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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 8516 (Introduced in House) — To make certain improvements relating to artificial intelligence, and for other purposes. · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . American Leadership in AI Act The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Strengthening Standards, Testing, and Evaluations Subtitle A—Center for AI Standards and Innovation Sec. 101. Center for AI Standards and Innovation. Subtitle B—Support for Artificial Intelligence and Other Critical and Emerging Technologies by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Sec. 111. Definitions. Sec. 112.
United States participation in organizations developing standards and specifications for artificial intelligence and other critical and emerging technologies. Sec. 113. Pilot program to support standards meetings for artificial intelligence and other critical and emerging technologies in the United States. Subtitle C—Research on Development Best Practices by the National Institute of Standards and Technology Sec. 121. Research on development best practices by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Title II—Build Research Infrastructure and Spur Groundbreaking Research Subtitle A—National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Sec. 201. National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource. Subtitle B—National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot Program Sec. 211. National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource pilot program. Subtitle C—Prize Competitions for Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Sec. 221. Prize competitions for artificial intelligence research and development.
Subtitle D—Grants to Perform Research Regarding the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Sec. 231. Grants to perform research regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence in health care. Subtitle E—Department of Agriculture and National Science Foundation Research and Development Coordination Sec. 241. Department of Agriculture and National Science Foundation research and development coordination. Subtitle F—Department of Energy Artificial Intelligence Research Program Sec. 251.
Department of Energy artificial intelligence research program. Title III—Modernizing Federal AI Governance, Procurement, and Security Subtitle A—Federal Standards for Artificial Intelligence Sec. 301. Federal standards for artificial intelligence. Subtitle B—AI Leadership to Enable Accountable Deployment Sec. 311. Definitions. Sec. 312. Chief Artificial Intelligence Officers Council. Sec. 313. Agency artificial intelligence officers. Sec. 314. Agency coordination on artificial intelligence.
Sec. 315. GAO reports. Sec. 316. Post-enactment guidance from the Director. Sec. 317. Sunset. Subtitle C—AI Incident Reporting and Security Enhancement Sec. 321. Activities to support voluntary vulnerability and incident tracking associated with artificial intelligence. Title IV—Protecting Workers and Empowering Small Businesses Subtitle A—AI Workforce Research Hub Sec. 401. AI Workforce Research Hub. Subtitle B—Small Business Artificial Intelligence Advancement Sec. 411. Resources for small businesses to utilize artificial intelligence.
Title V—Safeguarding Americans and Deterring Harmful Deepfakes Subtitle A—Disrupting Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Sec. 501. Civil action relating to disclosure of intimate images. Sec. 502. Severability; rule of construction. Subtitle B—AI Fraud Deterrence Sec. 511. Financial crimes and artificial intelligence. Sec. 512. AI impersonation of Federal officials. Subtitle C—AI Whistleblower Protection Sec. 521. Definitions. Sec. 522. Anti-retaliation protection for AI whistleblowers.
Title VI—Expanding Education, Literacy, and Inclusion Subtitle A—Codifying AI Literacy Efforts of the AI Task Force Sec. 601. AI literacy efforts of the AI Task Force. Subtitle B—New Collar Jobs Tax Credit Sec. 611. Employee cybersecurity education. Sec. 612. Cybersecurity training incentive for Government contracts. Subtitle C—Literacy in Future Technologies Artificial Intelligence Sec. 621. Preparing K–12 educators and students for an AI literate future. Subtitle D—Expanding AI Voices through Capacity Building Sec. 631.
Expanding capacity in artificial intelligence science. Subtitle E—NSF AI Education Sec. 641. Scholarships and fellowships in artificial intelligence. Sec. 642. Community college and area career and technical educational school centers of AI excellence. Sec. 643. Awards for research on artificial intelligence in education. Sec. 644. National STEM Teacher Corps.
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