Senate AI AGENT Act proposes federal governance framework for autonomous consumer AI agents

According to CIO coverage, Senator Mark Warner's draft AI AGENT Act (Artificial Intelligence Access, Gatekeeper Exchange, and Nondiscriminatory Transfer) establishes a federal governance framework targeting security, accountability, and regulatory requirements for consumer-facing autonomous AI agents. The legislation addresses governance gaps in enterprise deployments of AI agents and defines accountability structures for autonomous systems. The framework aims to establish standards before widespread consumer deployment of agentic AI.