The White House has released a fact sheet and Presidential Action outlining a new Executive Order intended to create a unified national policy framework for artificial intelligence, aiming to reduce regulatory fragmentation and guide how AI is governed across the United States.
According to the fact sheet, the Executive Order is designed to prevent what the administration describes as a growing patchwork of state-level AI regulations. More than 1,000 AI-related bills have been introduced in state legislatures nationwide, creating differing requirements around compliance, disclosure, and reporting. The administration says these inconsistencies could increase costs, complicate development, and slow innovation.
Key Facts of the Executive Order
The Order directs several federal agencies to take specific actions to align AI governance at the national level:
- The Order directs the Attorney General to establish an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge unconstitutional, preempted, or otherwise unlawful State AI laws that harm innovation.
- The Order directs the Secretary of Commerce to publish an evaluation of State AI laws that conflict with national AI policy priorities and withhold non-deployment Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) funding from any State with such AI laws. Other agencies are directed to consider whether to make an absence of similar laws, or a policy of enforcement discretion with respect to any existing such laws, a condition of applicable discretionary grant programs.
- The Order instructs the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission to take actions that will limit States’ ability to force AI companies to deceive consumers, including determining whether laws that force companies to embed DEI into their models cause those companies to violate the Federal Trade Commission Act, and considering whether to adopt a Federal reporting and disclosure standard for AI models.
- The Order calls for the development of a national AI legislative framework that would preempt State AI laws that stifle innovation.
🇺🇸 President Donald J. Trump acted to keep America LEADING in AI—removing unnecessary red tape, ending inconsistent state regulations, and strengthening America’s national security. pic.twitter.com/qTIfR94jUt
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 12, 2025
Focus on Competitiveness and Innovation
The administration frames the Executive Order as part of a broader effort to strengthen U.S. competitiveness in artificial intelligence. The fact sheet emphasizes reducing compliance burdens associated with varying state laws, lowering barriers to entry for AI development, and ensuring that U.S. companies are not subject to regulatory constraints that differ from those faced by international competitors.
The Order also builds on earlier administration actions related to AI governance. In July 2025, the White House released an AI Action Plan calling for the review and removal of regulations that could hinder U.S. leadership in the technology. That same month, an Executive Order restricted the federal government’s use of AI models that include ideological or social programming. Earlier in May 2025, the administration signed the Take It Down Act, legislation aimed at protecting children from deepfake exploitation online.
Next Steps
The fact sheet notes that the Executive Order is intended to serve as a foundation for a more consistent federal approach to AI policy, with further actions expected from agencies as they evaluate state laws, grant programs, and regulatory standards.
As federal agencies begin implementing the directives outlined in the Order, the White House says the effort is aimed at clarifying rules, reducing regulatory uncertainty, and establishing a national framework for artificial intelligence that balances innovation, consumer protection, and economic competitiveness.
(AI was used in part to facilitate this article.)