The record

LegislationLegislation· Feb 2026
HR 3679 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Mike Collins (R)

Small Business Artificial Intelligence Advancement Act

Directs NIST to develop resources for small businesses using artificial intelligence.

Tradeoff

Requires NIST to create AI guidance for small businesses and coordinate with the Small Business Administration. No offset or spending cap specified.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs $2 million over 2025-2030 in discretionary spending subject to .

The $2 million is the federal cost to staff and operate NIST's new AI guidance program for small businesses—a minimal administrative overhead for what is essentially a regulatory guidance initiative with no direct federal spending on small businesses themselves.

H.R. 3679, Small Business Artificial Intelligence Advancement Act · Aug 2025

Passed the House by on February 23, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jun 3, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Science, Space, and Technology(Jun 3, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 35 - 0(Jun 11, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-503.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Feb 23, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Commerce, Science, and Transportation(Feb 24, 2026)