RARE BIPARTISAN AI BILL MOVES THROUGH CONGRESS AND NOBODY IN WASHINGTON IS FIGHTING ABOUT IT The CREATE AI Act, short for Creating Resources for Every American to Experiment with Artificial Intelligence, is moving through Congress with cross-party support so consistent it barely qualifies as news in normal times, which is precisely what makes it unusual in the current political environment. The bill would convert the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource from a temporary pilot program into a permanent statutory institution at the National Science Foundation. The NAIRR pilot launched under the Biden administration and has operated since early 2024, supporting more than 600 cutting-edge AI research projects across all 50 states. The Trump AI Action Plan explicitly endorsed its continuation, which gave Republican senators political cover for a program they might otherwise have characterized as a Biden-era holdover. The bill is sponsored in the Senate by Todd Young of Indiana and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, with Mike Rounds and Cory Booker also signed on. The companion House legislation is carried by Jay Obernolte of California and Don Beyer of Virginia. The NAIRR gives academic researchers and smaller institutions access to computing infrastructure and AI tools they could not otherwise afford, widening participation in AI development beyond the handful of large companies with the capital to compete at the frontier. Separately, Obernolte and Trahan circulated a 269-page discussion draft of the Great American AI Act, a comprehensive federal AI governance framework, but that legislation faces more complicated politics and has not yet advanced to a floor vote. Keywords: CREATE AI Act, NAIRR, bipartisan AI legislation, federal AI policy