House Republican Caucus

The House passed a roughly $900–901 billion NDAA 312–112 after a razor‑thin 215–211 rule vote, advancing a package that excludes provisions preempting state AI regulation and a ban on a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC). Conservatives threatened revolt over those omissions, and Speaker Mike Johnson secured support with last‑minute promises to pursue a CBDC ban and other measures later; the bill includes an AI Futures Steering Committee, outbound investment screening measures and drops a bipartisan military "right to repair" mandate. After Congress twice rejected AI preemption language, President Trump signed an executive order seeking to preempt state AI laws administratively, setting up likely legal challenges.