IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5764 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 26 (legislative day, JANUARY 15), 2026 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to require small business 
development centers to assist small business concerns 
with the use of artificial intelligence, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AI for Main Street 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
LIGENCE FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 21(c)(3) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in the first subparagraph (U) (relating to 
encouraging and assisting the provision of succession 
planning), by striking the period at the end and in-
serting a semicolon; 
(3) by redesignating the second subparagraph 
(U) (relating to providing training in conjunction 
with the United States Patent and Trademark Of-
fice) as subparagraph (V); 
(4) in subparagraph (V), as so redesignated, by 
striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(W) assisting small business concerns in evalu-
ating artificial intelligence concerning operations, in-
cluding by— 
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‘‘(i) providing information, guidance, and 
training to small business concerns on the use 
of artificial intelligence, including— 
‘‘(I) best practices for using artificial 
intelligence; 
‘‘(II) using artificial intelligence to 
plan for unexpected circumstances, protect 
data and intellectual property, improve cy-
bersecurity, facilitate regulatory compli-
ance, and improve customer trust; and 
‘‘(III) incorporating artificial intel-
ligence into business operations; and 
‘‘(ii) conducting outreach to the extent 
practical to small business concerns regarding 
the use of artificial intelligence.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(gg) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—In this Act, the 
term ‘artificial intelligence’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence 
Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).’’. 
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SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 
No additional amounts are authorized to carry out 
this Act or the amendments made by this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 20, 
2026. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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