H.R. 5764, AI for Mainstreet Act
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H.R. 5764, the AI for Mainstreet Act, was introduced on October 17, 2025 by Mr. Alford for himself and Ms. Scholten and referred to the Committee on Small Business. It would amend section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act so that small business development centers assist small business concerns in evaluating artificial intelligence for their operations, including by providing information, guidance and training on its use. Artificial intelligence takes the meaning given in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020. Under a CUTGO compliance section, no additional amounts are authorized to carry out the Act.
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- 407330 2025 11 17 Committee On Small Business Activity The Week Of N Att3
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- 2025-11-17
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- 407330 2025 11 17 Committee On Small Business Activity The Week Of N Att3
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“H.R. 5764, AI for Mainstreet Act.”
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119TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 5764
To amend the Small Business Act to require small business development
centers to assist small business concerns with the use of artificial intel-
ligence, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 17, 2025
Mr. ALFORD (for himself and Ms. SCHOLTEN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
A BILL
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.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AI for Mainstreet
5 Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
2 LIGENCE FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.
3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 21(c)(3) of the Small
4 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)(3)) is amended—
5 (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
6 the end;
7 (2) in the first subparagraph (U) (relating to
8 encouraging and assisting the provision of succession
9 planning), by striking the period at the end and in-
10 serting a semicolon;
11 (3) by redesignating the second subparagraph
12 (U) (relating to providing training in conjunction
13 with the United States Patent and Trademark Of-
14 fice) as subparagraph (V);
15 (4) in subparagraph (V), as so redesignated, by
16 striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
17 and
18 (5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
19 paragraph:
20 ‘‘(W) assisting small business concerns in evalu-
21 ating artificial intelligence concerning operations, in-
22 cluding by—
23 ‘‘(i) providing information, guidance, and
24 training to small business concerns on the use
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1 ‘‘(I) best practices for using artificial
2 intelligence;
3 ‘‘(II) using artificial intelligence to
4 plan for unexpected circumstances, protect
5 data and intellectual property, improve cy-
6 bersecurity, facilitate regulatory compli-
7 ance, and improve customer trust; and
8 ‘‘(III) incorporating artificial intel-
9 ligence into business operations; and
10 ‘‘(ii) conducting outreach to the extent
11 practical to small business concerns regarding
12 the use of artificial intelligence.’’.
13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of the
14 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding
15 at the end the following new subsection:
16 ‘‘(gg) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—In this Act, the
17 term ‘artificial intelligence’ has the meaning given such
18 term in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence
19 Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).’’.
20 SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO.
21 No additional amounts are authorized to carry out
22 this Act or the amendments made by this Act.
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