Sec. 301. Federal standards for artificial intelligence

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Title LIII of division E of the William M.

(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ; 134 Stat. 4523) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (in this section referred to as the Director ) shall— develop standards and guidelines, including minimum requirements, for artificial intelligence systems used or operated by an agency or by a contractor of an agency or other organization on behalf of an agency, other than national security systems; develop standards and guidelines, including minimum requirements, for managing risks associated with artificial intelligence systems for all agency operations and assets, but such standards and guidelines shall not apply to national security systems; develop standards and guidelines, including minimum requirements, for authenticating, tracking provenance, and labeling synthetic content generated by an agency or by a contractor of an agency or other organization on behalf of an agency, other than national security systems; and conduct research and development pursuant to section 5301 to inform the development of standards and guidelines for activities described in this section. In developing standards and guidelines required by subsection (a), the Director shall— provide standards and guidelines, practices, profiles, and tools consistent with the framework under subsection

(c)of section 22A of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 278h–1 ), and information on how agencies can leverage such framework to reduce risks caused by agency implementation in the development, procurement, and use of artificial intelligence systems; provide standards and guidelines that— are consistent with Circular A–119 of the Office of Management and Budget; and enable conformity assessment; recommend training on standards and guidelines for each agency responsible for procuring artificial intelligence; develop and periodically revise performance indicators and measures for agency artificial intelligence related standards and guidelines; provide standards and guidelines, including minimum requirements, for developing profiles for agency use of artificial intelligence consistent with such framework; develop profiles for framework use for an entity that is a small business concern (as such term is defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 )); evaluate artificial intelligence policies and practices developed for national security systems to assess potential application by agencies to strengthen risk management of artificial intelligence systems; and periodically assess the effectiveness of standards and guidelines developed under this section and undertake revisions as appropriate. For standards and guidelines developed pursuant to subsection

(a)that are deemed by the Director to be at a readiness level sufficient for standardization, the Director shall— submit such standards and guidelines to the Secretary of Commerce for promulgation under section 11331 of title 40, United States Code; where practicable and appropriate, provide technical review and assistance to agencies; and evaluate the effectiveness and sufficiency of, and challenges to, agency implementation of such standards and guidelines. Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Director shall complete a study to review the existing and forthcoming voluntary technical standards for the testing, evaluation, verification, and validation of artificial intelligence acquisitions. Not later than 90 days after the date of the completion of the study required by paragraph (1), the Director shall— develop standards and guidelines for the testing, evaluation, verification, and validation of artificial intelligence acquisitions pursuant to this section; convene relevant stakeholders to facilitate such development; continuously update such standards and guidelines; and review and make recommendations to the head of each agency on risk management policies and principles for relevant artificial intelligence acquisitions. In this section: The term agency means any department, independent establishment, Government corporation, or other agency of the executive branch of the Federal Government. The term national security system has the meaning given such term in section 3552 of title 44, United States Code. The term profile means an implementation of the artificial intelligence risk management functions, categories, and subcategories for a specific setting or application based on the requirements, risk tolerance, and resources of the user of the framework at issue. The term synthetic content means information, such as images, videos, audio clips, and text, that has been significantly modified or generated by algorithms, including by artificial intelligence. . The tables of contents in section 2(b) and title LIII of the William M.

(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 are amended by inserting after the items relating to section 5304, as added by section 101(b), the following new items: Sec. 5305. Federal standards for artificial intelligence. .

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