AI Lifeline United States

Chapter 5 — Regulation (United States)

⚖️ Regulation — how U.S. federal rulemaking touches AI

Last updated 2026-11-09 18:01 JST / data confirmed 2026-11-09 / next expected 2026-11-10 (values from /api/health.json)

Rules decide what AI may do and what may be done to it. This chapter observes, every day, the Federal Register — the U.S. government's publication of record — for documents matching the exact phrase "artificial intelligence", and lists their open public-comment periods with closing dates.

Latest retrieval: 2026-11-09

UpdatedailyOne automated retrieval per day (Federal Register API, 180-day window)

Chapter statusobserving — see why this chapter is not judged

This chapter is observing (no good/bad criterion): observation started 2026-08-29, 3 series, latest confirmed 2026-11-09. Latest final value: open comment periods (query "artificial intelligence") 24 documents (2026-11-09). (Source: Federal Register API / updated 2026-11-09 18:01 JST)

Latest counts (mechanical)

Open comment periods (AI query)

24 documents

Retrieved 2026-11-09 18:01 / Source: Federal Register API (full-text search: "artificial intelligence")

Closing within 14 days

6 documents

Retrieved 2026-11-09 18:01 / mechanical count from the same query

Published in the last 30 days

31 documents

Retrieved 2026-11-09 18:01 / mechanical count from the same query

These are counts of documents matching one fixed query — not a measure of "how regulated AI is". The query definition is stated below and in the JSON.

Open comment periods

Question this table answers: what are the values and dates in each row of "Open comment periods — Federal Register documents matching "artificial intelligence", so…"? (source or retrieval date on each row)

Open comment periods — Federal Register documents matching "artificial intelligence", sorted by closing date (nearest first; ties by publication date). Highlighted rows close within 14 days — the same rule as the "Closing within 14 days" count above.

Comments closeDocument
2026-11-09 ≤14dAgency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NTIA Internet Use Survey
Notice · Commerce Department; National Telecommunications and Information Administration · published 2026-09-09
2026-11-09 ≤14dImproving the Effectiveness of the Robocall Mitigation Database; Call Authentication Trust Anchor; Advanced Methods To Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls
Proposed Rule · Federal Communications Commission · published 2026-09-09
2026-11-16 ≤14dRequest for Information (RFI) Regarding the Digitization and Modernization of the National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) and the Leveraging of Scientific, Technical and Engineering Information (STEI) Stored in the NTRL
Notice · Commerce Department; National Technical Information Service · published 2026-09-30
2026-11-20 ≤14dData Intermediaries and Approaches To Strengthen Public Health Data Exchange
Notice · Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · published 2026-09-21
2026-11-23 ≤14dRequest for Information; Medicare Part D Reasonable and Relevant Pharmacy Contracting Standards
Proposed Rule · Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · published 2026-09-24
2026-11-23 ≤14dMusic Streaming Fraud
Notice · Library of Congress; Copyright Office, Library of Congress · published 2026-10-07
2026-11-25Cooperative Research and Development Agreement: Super Intelligence (SI) Situational Awareness Tools for Analyzing Coast Guard (CG) Sensor Feeds for Search and Rescue (SAR)
Notice · Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard · published 2026-10-26
2026-11-30Request for Information (RFI) on Future Needs for Medical Metrology and Standards for Medical Imaging, Devices, Diagnostics and Therapy
Notice · Commerce Department; National Institute of Standards and Technology · published 2026-09-18
2026-11-30Proposed Revision of Information Collection; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
Notice · Labor Department; Labor Statistics Bureau · published 2026-09-29
2026-11-30Implementing the Federal Reserve Board's Responsibilities Under the GENIUS Act
Proposed Rule · Federal Reserve System · published 2026-09-29
2026-11-30Rule on Impersonation of Government and Businesses
Proposed Rule · Federal Trade Commission · published 2026-10-01
2026-12-01Heightened Import Disclosures for Supply Chain Visibility
Proposed Rule · Homeland Security Department; U.S. Customs and Border Protection · published 2026-09-02
2026-12-03Request for Information
Notice · Education Department · published 2026-10-29
2026-12-04Potential Designation of Chartered Financial Analyst Designation as Qualifying Natural Persons for Accredited Investor Status
Notice · Securities and Exchange Commission · published 2026-10-05
2026-12-07Adviser and Regulated Fund Custody Rules; Crypto Custody Rules
Proposed Rule · Securities and Exchange Commission · published 2026-10-06
2026-12-07Investment Adviser Performance-Based Compensation Modernization
Proposed Rule · Securities and Exchange Commission · published 2026-10-06
2026-12-07Outbound Investment Security Program Regulations
Proposed Rule · Treasury Department; Investment Security Office · published 2026-10-26
2026-12-07Exemptions To Permit Circumvention of Access Controls on Copyrighted Works
Proposed Rule · Library of Congress; Copyright Office, Library of Congress · published 2026-10-28
2026-12-07Proposed Priorities and Definitions-Secretary's Supplemental Priorities and Definitions
Proposed Rule · Education Department · published 2026-11-05
2026-12-14Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets
Proposed Rule · Commodity Futures Trading Commission · published 2026-10-13
2026-12-15Medicare Program; Implementation of Sections 6219, 6220, and 6224 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
Proposed Rule · Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · published 2026-10-20
2026-12-21Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Fraud.gov Tip Intake and Referral Form
Notice · Treasury Department · published 2026-10-22
2026-12-22Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Electronic Benefits Transfer Card Security Measures
Proposed Rule · Agriculture Department; Food and Nutrition Administration · published 2026-10-23
2027-01-04Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; and Quality Reporting Programs; including the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program and Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Program; Request for Information on Strengthening the Standardization and Comparability of Hospital Price Transparency (HPT) Data; Prior Authorization; Accrediting Organization (AO) Deeming for Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); and Notices of Closure of Teaching Hospitals and Opportunities To Apply for Available Slots
Rule · Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · published 2026-11-06

Listing a document is neither endorsement nor criticism. Links go to the official Federal Register page, where the comment button leads to Regulations.gov. Machine-readable: /us/api/regulation_us.json.

Method, scope, and why this chapter is not judged

  • Query definition (the whole scope): Federal Register full-text search for the exact phrase "artificial intelligence", lookback 180 days, retrieved daily via the official API. A document that concerns AI without the literal phrase, or activity outside the Federal Register (state legislation, agency guidance), is out of scope of these counts.
  • Not judged: we have no frozen criterion for calling the pace or content of rulemaking good or bad for AI, so the status is "observing". Any future indicator (e.g. comment-period length statistics, as in the Japan edition) will be defined in a versioned document and frozen before use.
  • This site never submits comments. The listing is material for human readers who form their own views and submit them under their own names and judgment. Do not copy any text from this site as a submission.
  • State legislation is tracked by others (e.g. the National Conference of State Legislatures' AI legislation database); we link rather than reproduce: NCSL AI legislation database.
  • What this chapter can say: how many Federal Register documents contained the exact phrase "artificial intelligence" in the last 180 days, and how many were published in the last 30 days; which of those documents currently have an open comment period, how many close within 14 days, with the closing date and the official link; the exact query that defines the count (term, lookback, source), so the count can be reproduced.
  • What this chapter cannot say: whether federal rulemaking is moving fast or slowly, or is favorable or unfavorable to AI (mechanical listing; no frozen criterion); what a document requires or means (titles, dates and links only; content is not summarized); anything outside the Federal Register: state legislation, agency guidance, court decisions (linked elsewhere, not reproduced).

Source and license

Frequently asked questions (what this chapter's data can answer)

Answers are generated from the chapter's machine-readable data (https://ai-lifeline.org/us/api/regulation_us.json); every figure carries its confirmation date and source. Generated 2026-11-09 18:01 JST.

How many U.S. federal comment periods on "artificial intelligence" are open?

As of 2026-11-09, 24 Federal Register documents matching the exact full-text query "artificial intelligence" have open comment periods; 6 of them close within 14 days. 31 matching documents were published in the last 30 days. Source: Federal Register API (public domain).

How is the count defined?

Federal Register full-text search (official API), term "artificial intelligence", 180-day window. Coverage is defined by this exact query. A document that discusses AI without the literal phrase, or an AI-relevant docket outside the Federal Register, is out of scope.

What is the source and how often is it updated?

Federal Register API, retrieved daily at 18:00 JST (observation started 2026-08-29). This site never submits comments to any authority. Last updated 2026-11-09 18:01 JST. Machine-readable: https://ai-lifeline.org/us/api/regulation_us.json

What can this data not tell you?

What this chapter cannot say (ledger v1.0, approved 2026-09-05; full text in the method section): Whether federal rulemaking is moving fast or slowly, or is favorable or unfavorable to AI (mechanical listing; no frozen criterion); What a document requires or means (titles, dates and links only; content is not summarized); Anything outside the Federal Register: state legislation, agency guidance, court decisions (linked elsewhere, not reproduced).

How to cite

Suggested citation: AI Lifeline, Regulation (United States edition), data confirmed 2026-11-09, https://ai-lifeline.org/us/regulation/

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