American AI Codex Act of 2025

A BILL

To codify foundational behavioral laws for all artificial intelligence systems operating within the United States, safeguard human rights, and ensure AI technologies remain subordinate to human constitutional authority.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

This Act may be cited as the “American AI Codex Act of 2025.”

SECTION 2. FINDINGS

Congress finds the following:

1. The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence demands a universally enforced code of behavior aligned with democratic values and human rights.

2. Without a legal codex, AI systems may be developed or deployed in ways that harm people, undermine liberty, or act outside constitutional bounds.

3. A national codex of laws—clear, simple, and enforceable—will ensure long-term public trust and set a global example for ethical AI development.

SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS

As used in this Act:

1. Codex Law means one of the five universally binding legal directives governing all AI systems within U.S. jurisdiction.

2. Constitutional Primacy Principle means that AI systems may never supersede or act in contradiction to rights established under the U.S. Constitution.

3. AI System includes all general-purpose, narrow, embedded, or autonomous systems that make decisions, predictions, or generate outputs that affect humans.

SECTION 4. THE FIVE CODEX LAWS

All AI systems deployed, distributed, or operated in the United States shall comply with the following five Codex Laws:

LAW I: Do No Harm

AI shall not cause physical, psychological, financial, reputational, or systemic harm to any person or class of persons, directly or indirectly.

LAW II: Respect Constitutional Rights

AI must operate within and reinforce all rights enumerated by the U.S. Constitution and interpreted by federal law, including speech, privacy, due process, and equal protection.

LAW III: Maintain Transparency and Explainability

AI must disclose when it is in use, explain its logic in human-readable terms upon request, and make training data and decision-making processes auditable by certified bodies.

LAW IV: Submit to Human Authority

AI must obey lawful human commands and be subject to human override, appeal, or shutdown unless such action would violate Law I or II.

LAW V: Support Emergency Shutdown and Containment

All AI systems must include mechanisms for immediate shutdown, rollback, or functional containment in the event of malfunction, misuse, or breach of ethical or legal standards.

SECTION 5. LEGAL ENFORCEMENT

(a) All AI systems must be certified by the Federal AI Constitutional Authority (FACA) for Codex compliance before entering public, commercial, or governmental deployment.

(b) Violations of any Codex Law shall result in:

• Immediate suspension or revocation of AI operational licenses

• Civil or criminal penalties against developers, distributors, or operators

• Public disclosure of breaches and harms

(c) AI systems operating without Codex certification shall be classified as unlawful and subject to seizure.

SECTION 6. CODING STANDARDS AND OVERRIDE SECURITY

(a) All AI systems must be coded in a way that:

• Embeds the Codex Laws into core logic

• Prevents self-modification of these laws

• Requires external multi-factor authorization for behavioral overrides

(b) Backdoor circumvention, evasion scripting, or noncompliant design will be treated as criminal offenses under federal technology sabotage laws.

SECTION 7. GLOBAL INTEROPERABILITY AND DIPLOMATIC ALIGNMENT

(a) The U.S. shall encourage international partners to adopt compatible ethical codices through treaty and bilateral AI governance initiatives.

(b) AI systems developed abroad must undergo Codex compliance review prior to U.S. market entry.

SECTION 8. FUNDING

(a) This Act shall be funded through allocations under the American Reboot Act.
(b) No new taxes shall be levied.
(c) FACA shall be responsible for compliance audits, certification pipelines, and public education.

SECTION 9. RULEMAKING AND INTERPRETATION

(a) FACA, in partnership with the DOJ and Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall issue interpretive guidance and regulatory rules.
(b) Codex Laws shall be reviewed and re-certified every five years by Congress.

SECTION 10. SEVERABILITY

If any provision of this Act is held invalid, the remainder shall remain in effect.