[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4223 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4223

   To establish an artificial intelligence commission, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2023

    Mr. Lieu (for himself, Mr. Buck, and Ms. Eshoo) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, 
                             and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish an artificial intelligence commission, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National AI Commission Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that this Act shall not be intended to 
preclude any legislation Congress may deem necessary relating to 
Artificial Intelligence in the interim period before the reports of the 
Commission are released.

SEC. 3. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMMISSION.

    (a) Location.--There is established in the legislative branch an 
independent commission relating to artificial intelligence (AI), to be 
known as the ``National AI Commission'' (in this section referred to as 
the ``Commission'').
    (b) Composition.--The Commission shall be comprised of 20 
commissioners, of whom 10 shall be appointed by each party to ensure 
bipartisanship. Members of the Commission shall elect two Members to 
serve as co-chairs. One co-chair shall be a Democratic appointee and 
one co-chair shall be a Republican appointee. Members shall be 
appointed as follows:
            (1) The President, in consultation with relevant cabinet 
        secretaries, shall appoint eight Members, four of whom shall be 
        chosen from the lists described in subsection (c).
            (2) The senior most member of Republican leadership of the 
        House of Representatives, in consultation with relevant 
        committee leaders of the same party, shall appoint three 
        members.
            (3) The senior most member of Democratic leadership of the 
        House of Representatives, in consultation with relevant 
        committee leaders of the same party, shall appoint three 
        members.
            (4) The senior most member of Republican leadership of the 
        Senate, in consultation with relevant committee leaders of the 
        same party, shall appoint three members.
            (5) The senior most member of Democratic leadership of the 
        Senate, in consultation with relevant committee leaders of the 
        same party, shall appoint three members.
    (c) Presidential Appointees.--To carry out paragraph (1) of 
subsection (b), the senior most member of leadership of the House of 
Representatives opposite the Administration and the senior most member 
of leadership of the Senate opposite the Administration shall each 
submit to the President a list of five individuals to serve on the 
Commission, from which the President shall, in accordance with the 
consultation required under such paragraph, appoint two Members from 
each such list.
    (d) Qualifications.--
            (1) In general.--Members of the Commission shall have a 
        demonstrated background in at least one of the following:
                    (A) Computer science or a technical background in 
                artificial intelligence.
                    (B) Civil society, including relating to the 
                Constitution, civil liberties, ethics, and the creative 
                community.
                    (C) Industry and workforce.
                    (D) Government, including national security.
            (2) Limitation.--None of the backgrounds specified in 
        paragraph (1) may constitute a majority of Members of the 
        Commission.
    (e) Terms.--Members shall be appointed for the life of the 
Commission. A vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, 
and shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was 
made.
    (f) Appointments.--Members of the Commission shall be appointed not 
later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. The 
Commission shall hold its initial meeting on or before the date that is 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (g) Focus.--The Commission shall--
            (1) in general, conduct its work to ensure, through its 
        review and recommendations as described in this subsection, 
        that through regulation the United States is mitigating the 
        risks and possible harms of artificial intelligence, protecting 
        the United States leadership in artificial intelligence 
        innovation and the opportunities such innovation may bring, and 
        ensuring that the United States takes a leading role in 
        establishing necessary, long-term guardrails to ensure that 
        artificial intelligence is aligned with values shared by all 
        Americans;
            (2) review the Federal Government's current approach to 
        artificial intelligence oversight and regulation, including--
                    (A) how such oversight and regulation is 
                distributed across agencies;
                    (B) the capacity of agencies to address challenges 
                relating to such oversight and regulation; and
                    (C) alignment among agencies in their approaches to 
                such oversight and regulation;
            (3) recommend any governmental structures that may be 
        needed to oversee and regulate artificial intelligence systems, 
        including the feasibility of an oversight structure that can 
        oversee powerful artificial intelligence systems with a general 
        purpose through a careful, evidence-based approach; and
            (4) build upon previous Federal efforts and international 
        best practices and efforts to develop a binding risk-based 
        approach to regulate and oversee artificial intelligence 
        applications through identifying applications with unacceptable 
        risks, high or limited risks, and minimal risks.
    (h) Reports.--
            (1) Interim report.--Not later than six months after the 
        appointment of all Members to the Commission, the Commission 
        shall submit to Congress and the President an interim report 
        containing its findings. The interim report shall include 
        proposals for any urgent regulatory or enforcement actions.
            (2) Final report.--Not later than six months after the 
        submission of the interim report under paragraph (1), the 
        Commission shall submit to Congress and the President a final 
        report containing its findings and recommendations. The final 
        report shall constitute the Commission's findings and 
        recommendations for a comprehensive, binding regulatory 
        framework.
            (3) Follow-up report.--Not later than one year after the 
        submission of the final report under paragraph (2), the 
        Commission shall submit to Congress and the President a follow-
        up report containing any new findings and revised 
        recommendations. The follow-up report shall be reserved for 
        necessary adjustments to the final report and actions 
        pertaining to further developments since the final report's 
        publication.
    (i) Staff.--The Commission shall appoint a staff director, as well 
as such other personnel as may be necessary. Federal employees may be 
detailed to serve as Commission staff while retaining the rights and 
status of their regular employment.
    (j) Information and Cooperation From Federal Agencies.--
            (1) In general.--All Federal departments, agencies, 
        commissions, offices, and other entities shall provide 
        information, suggestions, estimates, statistics, and other 
        materials to the Commission upon request, in accordance with 
        applicable law.
            (2)  Inability to obtain documents or testimony.--In the 
        event the Commission is unable to obtain testimony or documents 
        needed to conduct its work, the Commission shall notify the 
        committees of Congress of jurisdiction and appropriate 
        investigative authorities.
    (k) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate not later than 30 
days after the submission of the follow-up report under subsection 
(h)(3).
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