HR 10670
To prohibit Chinese AI models from being used on government-issued devices or software systems, to prohibit the procurement of any such models, and for other purposes.
TL;DR
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) introduced a bill to ban Chinese AI models (like DeepSeek) from all federal government devices and prohibit agencies from buying or using them. It mirrors the TikTok-on-government-phones ban but applied to Chinese AI tools, citing national security concerns about data flowing to the Chinese government.
How This Might Impact Your Business
Federal contractors and vendors would be barred from using Chinese AI models (DeepSeek, Qwen, Baidu's Ernie, etc.) in any product or service sold to the US government.
Defense contractors, IT service providers, and SaaS companies with federal clients would need to audit their AI supply chains to confirm no Chinese-developed models are embedded.
Cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) hosting Chinese AI models would need to segregate those offerings from government customer environments.
Software vendors integrating open-source AI should verify model provenance, since many popular open-weight models (Qwen, DeepSeek) originate from Chinese labs.
The bill applies only to government-issued devices and federal procurement, so private sector use is not directly restricted.
No specific civil penalties are spelled out in the bill summary, but violations would likely trigger contract termination and suspension/debarment from federal contracting.
Currently in committee with no hearing scheduled, so passage this session is uncertain but aligns with bipartisan China-tech restriction momentum.
What Should You Do
Inventory every AI model used in products or internal tools sold to federal agencies, flagging any with Chinese origin (DeepSeek, Qwen, Yi, Ernie, MiniMax, Kimi).
Ask your engineering and procurement teams to document model provenance in your AI bill of materials, which federal buyers will increasingly demand.
If you resell or host AI through cloud marketplaces, review whether Chinese models appear in your catalog and prepare to geofence federal customers.
Have your government affairs or legal team track HR 10670 through the House Oversight Committee and watch for companion Senate legislation.
Review FAR and DFARS clauses in existing federal contracts for AI representations you may already be making about foreign technology.
Who It Affects
Sponsors
Status Timeline
committee
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
October 1, 2026