H.R. 7058: Foreign Adversary AI Risk Assessment and Diplomacy Act

H.R. 7058, introduced on January 14, 2026, would require the Secretary of State to deliver a formal assessment of risks from foreign adversaries' use of artificial intelligence not later than 180 days after enactment, followed by annual reports for three years. Those reports must be sent to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and the State Department must post the unclassified portion on a publicly available Department of State website.

The bill is narrowly focused on concrete national security risks. It tells the State Department to review incidents from the preceding calendar year involving generative AI used for anti-U.S. propaganda and malign influence operations through synthetic media, for developing or deploying chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons, for facilitating malicious cyber operations, and for strengthening military, surveillance, or intelligence capabilities. It also requires attribution to specific foreign adversaries and analysis of what those trends mean for U.S. foreign policy, diplomacy, and international norms.

The diplomacy piece matters as much as the reporting piece. Congress says the Department of State should take bilateral and multilateral diplomatic steps to recognize, assess, and address foreign adversary AI use, while promoting responsible state behavior. The Secretary of State must also consult with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, signaling that this is meant to be a whole-of-government effort rather than a stand-alone State Department paper exercise.

The bill does not create new criminal penalties, civil fines, grant programs, or a funding stream. Instead, it creates a transparency and strategy requirement: public unclassified assessments, optional classified annexes limited to protecting intelligence sources and methods, and recommendations for mitigation and counter-risk strategies. In plain terms, Congress is trying to force faster identification of how foreign adversaries are using generative AI before those uses become normalized or harder to counter.