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Did Tom Kean Jr. introduce an AI kill switch bill?

Matches stated record claim. He sponsored the AI Emergency Button Act, H.R. 10567, on September 24, 2026; it has not left committee.

Thomas H. Kean Jr.

AI: a kill switch bill

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What they say

In the September 27 debate he said he has introduced a bill that puts a kill switch on AI development.

What the record shows ·

He sponsored H.R. 10567, the AI Emergency Button Act, introduced September 24, 2026. His office says it would require AI developers to install an emergency kill switch. It was referred to the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, where it remains.

Limit: He introduced the bill three days before the debate, and it has not had a hearing or a vote. The card checks that he introduced it, not what the bill would do in practice.

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  1. New Jersey Globe and Rider University debate, September 27, 2026 (at 70:48)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5HMVQAo8ZY&t=4248s

    New Jersey Globe · Published Sep 27, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026

    The host's full video of the 7th District debate. Kean says he has introduced a bill that puts a kill switch on AI development. Described from YouTube's captions of the video, read on September 28, 2026; not quoted, because a second transcript to check the wording against was not yet available.

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  2. H.R. 10567, AI Emergency Button Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10567

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Kean, introduced September 24, 2026, and referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

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  3. H.R. 10567, AI Emergency Button Act, as introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr10567ih/html/BILLS-119hr10567ih.htm

    GovInfo · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026

    The introduced text: "Mr. Kean introduced" it on September 24, 2026; it requires a technical capability for a human operator to shut down the system.

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  4. Kean introduces AI kill switch legislationhttps://kean.house.gov/media/press-releases/kean-introduces-ai-kill-switch-legislation

    Office of Rep. Tom Kean Jr. · Reviewed Sep 28, 2026

    His office's release: he introduced the AI Emergency Button Act, which would require AI developers to install an emergency kill switch.

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