[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7096 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7096
To establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource
Task Force, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 4, 2020
Ms. Eshoo (for herself, Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio, and Ms. Sherrill)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology
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A BILL
To establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource
Task Force, 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.
This Act may be cited as the ``National AI Research Resource Task
Force Act of 2020''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL AI RESEARCH RESOURCE TASK FORCE.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) National artificial intelligence research resource.--
The term ``national artificial intelligence research resource''
mean a system that provides researchers and students across
scientific fields and disciplines with access to compute
resources, co-located with publicly available, artificial
intelligence-ready government and nongovernment data sets and a
research environment with appropriate educational tools and
user support.
(2) Ownership.--The term ``ownership'', with respect to a
national artificial intelligence research resource, means
responsibility and accountability for--
(A) the implementation, deployment, and ongoing
development of the resource; and
(B) providing staff to support such implementation,
deployment, and ongoing development.
(b) Establishment of Task Force.--
(1) Establishment.--
(A) In general.--The Director of the National
Science Foundation, in coordination with the Director
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall
establish a task force--
(i) to investigate the feasibility and
advisability of establishing a national
artificial intelligence research resource; and
(ii) to propose a roadmap detailing how
such resource should be established and
sustained.
(B) Designation.--The task force established by
subparagraph (A) shall be known as the ``National
Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force''
(in this section referred to as the ``Task Force'').
(2) Membership.--
(A) Composition.--The Task Force shall be composed
of 12 members selected by the co-chairpersons of the
Task Force from among technical experts in artificial
intelligence or related subjects, of whom--
(i) 4 shall be representatives from the
Federal Government, including the co-
chairpersons of the Task Force;
(ii) 4 shall be representatives from
institutions of higher educations (as such term
is defined in section 101 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)); and
(iii) 4 shall be representatives from
private organizations.
(B) Appointment.--Not later than 120 days after
enactment of this Act, the co-chairpersons of the Task
Force shall appoint members to the Task Force pursuant
to subparagraph (A).
(C) Term of appointment.--Members of the Task Force
shall be appointed for the life of the Task Force.
(D) Vacancy.--Any vacancy occurring in the
membership of the Task Force shall be filled in the
same manner in which the original appointment was made.
(E) Co-chairpersons.--The Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy and the Director of the
National Sciences Foundation, or their designees, shall
be the co-chairpersons of the Task Force. If the role
of the Director of the National Science Foundation is
vacant, the Chair of the National Science Board shall
act as a co-chairperson of the Task Force in lieu of
the Director of the National Science Foundation.
(F) Expenses for non-federal members.--Non-Federal
members of the Task Force shall be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at
rates authorized for employees under subchapter I of
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away
from their homes or regular places of business in the
performance of services for the Task Force.
(c) Roadmap and Implementation Plan.--
(1) In general.--The Task Force shall develop a coordinated
roadmap and implementation plan for establishing and sustaining
a national artificial intelligence research resource.
(2) Contents.--The roadmap and plan required by paragraph
(1) shall include the following:
(A) Goals for establishment and sustainment of a
national artificial intelligence research resource and
metrics for success.
(B) A plan for ownership and administration of such
resource, including--
(i) an appropriate agency or organization
responsible for the implementation, deployment,
and administration of the resource; and
(ii) a governance structure for the
resource, including oversight and
decisionmaking authorities.
(C) A model for governance and oversight to
establish strategic direction, make programmatic
decisions, and manage the allocation of resources.
(D) Capabilities required to create and maintain a
shared computing infrastructure to facilitate access to
computing resources for researchers across the country,
including scalability, secured access control, resident
data engineering and curation expertise, provision of
curated, data sets, compute resources, educational
tools and services, and a user interface portal.
(E) An assessment of, and recommend solutions to,
barriers to the dissemination and use of high-quality
government data sets as part of the national artificial
intelligence research resource.
(F) An assessment of security requirements
associated with the national artificial intelligence
research resource and its research and a recommendation
for a framework for the management of access controls.
(G) An assessment of privacy and civil liberties
requirements associated with the national artificial
intelligence research resource and its research.
(H) A plan for sustaining the national artificial
intelligence research resource, including through
Federal funding and partnerships with the private
sector.
(I) The parameters for the establishment and
sustainment of the national artificial intelligence
research resource, including roles and responsibilities
for Federal agencies and milestones to establish and
sustain the resource.
(d) Consultations.--In carrying out subsection (c), the Task Force
shall consult with the following:
(1) The National Science Foundation.
(2) The Office of Science and Technology Policy.
(3) The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine.
(4) The National Institute of Standards and Technology.
(5) The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
(6) The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity.
(7) The Department of Energy.
(8) The Department of Defense.
(9) The General Services Administration.
(10) Private industry.
(11) Institutions of higher education.
(12) Such other persons as the Task Force considers
appropriate.
(e) Staff.--Staff of the Task Force shall comprise detailees with
expertise in artificial intelligence, or related fields from the Office
of Science and Technology Policy, the National Science Foundation, or
any other Federal agency the co-chairpersons consider appropriate, with
the consent of the head of the Federal agency. The co-chairpersons may
hire staff from outside the Federal government for the duration of the
task force.
(f) Task Force Reports.--
(1) Initial report.--Not later than 6 months after the date
on which all of the appointments have been made under
subsection (b)(2)(B), the Task Force shall submit to Congress
and the President an interim report containing the findings,
conclusions, and recommendations of the Task Force. The report
shall include specific recommendations regarding steps the Task
Force believes necessary for the establishment and sustainment
of a national artificial intelligence research resource.
(2) Final report.--Not later than 3 months after the
submittal of the interim report under paragraph (1), the Task
Force shall submit to Congress and the President a final report
containing the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of
the Task Force, including the specific recommendations
developed under subsection (c).
(g) Termination.--
(1) In general.--The Task Force shall terminate 90 days
after the date on which it submits the final report under
subsection (f)(2).
(2) Records.--Upon termination of the Task Force, all of
its records shall become the records of the National Archives
and Records Administration.
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