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The bill promotes AI adoption by small businesses with training and clearer definitions while preventing new federal spending — but its prohibition on additional appropriations risks undercutting implementation, shifting costs onto taxpayers or other programs, and leaving rural or vulnerable firms without adequate support or safeguards.
Small-business owners and their workers will receive practical information, training, and outreach to evaluate and adopt AI, helping them improve productivity and competitiveness.
Small businesses will get guidance to strengthen data protection, intellectual property safeguards, and cybersecurity when using AI, reducing some operational and privacy risks.
The Act forbids any additional appropriations to implement it, so taxpayers face no new federal spending and the law limits growth of new ongoing budget commitments.
Because the Act forbids new appropriations to implement it, agencies and program beneficiaries risk not receiving the funding needed, so intended programs or supports could be delayed or never implemented.
To comply or expand AI-related services without new appropriations, agencies may reallocate existing budgets or pass costs on to taxpayers, potentially cutting or degrading other programs and increasing fiscal pressure.
Encouraging AI adoption without strict privacy or accountability requirements could increase risks of misuse of business and customer data, harming consumers and some small firms.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Requires the Small Business Administration to help small businesses evaluate and adopt artificial intelligence by providing information, guidance, training, and outreach on AI best practices, cybersecurity, data and IP protection, regulatory compliance, customer trust, and business integration. Also adopts the federal definition of "artificial intelligence" from the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act and explicitly states that no new funds are authorized to implement these changes.
Introduced October 17, 2025 by Mark Alford · Last progress January 26, 2026