunications Cybersecurity and Resilience Act; all provisions S. 5617: Combating Critical Infrastructur…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL · lobbying firm or registrant: SIGHTLINE ADVOCACY, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Computer Industry
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…artificial intelligence policy; Issues related to cybersecurity policy; H.R. 6875 - AI OVERWATCH Act; H.R. 8170 - the MATCH Act; H.R. 3447 - Chip Security Act; S. 5417 - AI Emergency Button Act; H.R.10453 - Communications and Technology Transparency Act of 2026 S. 4784/H.R. 8800 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing