[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9043 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9043
To provide for Federal civilian agency laboratory development for
testing and certification of artificial intelligence for civilian
agency use, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 15, 2024
Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on
Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To provide for Federal civilian agency laboratory development for
testing and certification of artificial intelligence for civilian
agency use, 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. FEDERAL CIVILIAN AGENCY LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT FOR TESTING
AND CERTIFICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR CIVILIAN
AGENCY USE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall
assess the competency and capacity required across the Federal
Government to make recommendations on the design and equipping of
Federal civilian agency laboratories for the conduct of artificial
intelligence training engine development and test beds for generative
artificial intelligence relating to sustaining the following:
(1) Democratic norms, values, and legal protections for
institutions.
(2) The independence of personnel, government networks, the
courts, and elected and appointed persons at all levels to
fulfill their oaths of office and official duties.
(b) Development.--To carry out subsection (a), the Secretary of
Homeland Security, acting through the Administrator of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, shall develop artificial intelligence
training and testing centers to score artificial intelligence systems
that may be acquired for Federal civilian agency use with the following
objectives:
(1) Preserving privacy, transparency, accountability, self-
determination, and autonomy in the use of artificial
intelligence, and the rights of families and individuals to
opt-out of the use of artificial intelligence.
(2) Protection of the rights of individuals, children, the
elderly, persons with disabilities, and racial minorities
regarding the use of artificial intelligence.
(3) Protection of gender identification and the intimate
lives of consenting adults.
(4) Guarding against automated decision making that
threatens due process rights, constitutional protections, or
the rule of law.
(c) Implementation.--To carry out subsections (a) and (b), the
Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Administrator of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall, in accordance with
subsection (d), utilize real world use cases and associated outputs
provided by artificial intelligence systems to determine outcomes in
specific Federal civilian agency settings, including in situations in
which artificial intelligence replaces with automated systems workers
in decision-making scenarios.
(d) Certain Requirements.--In carrying out subsection (c) relating
to the utilization of real world use cases, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, shall ensure the following:
(1) The development of a digital repository of real world
use cases that do not contain personally identifiable
information or can be used to identify any individuals.
(2) The determination of modes and methods for converting
real world use case data into training and testing applications
uniquely suited for each Federal agency's training and testing
systems.
(3) Real world use cases are used to test and ensure that
artificial intelligence systems accurately capture real world
knowledge of each Federal agency's delivery of benefits or
services to employees, other Federal agencies or to non-Federal
persons seeking information, or assistance relating to the
application for benefits or services.
(4) The prohibition of automatic decision making regarding
any denial of such benefits or services.
(5) Each Federal agency utilizes the information contained
in such digital repository in a manner consistent with the
intent of the permitting each such Federal agency to train and
test artificial intelligence systems intended for each such
Federal agency's adoption and use.
(e) Office of Artificial Intelligence Incident Reporting.--The
Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish in the Department of
Homeland Security an Office of Artificial Intelligence Incident
Reporting to enable Federal civilian agencies to share, collaborate,
and report on experiences with artificial intelligence systems.
(f) Reports.--
(1) DHS reports.--Not later than six months after the date
of the enactment of this Act and biannually thereafter, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall
submit to Congress a report on the implementation of this
section, including regarding objectives and associated
challenges, and resource needs. Each report under this
subsection shall also include recommendations on how to
overcome roadblocks.
(2) Agency reports.--The head of each Federal civilian
agency shall report to the Secretary of Homeland Security any
adverse experiences encountered by such agency with deployed
artificial intelligent systems and what steps have been taken
to address such adverse experiences.
(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated $20,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to
carry out this section.
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