Executive Order 14365: Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence

Summary

The order sets a policy of sustaining United States global AI dominance through a minimally burdensome national policy framework and seeks to check State AI laws it views as onerous. It creates an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge such laws and requires a Commerce evaluation of State AI laws. It ties certain broadband funding and discretionary grants to State AI laws, directs FCC and FTC actions on reporting standards and deceptive conduct, and calls for a legislative recommendation for a uniform federal framework preempting conflicting State laws.

Who it applies to

Directs federal executive departments and agencies, including the Attorney General, the Secretary of Commerce, the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, to act against State AI laws that conflict with the stated national AI policy. It affects States through litigation, funding conditions and preemption efforts.

Key points

• The Attorney General must establish an AI Litigation Task Force within 30 days to challenge State AI laws inconsistent with the order's policy.
• The Secretary of Commerce must publish an evaluation of existing State AI laws within 90 days, identifying onerous laws and laws to refer to the Task Force.
• The Policy Notice on BEAD funding must make States with onerous AI laws identified pursuant to section 4 ineligible for non-deployment funds, to the maximum extent allowed by Federal law.
• The Federal Trade Commission Chairman must issue a policy statement within 90 days on when State laws requiring altered truthful AI outputs are preempted.
• The legislative recommendation shall not propose preempting otherwise lawful State AI laws on child safety, State government AI procurement and use, or compute and data center infrastructure other than generally applicable permitting reforms.

Key dates

Signed / adopted

Dec 11, 2025

Published (official journal)

Dec 16, 2025