Congress Is Building the Scaffolding: The First Federal Bill Mandating Agent Security Standards
Federal legislators have watched five weeks pass since the EU’s Article 50 transparency obligations took effect without a single enforcement action targeting agent behavior. The FTC’s 20-case AI enforcement record, totaling $51 million in recoveries, has similarly focused on marketing deception rather than autonomous conduct. On September 3, 2026, Representatives Josh Gottheimer and Mike Lawler…