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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 3888 (Introduced in Senate) — To mandate the use of artificial intelligence by Federal agencies to adapt to extreme weather, and for other purposes. · Sec. 201

Sec. 201. Deforestation and illegal wood products

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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the Secretary ), acting through the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, shall develop a program (referred to in this section as the program ) to use artificial intelligence to analyze available environmental, commercial, law enforcement, and related data— to expand and improve global observations of forested lands; to detect changes in the amount of forested lands globally; to infer the causes of the changes described in paragraph (2); to analyze past patterns in the movement of illegal wood products; to predict future movements of illegal wood products; to support the efficient deployment of international and domestic law enforcement assets to prevent the movement of illegal wood products; to analyze how the movement of illegal wood products is affected by the deployment of law enforcement assets described in paragraph (6); and to accomplish other related purposes.
The Secretary shall develop and disseminate best practices for minimizing the environmental impacts of the use of artificial intelligence technology under this section. In carrying out the program, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, shall collect and curate a training dataset, which shall source from— the domestic and foreign intelligence communities; satellite imagery; acoustic monitoring of forest habitats; data from Federal law enforcement agencies; to the extent practicable, foreign governments; and other relevant data, as determined by the Secretary.
Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary may enter into contracts to acquire additional relevant data to carry out the program. The Secretary shall seek to enter into agreements with foreign governments to share relevant data and artificial intelligence analysis for enforcing international and domestic laws prohibiting the trade of illegal wood products. The Secretary may provide technical assistance to a foreign government with which the Secretary has an agreement under paragraph
(1)to increase the capacity of the foreign government to participate in intelligence sharing and law enforcement activities relating to the trade of illegal wood products.
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