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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4178
To establish artificial intelligence standards, metrics, and evaluation
tools, to support artificial intelligence research, development, and
capacity building activities, to promote innovation in the artificial
intelligence industry by ensuring companies of all sizes can succeed
and thrive, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 18, 2024
Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Young, Mr. Hickenlooper, and Mrs.
Blackburn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To establish artificial intelligence standards, metrics, and evaluation
tools, to support artificial intelligence research, development, and
capacity building activities, to promote innovation in the artificial
intelligence industry by ensuring companies of all sizes can succeed
and thrive, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Future of
Artificial Intelligence Innovation Act of 2024''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I--VOLUNTARY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE STANDARDS, METRICS,
EVALUATION TOOLS, TESTBEDS, AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Subtitle A--Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute and Testbeds
Sec. 101. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute.
Sec. 102. Program on artificial intelligence testbeds.
Sec. 103. National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department
of Energy testbed to identify, test, and
synthesize new materials.
Sec. 104. National Science Foundation and Department of Energy
collaboration to make scientific
discoveries through the use of artificial
intelligence.
Sec. 105. Progress report.
Subtitle B--International Cooperation
Sec. 111. International coalition on innovation, development, and
harmonization of standards with respect to
artificial intelligence.
Sec. 112. Requirement to support bilateral and multilateral artificial
intelligence research collaborations.
Subtitle C--Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Innovation
Sec. 121. Comptroller General of the United States identification of
risks and obstacles relating to artificial
intelligence and Federal agencies.
TITLE II--ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, CAPACITY
BUILDING ACTIVITIES
Sec. 201. Public data for artificial intelligence systems.
Sec. 202. Federal grand challenges in artificial intelligence.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that policies governing artificial
intelligence should maximize the potential and development of
artificial intelligence to benefit all private and public stakeholders.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given such
term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code, except
such term shall include an independent regulatory agency, as
defined in such section.
(2) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial
intelligence'' has the meaning given such term in section 5002
of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020
(15 U.S.C. 9401).
(3) Artificial intelligence blue-teaming.--The term
``artificial intelligence blue-teaming'' means an effort to
conduct operational network vulnerability evaluations and
provide mitigation techniques to entities who have a need for
an independent technical review of the network security posture
of an artificial intelligence system.
(4) Artificial intelligence model.--The term ``artificial
intelligence model'' means a component of an artificial
intelligence system that is a model--
(A) derived using mathematical, computational,
statistical, or machine-learning techniques; and
(B) used as part of an artificial intelligence
system to produce outputs from a given set of inputs.
(5) Artificial intelligence red-teaming.--The term
``artificial intelligence red-teaming'' means structured
adversarial testing efforts of an artificial intelligence
system to identify risks, flaws, and vulnerabilities of the
artificial intelligence system, such as harmful outputs from
the system, unforeseen or undesirable system behaviors,
limitations, or potential risks associated with the misuse of
the system.
(6) Artificial intelligence risk management framework.--The
term ``Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework''
means the most recently updated version of the framework
developed and updated pursuant to section 22A(c) of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C.
278h-1(c)).
(7) Artificial intelligence system.--The term ``artificial
intelligence system'' has the meaning given such term in
section 7223 of the Advancing American AI Act (40 U.S.C. 11301
note).
(8) Critical infrastructure.--The term ``critical
infrastructure'' has the meaning given such term in section
1016(e) of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
(USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)).
(9) Federal laboratory.--The term ``Federal laboratory''
has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the Stevenson-
Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703).
(10) Foundation model.--The term ``foundation model'' means
an artificial intelligence model trained on broad data at scale
and is adaptable to a wide range of downstream tasks.
(11) Generative artificial intelligence.--The term
``generative artificial intelligence'' means the class of
artificial intelligence models that utilize the structure and
characteristics of input data in order to generate outputs in
the form of derived synthetic content. Such derived synthetic
content can include images, videos, audio, text, software,
code, and other digital content.
(12) National laboratory.--The term ``National Laboratory''
has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
(13) Synthetic content.--The term ``synthetic content''
means information, such as images, videos, audio clips, and
text, that has been significantly modified or generated by
algorithms, including by artificial intelligence.
(14) Testbed.--The term ``testbed'' means a facility or
mechanism equipped for conducting rigorous, transparent, and
replicable testing of tools and technologies, including
artificial intelligence systems, to help evaluate the
functionality, trustworthiness, usability, and performance of
those tools or technologies.
(15) TEVV.--The term ``TEVV'' means methodologies, metrics,
techniques, and tasks for testing, evaluating, verifying, and
validating artificial intelligence systems or components.
(16) Watermarking.--The term ``watermarking'' means the act
of embedding information that is intended to be difficult to
remove, into outputs generated by artificial intelligence,
including outputs such as text, images, audio, videos, software
code, or any other digital content or data, for the purposes of
verifying the authenticity of the output or the identity or
characteristics of its provenance, modifications, or
conveyance.
TITLE I--VOLUNTARY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE STANDARDS, METRICS,
EVALUATION TOOLS, TESTBEDS, AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Subtitle A--Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute and Testbeds
SEC. 101. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SAFETY INSTITUTE.
(a) Establishment of Institute.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Standards and Technology (in this section referred to as the
``Under Secretary'') shall establish an institute on artificial
intelligence.
(2) Designation.--The institute established pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall be known as the ``Artificial Intelligence
Safety Institute'' (in this section referred to as the
``Institute'').
(3) Mission.--The mission of the Institute is as follows:
(A) To assist the private sector and agencies in
developing voluntary best practices for the robust
assessment of artificial intelligence systems.
(B) To provide technical assistance for the
adoption and use of artificial intelligence across the
Federal Government to improve the quality of government
services.
(C) To develop guidelines, methodologies, and best
practices to promote--
(i) development and adoption of voluntary,
consensus-based technical standards or industry
standards;
(ii) long-term advancements in artificial
intelligence technologies; and
(iii) innovation in the artificial
intelligence industry by ensuring that
companies of all sizes can succeed and thrive.
(b) Director.--The Under Secretary shall appoint a director of the
Institute, who shall be known as the ``Director of the Artificial
Intelligence Safety Institute'' (in this section referred to as the
``Director'') and report directly to the Under Secretary.
(c) Staff and Authorities.--
(1) Staff.--The Director may hire such full-time employees
as the Director considers appropriate to assist the Director in
carrying out the functions of the Institute.
(2) Use of authority to hire critical technical experts.--
In addition to making appointments under paragraph (1) of this
subsection, the Director, in coordination with the Secretary of
Commerce, may make appointments of scientific, engineering, and
professional personnel, and fix their basic pay, under
subsection (b) of section 6 of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 275) to hire critical
technical experts.
(3) Expansion of authority to hire critical technical
experts.--Such subsection is amended, in the second sentence,
by striking ``15'' and inserting ``30''.
(4) Modification of sunset.--Subsection (c) of such section
is amended by striking ``the date that is 5 years after the
date of the enactment of this section'' and inserting
``December 30, 2035''.
(5) Agreements.--The Director may enter into such
agreements, including contracts, grants, cooperative
agreements, and other transactions, as the Director considers
necessary to carry out the functions of the Institute and on
such terms as the Under Secretary considers appropriate.
(d) Consultation and Coordination.--In establishing the Institute,
the Under Secretary shall--
(1) coordinate with--
(A) the Secretary of Energy;
(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security;
(C) the Secretary of Defense;
(D) the Director of the National Science
Foundation; and
(E) the Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy; and
(2) consult with the heads of such other Federal agencies
as the Under Secretary considers appropriate.
(e) Functions.--The functions of the Institute, which the Institute
shall carry out in coordination with the laboratories of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, are as follows:
(1) Research, evaluation, testing, and standards.--The
following functions relating to research, evaluation, testing,
and standards:
(A) Conducting measurement research into system and
model safety, validity and reliability, security,
capabilities and limitations, explainability,
interpretability, and privacy.
(B) Working with the Department of Energy, the
National Science Foundation, public-private
partnerships, including the Artificial Intelligence
Safety Institute Consortium established under
subsection (f), and other private sector organizations
to develop testing environments and perform regular
benchmarking and capability evaluations, including
artificial intelligence red-teaming as the Director
considers appropriate.
(C) Working with consensus-based, open, and
transparent standards development organizations (SDOs)
and relevant industry, Federal laboratories, civil
society, and academic institutions to advance
development and adoption of clear, implementable,
technically sound, and technology-neutral voluntary
standards and guidelines that incorporate appropriate
variations in approach depending on the size of the
entity, the potential risks and potential benefits of
the artificial intelligence system, and the role of the
entity (such as developer, deployer, or user) relating
to artificial intelligence systems.
(D) Building upon the Artificial Intelligence Risk
Management Framework to incorporate guidelines on
generative artificial intelligence systems.
(E) Developing a companion resource to the Secure
Software Development Framework to incorporate secure
development practices for generative artificial
intelligence and for foundation models.
(F) Developing and publishing cybersecurity tools,
methodologies, best practices, voluntary guidelines,
and other supporting information to assist persons who
maintain systems used to create or train artificial
intelligence models to discover and mitigate
vulnerabilities and attacks.
(G) Coordinating or developing guidelines, metrics,
benchmarks, and methodologies for evaluating artificial
intelligence systems, including the following:
(i) Cataloging existing artificial
intelligence metrics, benchmarks, and
evaluation methodologies used in industry and
academia.
(ii) Testing and validating the efficacy of
existing metrics, benchmarks, and evaluations,
as well as TEVV tools and products.
(iii) Funding and facilitating research and
other activities in a transparent manner,
including at institutions of higher education
and other nonprofit and private sector
partners, to evaluate, develop, or improve TEVV
capabilities, with rigorous scientific merit,
for artificial intelligence systems.
(iv) Evaluating foundation models for their
potential effect in downstream systems, such as
when retrained or fine-tuned.
(H) Coordinating with counterpart institutions of
international partners and allies to promote global
interoperability in the development of research,
evaluation, testing, and standards relating to
artificial intelligence.
(I) Developing tools, methodologies, best
practices, and voluntary guidelines for identifying
vulnerabilities in foundation models.
(J) Developing tools, methodologies, best
practices, and voluntary guidelines for relevant
agencies to track incidents resulting in harm caused by
artificial intelligence systems.
(2) Implementation.--The following functions relating to
implementation:
(A) Using publicly available and voluntarily
provided information, conducting evaluations to assess
the impacts of artificial intelligence systems, and
developing guidelines and practices for safe
development, deployment, and use of artificial
intelligence technology.
(B) Aligning capability evaluation and red-teaming
guidelines and benchmarks, sharing best practices, and
coordinating on building testbeds and test environments
with allies of the United States and international
partners and allies.
(C) Coordinating vulnerability and incident data
sharing with international partners and allies.
(D) Integrating appropriate testing capabilities
and infrastructure for testing of models and systems.
(E) Establishing blue-teaming capabilities to
develop mitigation approaches and partner with industry
to address risks and negative impacts.
(F) Developing voluntary guidelines on--
(i) detecting synthetic content,
authenticating content and tracking of the
provenance of content, labeling original and
synthetic content, such as by watermarking, and
evaluating software and systems relating to
detection and labeling of synthetic content;
(ii) ensuring artificial intelligence
systems do not violate privacy rights or other
rights; and
(iii) transparency documentation of
artificial intelligence datasets and artificial
intelligence models.
(G) Coordinating with relevant agencies to develop
or support, as the heads of the agencies determine
appropriate, sector- and application-specific profiles
of the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management
Framework for different use cases, integrating end-user
experience and on-going development work into a
continuously evolving toolkit.
(3) Operations and engagement.--The following functions
relating to operations and engagement:
(A) Managing the work of the Institute, developing
internal processes, and ensuring that the Institute
meets applicable goals and targets.
(B) Engaging with the private sector to promote
innovation and competitiveness.
(C) Engaging with international standards
organizations, multilateral organizations, and similar
institutes among allies and partners.
(f) Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium.--
(1) Establishment.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary
shall establish a consortium of stakeholders from
academic or research communities, Federal laboratories,
private industry, including companies of all sizes with
different roles in the use of artificial intelligence
systems, including developers, deployers, and users,
and civil society with expertise in matters relating to
artificial intelligence to support the Institute in
carrying out the functions set forth under subsection
(e).
(B) Designation.--The consortium established
pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be known as the
``Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute
Consortium''.
(2) Consultation.--The Under Secretary, acting through the
Director, shall consult with the consortium established under
this subsection not less frequently than quarterly.
(3) Report to congress.--Not later than 2 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology shall submit to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of
the House of Representatives a report summarizing the
contributions of the members of the consortium established
under this subsection in support the efforts of the Institute.
(g) Artificial Intelligence System Testing.--In carrying out the
Institute functions required by subsection (a), the Under Secretary
shall support and contribute to the development of voluntary,
consensus-based technical standards for testing artificial intelligence
system components, including, as the Under Secretary considers
appropriate, the following:
(1) Physical infrastructure for training or developing
artificial intelligence models and systems, including cloud
infrastructure.
(2) Physical infrastructure for operating artificial
intelligence systems, including cloud infrastructure.
(3) Data for training artificial intelligence models.
(4) Data for evaluating the functionality and
trustworthiness of trained artificial intelligence models and
systems.
(5) Trained or partially trained artificial intelligence
models and any resulting software systems or products.
(h) Gifts.--
(1) Authority.--The Director may seek, accept, hold,
administer, and use gifts from public and private sources
whenever the Director determines it would be in the interest of
the United States to do so.
(2) Regulations.--The Director, in consultation with the
Director of the Office of Government Ethics, shall ensure that
authority under this subsection is exercised consistent with
all relevant ethical constraints and principles, including--
(A) the avoidance of any prohibited conflict of
interest or appearance of impropriety; and
(B) a prohibition against the acceptance of a gift
from a foreign government or an agent of a foreign
government.
(i) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to provide the Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology any enforcement authority that was not in
effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 102. PROGRAM ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TESTBEDS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
of the House of Representatives.
(2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of
the National Science Foundation.
(3) Institute.--The term ``Institute'' means the Artificial
Intelligence Safety Institute established by section 101.
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Energy.
(5) Under secretary.--The term ``Under Secretary'' means
the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology.
(b) Program Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall, in coordination
with the Secretary and the Director, establish and commence carrying
out a testbed program to encourage collaboration and support
partnerships between the National Laboratories, the National Institute
of Standards and Technology, the National Artificial Intelligence
Research Resource pilot program established by the Director of the
National Science Foundation, or any successor program, and public and
private sector entities, including companies of all sizes, to conduct
research and development, tests, evaluations, and risk assessments of
artificial intelligence systems, including measurement methodologies
developed by the Institute.
(c) Activities.--In carrying out this program, the Under Secretary
shall, in coordination with the Secretary--
(1) use the advanced computing resources, testbeds, and
expertise of the National Laboratories, the Institute, the
National Science Foundation, and private sector entities to run
tests and evaluations on the capabilities and limitations of
artificial intelligence systems;
(2) use existing solutions to the maximum extent
practicable;
(3) develop automated and reproducible tests, evaluations,
and risk assessments for artificial intelligence systems to the
extent that is practicable;
(4) assess the computational resources necessary to run
tests, evaluations, and risk assessments of artificial
intelligence systems;
(5) research methods to effectively minimize the
computational resources needed to run tests, evaluations, and
risk assessments of artificial intelligence systems;
(6) consider developing tests, evaluations, and risk
assessments for artificial intelligence systems that are
designed for high-, medium-, and low-computational intensity;
and
(7) prioritize identifying and evaluating scenarios in
which the artificial intelligence systems tested or evaluated
by a testbed could be deployed in a way that poses security
risks, and either establishing classified testbeds, or
utilizing existing classified testbeds, at the National
Laboratories if necessary, including with respect to--
(A) autonomous offensive cyber capabilities;
(B) cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the artificial
intelligence software ecosystem and beyond;
(C) chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear,
critical infrastructure, and energy-security threats or
hazards; and
(D) such other capabilities as the Under Secretary
determines necessary.
(d) Consideration Given.--In carrying out the activities required
by subsection (c), the Under Secretary shall, in coordination with the
Secretary, take under consideration the applicability of any tests,
evaluations, and risk assessments to artificial intelligence systems
trained using primarily biological sequence data, including those
systems used for gene synthesis.
(e) Metrics.--The Under Secretary, in collaboration with the
Secretary, shall develop metrics--
(1) to assess the effectiveness of the program in
encouraging collaboration and supporting partnerships as
described in subsection (b); and
(2) to assess the impact of the program on public and
private sector integration and use of artificial intelligence
systems.
(f) Use of Existing Program.--In carrying out the program required
by subsection (a), the Under Secretary may, in collaboration with the
Secretary and the Director, use a program that was in effect on the day
before the date of the enactment of this Act.
(g) Evaluation and Findings.--Not later than 3 years after the
start of this program, the Under Secretary shall, in collaboration with
the Secretary--
(1) evaluate the success of the program in encouraging
collaboration and supporting partnerships as described in
subsection (b), using the metrics developed pursuant to
subsection (e);
(2) evaluate the success of the program in encouraging
public and private sector integration and use of artificial
intelligence systems by using the metrics developed pursuant to
subsection (e); and
(3) submit to the appropriate committees of Congress the
evaluation supported pursuant to paragraph (1) and the findings
of the Under Secretary, the Secretary, and the Director with
respect to the testbed program.
(h) Consultation.--In carrying out subsection (b), the Under
Secretary shall consult, as the Under Secretary considers appropriate,
with the following:
(1) Industry, including private artificial intelligence
laboratories, companies of all sizes, and representatives from
the United States financial sector.
(2) Academia and institutions of higher education.
(3) Civil society.
(4) Third-party evaluators.
(i) Establishment of Foundation Models Test Program.--In carrying
out the program under subsection (b), the Under Secretary shall, acting
through the Director of the Institute and in coordination with the
Secretary of Energy, carry out a test program to provide vendors of
foundation models the opportunity to voluntarily test foundation models
across a range of modalities, such as models that ingest and output
text, images, audio, video, software code, and mixed modalities,
relative to the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework, by--
(1) conducting research and regular testing to improve and
benchmark the accuracy, efficacy, and bias of foundation
models;
(2) conducting research to identify key capabilities,
limitations, and unexpected behaviors of foundation models;
(3) identifying and evaluating scenarios in which these
models could pose risks;
(4) establishing reference use cases for foundation models
and performance criteria for assessing each use case, including
accuracy, efficacy, and bias metrics;
(5) enabling developers and deployers of foundation models
to evaluate such systems for risks, incidents, and
vulnerabilities if deployed in such use cases;
(6) coordinating public evaluations, which may include
prizes and challenges, to evaluate foundation models; and
(7) as the Under Secretary and the Secretary consider
appropriate, producing public-facing reports of the findings
from such testing for a general audience.
(j) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to require a person to disclose any information, including
information--
(1) relating to a trade secret or other protected
intellectual property right;
(2) that is confidential business information; or
(3) that is privileged.
SEC. 103. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY AND DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY TESTBED TO IDENTIFY, TEST, AND SYNTHESIZE NEW
MATERIALS.
(a) Testbed Authorized.--The Secretary of Commerce, acting through
the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and
the Secretary of Energy shall jointly establish a testbed to identify,
test, and synthesize new materials to advance materials science and to
support advanced manufacturing for the benefit of the United States
economy through the use of artificial intelligence, autonomous
laboratories, and artificial intelligence integrated with emerging
technologies, such as quantum hybrid computing and robotics.
(b) Support for Accelerated Technologies.--The Secretary of
Commerce and the Secretary of Energy shall ensure that technologies
accelerated using the testbed established pursuant to subsection (a)
are supported by advanced algorithms and models, uncertainty
quantification, and software and workforce development tools to produce
benchmark data, model comparison tools, and best practices guides.
(c) Public-Private Partnerships.--In carrying out subsection (a),
the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Energy shall, in
consultation with industry, civil society, and academia, enter into
such public-private partnerships as the Secretaries jointly determine
appropriate.
(d) Resources.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretaries may
use resources from National Laboratories and the private sector.
SEC. 104. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
COLLABORATION TO MAKE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES THROUGH THE
USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(a) In General.--The Director of the National Science Foundation
(referred to in this section as the ``Director'') and the Secretary of
Energy (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall
collaborate to support new translational scientific discoveries and
advancements for the benefit of the economy of the United States
through the use of artificial intelligence, including artificial
intelligence integrated with emerging technologies, such as quantum
hybrid computing and robotics.
(b) Public-Private Partnerships.--In carrying out subsection (a),
the Director and the Secretary shall enter into such public-private
partnerships as the Director and the Secretary jointly determine
appropriate.
(c) Resources.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Director and
the Secretary may accept and use resources from the National
Laboratories, resources from the private sector, and academic
resources.
SEC. 105. PROGRESS REPORT.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Director of the Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute shall, in
coordination with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of
Energy, submit to Congress a report on the implementation of this
subtitle.
Subtitle B--International Cooperation
SEC. 111. INTERNATIONAL COALITION ON INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND
HARMONIZATION OF STANDARDS WITH RESPECT TO ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of State,
and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (in
this section referred to as the ``Director''), in consultation with the
heads of relevant agencies, shall jointly seek to form an alliance or
coalition with like-minded governments of foreign countries--
(1) to cooperate on approaches to innovation and
advancements in artificial intelligence and ecosystems for
artificial intelligence;
(2) to coordinate on development and use of interoperable
international standards or harmonization of standards with
respect to artificial intelligence;
(3) to promote adoption of common artificial intelligence
standards;
(4) to develop the government-to-government infrastructure
needed to facilitate coordination of coherent global
application of artificial intelligence safety standards,
including, where appropriate, putting in place agreements for
information sharing between governments; and
(5) to involve private-sector stakeholders from partner
countries to help inform coalition partners on recent
developments in artificial intelligence and associated
standards development.
(b) Criteria for Participation.--In forming an alliance or
coalition of like-minded governments of foreign countries under
subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of State, and
the Director, in consultation with the heads of relevant agencies,
shall jointly establish technology trust criteria--
(1) to ensure all participating countries that have a high
level of scientific and technological advancement;
(2) to ensure all participating countries commit to using
open international standards; and
(3) to support the governance principles for international
standards as detailed in the World Trade Organization Agreement
on Technical Barriers to Trade, done at Geneva April 12, 1979,
on international standards, such as transparency, openness, and
consensus-based decision-making.
(c) Consultation on Innovation and Advancements in Artificial
Intelligence.--In forming an alliance or coalition under subsection
(a), the Director, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of
State shall consult with the Secretary of Energy and the Director of
the National Science Foundation on approaches to innovation and
advancements in artificial intelligence.
(d) Security and Protection of Intellectual Property.--The
Director, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of State shall
jointly ensure that an alliance or coalition formed under subsection
(a) is only formed with countries that--
(1) have in place sufficient intellectual property
protections, safety standards, and risk management approaches
relevant to innovation and artificial intelligence; and
(2) develop and coordinate research security measures,
export controls, and intellectual property protections relevant
to innovation, development, and standard-setting relating to
artificial intelligence.
(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to prohibit anyone from participating in other international
standards bodies.
SEC. 112. REQUIREMENT TO SUPPORT BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS.
(a) In General.--The Director of the National Science Foundation
shall support bilateral and multilateral collaborations to facilitate
innovation in research and development of artificial intelligence.
(b) Alignment With Priorities.--The Director shall ensure that
collaborations supported under subsection (a) align with the priorities
of the Foundation and United States research community and have the
potential to benefit United States prosperity, security, health, and
well-being.
(c) Requirements.--The Director shall ensure that collaborations
supported under subsection (a)--
(1) support innovation and advancement in research on the
development and use of artificial intelligence;
(2) facilitate international collaboration on innovation
and advancement in artificial intelligence research and
development, including data sharing, expertise, and resources;
and
(3) leverage existing National Science Foundation programs,
such as the National Science Foundation-supported National
Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes and Global Centers
programs.
(d) Coordination of Security Measures and Export Controls.--When
entering into agreements in order to support collaborations pursuant to
subsection (a), the Director shall ensure that participating countries
have developed and coordinated security measures and export controls to
protect intellectual property and research and development.
Subtitle C--Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Innovation
SEC. 121. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES IDENTIFICATION OF
RISKS AND OBSTACLES RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States
shall submit to Congress a report on regulatory impediments to
innovation in artificial intelligence systems.
(b) Contents.--The report submitted pursuant to subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) Significant examples of Federal statutes and
regulations that directly affect the innovation of artificial
intelligence systems, including the ability of companies of all
sizes to compete in artificial intelligence, which should also
account for the effect of voluntary standards and best
practices developed by the Federal Government.
(2) An assessment of challenges that Federal agencies face
in the enforcement of provisions of law identified pursuant to
paragraph (1).
(3) An evaluation of the progress in government adoption of
artificial intelligence and use of artificial intelligence to
improve the quality of government services.
(4) Based on the findings of the Comptroller General with
respect to paragraphs (1) through (4), such recommendations as
the Comptroller General may have for legislative or
administrative action to increase the rate of innovation in
artificial intelligence systems.
TITLE II--ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, CAPACITY
BUILDING ACTIVITIES
SEC. 201. PUBLIC DATA FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS.
(a) List of Priorities.--
(1) In general.--To expedite the development of artificial
intelligence systems in the United States, the Director of the
Office of Science and Technology Policy shall, acting through
the National Science and Technology Council and the Interagency
Committee established or designated pursuant to section 5103 of
the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15
U.S.C. 9413), develop a list of priorities for Federal
investment in creating or improving curated, publicly available
Federal Government data for training and evaluating artificial
intelligence systems.
(2) Requirements.--
(A) In general.--The list developed pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall--
(i) prioritize data that will advance novel
artificial intelligence systems in the public
interest; and
(ii) prioritize datasets unlikely to
independently receive sufficient private sector
support to enable their creation, absent
Federal funding.
(B) Datasets identified.--In carrying out
subparagraph (A)(ii), the Director shall identify 20
datasets to be prioritized.
(3) Considerations.--In developing the list under paragraph
(1), the Director shall consider the following:
(A) Applicability to the initial list of societal,
national, and geostrategic challenges set forth by
subsection (b) of section 10387 of the Research and
Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C.
19107), or any successor list.
(B) Applicability to the initial list of key
technology focus areas set forth by subsection (c) of
such section, or any successor list.
(C) Applicability to other major United States
economic sectors, such as agriculture, health care,
transportation, manufacturing, communications, weather
services, and positive utility to small and medium
United States businesses.
(D) Opportunities to improve datasets in effect
before the date of the enactment of this Act.
(E) Inclusion of data representative of the entire
population of the United States.
(F) Potential national security threats to
releasing datasets, consistent with the United States
Government approach to data flows.
(G) Requirements of laws in effect.
(H) Applicability to the priorities listed in the
National Artificial Intelligence Research and
Development Strategic Plan of the National Science and
Technology Council, dated October 2016.
(I) Ability to use data already made available to
the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource
Pilot program or any successor program.
(4) Public input.--Before finalizing the list required by
paragraph (1), the Director shall implement public comment
procedures for receiving input and comment from private
industry, academia, civil society, and other relevant
stakeholders.
(b) National Science and Technology Council Agencies.--The head of
each agency with a representative included in the Interagency Committee
pursuant to section 5103(c) of the National Artificial Intelligence
Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9413(c)) or the heads of multiple
agencies with a representative included in the Interagency Committee
working cooperatively, consistent with the missions or responsibilities
of each Executive agency--
(1) subject to the availability of appropriations, shall
award grants or otherwise establish incentives, through new or
existing programs, for the creation or improvement of curated
datasets identified in the list developed pursuant to
subsection (a)(1), including methods for addressing data
scarcity;
(2) may establish or leverage existing initiatives,
including public-private partnerships, to encourage private
sector cost-sharing in the creation or improvement of such
datasets;
(3) may apply the priorities set forth in the list
developed pursuant to subsection (a)(1) to the enactment of
Federal public access and open government data policies;
(4) in carrying out this subsection, shall ensure
consistency with Federal provisions of law relating to privacy,
including the technology and privacy standards applied to the
National Secure Data Service under section 10375(f) of the
Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (42
U.S.C. 19085(f)); and
(5) in carrying out this subsection, shall ensure data
sharing is limited with any country that the Secretary of
Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the
Secretary of State, and the Director of National Intelligence,
determines to be engaged in conduct that is detrimental to the
national security or foreign policy of the United States.
(c) Availability of Datasets.--Datasets that are created or
improved by Federal agencies may be made available to the National
Artificial Intelligence Research Resource pilot program established by
the Director of the National Science Foundation in accordance with
Executive Order 14110 (88 Fed. Reg. 75191; relating to safe, secure,
and trustworthy development and use of artificial intelligence), or any
successor program.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to require the Federal Government or other contributors to
disclose any information--
(1) relating to a trade secret or other protected
intellectual property right;
(2) that is confidential business information; or
(3) that is privileged.
SEC. 202. FEDERAL GRAND CHALLENGES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(a) List of Priorities for Federal Grand Challenges in Artificial
Intelligence.--
(1) List required.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy shall, acting through the
National Science and Technology Council and the Interagency
Committee established or designated pursuant to section 5103 of
the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15
U.S.C. 9413), in consultation with industry, civil society, and
academia, establish a list of priorities for Federal grand
challenges in artificial intelligence that seek--
(A) to expedite the development of artificial
intelligence systems in the United States; and
(B) to stimulate artificial intelligence research,
development, and commercialization that solves or
advances specific, well-defined, and measurable
challenges.
(2) Contents.--The list established pursuant to paragraph
(1) may include the following priorities:
(A) To overcome challenges with engineering of and
applied research on microelectronics, including through
integration of artificial intelligence with emerging
technologies, such as machine learning and quantum
computing, or with respect to the physical limits on
transistors, electrical interconnects, and memory
elements.
(B) To promote transformational or long-term
advancements in computing and artificial intelligence
technologies through--
(i) next-generation algorithm design;
(ii) next-generation compute capability;
(iii) generative and adaptive artificial
intelligence for design applications;
(iv) photonics-based microprocessors and
optical communication networks, including
electrophotonics;
(v) the chemistry and physics of new
materials;
(vi) energy use or energy efficiency;
(vii) techniques to establish
cryptographically secure content provenance
information; or
(viii) safety and controls for artificial
intelligence applications.
(C) To develop artificial intelligence solutions,
including through integration among emerging
technologies such as quantum computing and machine
learning, to overcome barriers relating to innovations
in advanced manufacturing in the United States,
including areas such as--
(i) materials, nanomaterials, and
composites;
(ii) rapid, complex design;
(iii) sustainability and environmental
impact of manufacturing operations;
(iv) predictive maintenance of machinery;
(v) improved part quality;
(vi) process inspections;
(vii) worker safety; and
(viii) robotics.
(D) To develop artificial intelligence solutions in
sectors of the economy, such as expanding the use of
artificial intelligence in maritime vessels, including
in navigation and in the design of propulsion systems
and fuels.
(E) To develop artificial intelligence solutions to
improve border security, including solutions relevant
to the detection of fentanyl, illicit contraband, and
other illegal activities.
(3) Periodic updates.--The Director shall update the list
established pursuant to paragraph (1) periodically as the
Director determines necessary.
(b) Federal Investment Initiatives Required.--Subject to the
availability of appropriations, the head of each agency with a
representative on the Interagency Committee pursuant to section 5103(c)
of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15
U.S.C. 9413(c)) or the heads of multiple agencies with a representative
on the Interagency Committee working cooperatively, shall, consistent
with the missions or responsibilities of each agency, establish 1 or
more prize competitions under section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719), challenge-based
acquisitions, or other research and development investments that each
agency head deems appropriate consistent with the list of priorities
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1).
(c) Timing and Announcements of Federal Investment Initiatives.--
The President, acting through the Director, shall ensure that, not
later than 1 year after the date on which the Director establishes the
list required by subsection (a)(1), at least 3 prize competitions,
challenge-based acquisitions, or other research and development
investments are announced by heads of Federal agencies under subsection
(b).
(d) Requirements.--Each head of an agency carrying out an
investment initiative under subsection (b) shall ensure that--
(1) for each prize competition or investment initiative
carried out by the agency under such subsection, there is--
(A) a positive impact on the economic
competitiveness of the United States;
(B) a benefit to United States industry;
(C) to the extent possible, leveraging of the
resources and expertise of industry and philanthropic
partners in shaping the investments; and
(D) in a case involving development and
manufacturing, use of advanced manufacturing in the
United States; and
(2) all research conducted for purposes of the investment
initiative is conducted in the United States.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 725.
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