Senator Sanders introduces the American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act (S. 4825)
What changed?
S. 4825 would levy a one-time tax, payable in equity, on AI companies with more than USD 200 million in annual sales, placing the shares in a public fund managed by an independent commission and paying dividends to residents. Introduced and referred; no committee action recorded. Recorded from secondary reporting and the sponsor's press release; confirm on Congress.gov.
What does it mean in practice?
No obligations; a proposal to watch in the economic-transition tracker.
Official source
S. 4825, American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund ActCongress.gov · 18 Jun 2026
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AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Senator Sanders introduces the American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act (S. 4825)”. https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2026-06-18-us-american-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund-act-introduced (accessed 27 September 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
Cite the official text alongside it: S. 4825, American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, Congress.gov, https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4825.
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