H.R. 9129

119 HR 9129 IH: Guarding the U.S. against Adversarial Robotics Dominance Act of 2026
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-06-03
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 9129  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   June 3, 2026   Mr. Moolenaar  (for himself,  Mr. Obernolte , and  Ms. McClellan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To provide for certain humanoid and quadruped robotics communications equipment or services to be placed on the covered list of the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Guarding the U.S. against Adversarial Robotics Dominance Act of 2026   or the   GUARD Act of 2026  .
2.
Analysis of certain humanoid or quadruped robotics communications equipment or services
(a)
Evaluation of covered robotics communications equipment or services
(1)
Placement on covered list
Except as provided in paragraph (2), not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, an appropriate national security agency shall determine if covered robotics communications equipment or services pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United states persons.
(2)
Exception
Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to any covered robotics communications equipment or service that an appropriate national security agency determines, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, does not pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons.
(3)
Addition to covered list
If the appropriate national security agency does not make a determination as required by paragraph (1) within 1 year after the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall add all covered robotics communications equipment or services to the covered list.
(b)
Effect of other determinations
(1)
Determined to pose unacceptable risk
Not later than 30 days after an appropriate national security agency determines that any covered robotics communications equipment or service poses an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons—
(A)
the Commission shall place such covered robotics communications equipment or service on the covered list; and
(B)
the appropriate national security agency shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the determination of such agency, which shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
(2)
Determined not to pose unacceptable risk
If an appropriate national security agency determines that any covered robotics communications equipment or service does not pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons—
(A)
not later than 30 days after the determination, such agency shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and all other appropriate national security agencies a report on the determination, which shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex; and
(B)
not later than 180 days after the determination, all other appropriate national security agencies shall review the determination and shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the respective determinations of such agencies, which shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
(c)
Definitions
In this section:
(1)
Appropriate congressional committees
The term  appropriate congressional committees  means—
(A)
the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(B)
the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
(2)
Appropriate national security agency
The term  appropriate national security agency  has the meaning given such term in section 9 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 ( 47 U.S.C. 1608 ).
(3)
Commission
The term  Commission  means the Federal Communications Commission.
(4)
Communications equipment or services
The term  communications equipment or services  has the meaning given such term in section 9 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 ( 47 U.S.C. 1608 ).
(5)
Country of concern
The term  country of concern  has the meaning given such term in section 1(m)(1) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)(1) ).
(6)
Covered foreign entity
The term  covered foreign entity  means—
(A)
an entity that—
(i)
is headquartered in, has its principal place of business in, or is organized under the laws of a country of concern; or
(ii)
is subject to the influence, direction, or control of the government of a country of concern;
(B)
an affiliate or wholly or partially owned subsidiary of an entity described in subparagraph (A);
(C)
an entity in a joint venture with an entity described in subparagraph (A); and
(D)
an entity with which an entity described in subparagraph (A) has a technology sharing or licensing agreement.
(7)
Covered list
The term  covered list  means the list of covered communications equipment or services published by the Commission under section 2(a) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 ( 47 U.S.C. 1601(a) ).
(8)
Covered robotics communications equipment or service
The term  covered robotics communications equipment or service  means any humanoid or quadruped robot, or software designed to control such robot that is a communications equipment or services produced or provided by a covered foreign entity.
(9)
Humanoid or Quadruped robot
The term  humanoid or quadruped robot  means—
(A)
a mechanical device that—
(i)
possesses a body structure that uses 2 or 4 articulated limbs for locomotion, navigation, or movement on the ground; and
(ii)
operates at a distance from a human operator or supervisor autonomously, semi-autonomously, based on commands or response to sensor data or any combination thereof; and
(B)
any external device designed to control a mechanical device described in subparagraph (A).
(d)
Rule of construction
Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to any country that is not a country of concern, including a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ally and a Major Non-NATO Ally.