Carter and Thompson reintroduce bill for a CISA AI task force

Reps. Troy Carter and Bennie Thompson have reintroduced legislation that would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to create an AI task force. Carter’s office announced the move on Oct. 8, 2026, describing a group that would coordinate the agency’s AI-related directives and activities. Both lawmakers are Democrats.

The proposed workload spans how AI systems are built and how they are used. According to the announcement, the task force would coordinate efforts on safe and secure AI design, development, adoption and deployment. It would also assess safety and security initiatives, advise stakeholders about potential cyber risks from deploying AI, and identify workforce gaps.

CISA’s director would have one year after enactment—not after the bill’s introduction—to establish the group, drawing its members from the agency’s offices and divisions. The proposal therefore calls for an internal coordinating body; the announcement is not the launch of an operating task force.

The group would brief the House Homeland Security Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on its activities. Carter’s release describes those briefings as “biannual” but does not specify the interval.