Review – S 3202 Introduced – AI Security

Back in November Sen Young (R,IN) introduced S 3202, the Advanced Artificial Intelligence Security Readiness Act of 2025. The bill would require the NSA’s Artificial Intelligence Security Center (AISC) to develop and disseminate security guidance that identifies potential vulnerabilities in covered artificial intelligence technologies and artificial intelligence supply chains. No new funding is authorized.

Moving Forward

Young and his sole cosponsor, Sen Kelly (D,AZ), are members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the committee to which this bill was referred for consideration. This means that there may be sufficient influence to see the bill considered in Committee. I was surprised to see that the word ‘voluntary’ was not used in this bill to describe the guidance being developed. Other than that, I see nothing in this bill that would engender any organized opposition. I suspect that there would be broad bipartisan support for the bill were it to be considered (after clarifying that the guidance was completely voluntary).

This bill will run into the same problem that most bills encounter in the Senate; it simply is not politically important enough to take the time necessary to proceed under regular order. I do suspect that this bill might be a reasonable candidate for consideration under the Senate’ unanimous consent process, but that is always an iffy process, being potentially subject to opposition for reasons having nothing to do with the provisions of the bill. This is a better candidate to be included in the annual intelligence authorization bill for FY 2027.

Commentary

For purposes of determining coverage in this blog, I am assuming that “performance in chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear matters” in §2(f)(4) includes industrial control systems used in manufacturing in those ‘matters. I would, however, prefer to see that more explicitly laid out in the bill. To that end I would like to propose a new term: artificial intelligence supported manufacturing and would insert “including artificial intelligence supported manufacturing,” after the word ‘matters’ in that definition. I would then define that term in a new §2(f)(7):

“(7) The term ‘artificial intelligence supported manufacturing’ means the use of artificial intelligence to design, monitor, or control an information system, as that term is defined in 6 USC 650(14), in a manufacturing process.”

 

For more information on the provisions of the bill, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/s-3202-introduced-ai-security - subscription required.