The White House released this document today. In context of the risk based approach being adopted in EU and the Anthropic ‘supply chain risk, this document is remarkably open and introduces conflict. I certainly sets AI guidelines at the Federal level which will impact laws in place in California, Colorado, and Texas.

Trump White House Releases National AI Legislative Framework source claude ai
Released Friday March 20, the framework calls on Congress to preempt all state-level AI regulation, maintain a sector-specific (not single-body) approach, establish regulatory sandboxes, and address child safety, IP, and data centre energy costs. It explicitly targets “coercion” of AI providers based on “ideological agendas” — language widely read as designed to prevent future Anthropic-style standoffs.
New today: Full framework text published; White House aims to legislate “this year” — seen as unlikely given thin congressional margins.

Why it matters: Establishes the US as the global counterweight to the EU AI Act’s risk-based model; the preemption push would nullify California, Colorado, and Texas state laws currently in force.

On to the Congress process and to what extent this doc holds up.

Section IV of the document

The federal government must defend free speech and First Amendment protections, while preventing AI systems from being used to silence or censor lawful political expression or dissent.

• Congress should prevent the United States government from coercing technology providers, including AI providers, to ban, compel, or alter content based on partisan or ideological agendas.
• Congress should provide an effective means for Americans to seek redress from the Federal Government for agency efforts to censor expression on AI platforms or dictate the information provided by an AI platform.