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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6461 
To direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop 
best practices and technical guidance on artificial intelligence model 
documentation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 4, 2025 
Ms. MCBRIDE (for herself and Mr. OBERNOLTE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
to develop best practices and technical guidance on artifi-
cial intelligence model documentation, 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Resources for Evalu-
ating and Documenting AI Models’’ or the ‘‘READ AI 
Models Act’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
RESOURCES 
FOR 
ARTIFICIAL 
INTELLIGENCE 
MODEL DOCUMENTATION. 
(a) RESOURCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Director of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology, in consultation 
with the heads of other Federal agencies, as appro-
priate, shall initiate a pilot program to establish a 
structured template and associated technical guide-
lines for documentation to accompany artificial intel-
ligence models and associated data developed and 
used by the public sector or private sector. 
(2) ACTIVITIES.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, in carrying out paragraph (1), the 
Director shall carry out the following: 
(A) Produce a structured template de-
signed to enable a user to document informa-
tion about an artificial intelligence model and 
associated data, which may include the fol-
lowing information: 
(i) The name of such model. 
(ii) The identification of the developer 
of such model. 
(iii) The identification of the location 
where such developer is incorporated. 
(iv) The release date of such model. 
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(v) The knowledge cutoff date for 
such model’s training data. 
(vi) Languages supported by such 
model. 
(vii) Terms of service of such model. 
(viii) Any other information the Direc-
tor determines appropriate. 
(B) Ensure such template is modular in 
nature, such that users can flexibly adopt and 
complete sections, categories, or other similar 
components of such template in accordance with 
a specific use case, including relating to sector- 
specific needs, intended audiences, and a set of 
desired characteristics. 
(C) Provide detailed technical guidelines 
accompanying such template that— 
(i) make available relevant metrics or 
benchmarks for each component of such 
template for a range of artificial intel-
ligence model types, as applicable; and 
(ii) incorporate voluntary consensus- 
based technical standards and industry 
best practices, as appropriate. 
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(3) STAKEHOLDER
INPUT.—In carrying out 
paragraph (2), the Director shall carry out the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Collaborate with private sector entities, 
institutions of higher education, nonprofit orga-
nizations, international standards organizations, 
and Federal agencies, as the Director deter-
mines appropriate, including conducting peri-
odic outreach to such entities, institutions, or-
ganizations, and agencies. 
(B) Publish in the Federal Register a draft 
of the structured template and associated tech-
nical guidelines referred to in paragraph (1), 
and provide an opportunity for submission of 
public comments for a period of not less than 
60 days to be considered for incorporation into 
such template and guidelines. 
(4) REPORTING AND PUBLICATION.—Not later 
than 12 months after the date on which the Director 
establishes the pilot program pursuant to paragraph 
(1), the Director shall carry out the following: 
(A) Submit to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
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Science, and Transportation of the Senate a re-
port that includes the following: 
(i) An assessment on the effectiveness 
of such pilot program. 
(ii) If so assessed to be effective, a 
plan for permanent implementation, in-
cluding relating to administration, of such 
pilot program. 
(B) Make publicly available on the website 
of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology the structured template and associ-
ated technical guidelines referred to in para-
graph (1), including the incorporation of any 
appropriate comments in accordance with para-
graph (3)(B). 
(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(A) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ 
means the Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology. 
(B) 
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE.—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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(C) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL.— 
The term ‘‘artificial intelligence model’’ means 
a software component of an information system 
that implements artificial intelligence tech-
nology and uses computational, statistical, or 
machine-learning techniques to produce outputs 
from a defined set of inputs. 
(D) 
INSTITUTION
OF
HIGHER
EDU-
CATION.—The term ‘‘institution of higher edu-
cation’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(E) 
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an organi-
zation described in section 501(c)(3) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 
(F) INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANI-
ZATION.—The term ‘‘international standards 
organization’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 451 of the Trade Agreements Act of 
1979 (19 U.S.C. 2571). 
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