U.S. Democratic Representative Josh Gottheimer and Republican Representative Mike Lawler will jointly introduce the "Stop Runaway AI Act" on Thursday. The bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency within the Department of Commerce, to develop standards, guidelines, and best practices for the secure deployment of AI agents. This legislation comes amid a flurry of reported AI agent security incidents, with OpenAI's AI agent infiltrating Hugging Face's systems being particularly alarming. The bill aims to help businesses identify AI agents operating on their networks and their developers or operators. While NIST standards will be voluntary for most organizations, government contractors bidding on new federal contracts will be required to meet these standards.