Sec. 201. In general
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As part of the Initiative, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (in this section, referred to as the Director ) shall— carry out the Initiative, as appropriate; support the development of measurements and standards necessary to advance commercial development of artificial intelligence applications, including by— developing measurements and standards; and supporting the efforts to develop measurements and consensus standards by standards development organizations; establish and support collaborative ventures or consortia with public or private sector entities, including institutions of higher education, National Laboratories, and industry, for the purpose of advancing fundamental and applied artificial intelligence research and development; and use existing authorities to award contracts as necessary to carry out the Initiative, including cooperative agreements and other similar transactions.
The Director shall conduct outreach— to receive input from stakeholders on the development of a plan to address future measurements and standards related to artificial intelligence; and to provide an opportunity for public comment on any such measurements or standards. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and a periodic basis thereafter, as the Director determines appropriate, the Director shall convene one or more meetings of stakeholders, including technical expert representatives from government organizations, industry, and institutions of higher education to discuss topics described in subparagraph (B).
Meetings under subparagraph
(A)may cover topics that the Director determines to be important to the development of standards and measurements with respect to artificial intelligence, including— cybersecurity; algorithm accountability; algorithm explainability; algorithm trustworthiness; and the establishment of a common lexicon of artificial intelligence. The purpose of the meetings under this subsection shall be— to assess the contemporary research on the topic determined by the Director under subparagraph (B); to evaluate the research gaps relating to such topic; and to provide an opportunity for stakeholders to provide recommendations on what the current research needs are that the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Initiative may address. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a summary report containing a description of the results of outreach and meetings conducted under this section. There are authorized to be appropriated $90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 to carry out this section.