What happened
On 30 September 2026 Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) introduced the Reliable Artificial Intelligence Research Act, creating two DHS-run national competitions ($10M over five years) funding research into AI interpretability and adversarial robustness, as the House companion to the Banks-Hassan Senate bill.
Why it matters
A bipartisan, defence-aligned federal push to fund AI security research — modest in budget but a signal that federal AI-security R&D has bipartisan sponsorship across both chambers, relevant to the federal AI research funding landscape.
Action needed
No immediate action; eligible researchers and vendors may track the DHS competition structure for future solicitations.