[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8005 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8005

   To establish the Commission of Experts on Child Exploitation and 
                        Artificial Intelligence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2024

 Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Mr. Fry, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Davis of North 
 Carolina, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Carson, Mrs. 
     Hinson, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Adams, Ms. Tenney, and Mr. D'Esposito) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish the Commission of Experts on Child Exploitation and 
                        Artificial Intelligence.

    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 ``Child Exploitation and Artificial 
Intelligence Expert Commission Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. COMMISSION OF EXPERTS ON CHILD EXPLOITATION AND ARTIFICIAL 
              INTELLIGENCE.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a commission, to be known 
as the ``Commission of Experts on Child Exploitation and Artificial 
Intelligence'' (in this section referred to as the ``Commission''), 
which shall investigate and make recommendations on solutions to 
improve the ability of a law enforcement agency to prevent, detect, and 
prosecute child exploitation crimes committed using artificial 
intelligence.
    (b) Duties of Commission.--The Commission shall--
            (1) investigate and assess how artificial intelligence may 
        be used in the commission of a child exploitation crime;
            (2) evaluate the ability of a law enforcement agency to 
        prevent, detect, and prosecute child exploitation crimes 
        committed using artificial intelligence under the law in effect 
        during the period of the evaluation of the Commission, 
        including by identifying any statutory language, constitutional 
        provision, or court decision that impedes such prosecutions; 
        and
             (3) recommend solutions to improve the ability of a law 
        enforcement agency to prevent, detect, and prosecute child 
        exploitation crimes committed using artificial intelligence, 
        including recommendations for statutory or constitutional 
        amendments to address the statutory language, constitutional 
        provisions, or court decisions identified under paragraph (2).
    (c) Reports.--
            (1) Interim reports.--The Commission may submit interim 
        reports to the Congress containing such findings, conclusions, 
        and recommendations as have been agreed to by the Commission.
            (2) Final report.--Not later than 2 years after the date on 
        which 13 members have been appointed to the Commission under 
        subsection (d), the Commission shall submit a final report to 
        the Congress containing such findings, conclusions, and 
        recommendations as have been agreed to by the Commission.
    (d) Membership.--
            (1) Number and appointment.--The Commission shall be 
        composed of 13 members appointed as follows:
                    (A) 7 members appointed by the Speaker of the House 
                of Representatives.
                    (B) 2 members appointed by the minority leader of 
                the House of Representatives.
                    (C) 2 members appointed by the majority leader of 
                the Senate.
                    (D) 2 members appointed by the minority leader of 
                the Senate.
            (2) Qualifications.--An individual appointed to the 
        Commission shall have expertise in law enforcement, artificial 
        intelligence, technology ethics, child psychology, or a related 
        field.
            (3) Nongovernmental appointees.--An individual appointed to 
        the Commission may not be an officer or employee of the Federal 
        Government or any State or unit of local government.
            (4) Terms.--Each member shall be appointed for the life of 
        the Commission.
            (5) Deadline for appointment.--Each member shall be 
        appointed not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act.
            (6) No compensation.--Members shall serve without pay, but 
        shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
        subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions under 
        subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code.
            (7) Chairperson; vice chairperson.--The Commission shall 
        elect a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from among the members 
        of the Commission. The term of office of the Chairperson and 
        Vice Chairperson shall be for the life of the Commission.
    (e) Procedures of Commission.--
            (1) Meetings.--Not later than 30 days after the date on 
        which 13 members have been appointed to the Commission under 
        subsection (d), the Commission shall hold an initial meeting, 
        at which the members of the Commission shall elect the 
        Chairperson and Vice Chairperson. Thereafter, the Commission 
        shall meet--
                    (A) quarterly; and
                    (B) at the call of a majority of its members.
            (2) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission 
        shall constitute a quorum to conduct business, but the 
        Commission may establish a lesser quorum for conducting 
        hearings scheduled by the Commission.
            (3) Voting.--No proxy voting shall be allowed on behalf of 
        a member of the Commission.
            (4) Rules.--The Commission may establish by majority vote 
        any other rules for the conduct of Commission business, if such 
        rules are not inconsistent with this section or any other 
        applicable law.
    (f) Staff of Commission; Experts and Consultants.--
            (1) Staff.--Subject to rules prescribed by the Commission, 
        the Chairperson may appoint and fix the pay of a staff director 
        and additional personnel as the Chairperson considers 
        appropriate.
            (2) Applicability of certain civil service laws.--The staff 
        director and personnel of the Commission may be appointed 
        without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States 
        Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and 
        may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and 
        subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to 
        classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that an 
        individual so appointed may not receive pay in excess of the 
        annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.
            (3) Personnel as federal employees.--The staff director and 
        any employee of the Commission shall be employees under section 
        2105 of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of chapters 
        63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, and 90 of that title.
            (4) Detailees.--Any Federal Government employee may be 
        detailed to the Commission without reimbursement from the 
        Commission, and such detail shall be without interruption or 
        loss of civil service status or privilege.
            (5) Volunteer services.--Notwithstanding section 1342 of 
        title 31, United States Code, the Commission may accept and use 
        voluntary and uncompensated services as the Commission 
        determines necessary.
            (6) Experts and consultants.--The Commission may procure 
        temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 
        title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not 
        to exceed the daily rate paid to a person occupying a position 
        at level IV of the Executive Schedule.
    (g) Powers of Commission.--
            (1) Hearings and sessions.--The Commission may, for the 
        purposes of carrying out this section, hold hearings, sit and 
        act at times and places, take testimony, and receive evidence 
        as the Commission considers appropriate.
            (2) Obtaining official data.--The Commission may secure 
        directly from any department or agency of the United States 
        information necessary to enable it to carry out this section. 
        Upon the request of the Chairperson, the head of that 
        department or agency shall furnish that information to the 
        Commission.
            (3) Gifts, bequests, and devises.--To the extent or in the 
        amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the 
        Commission may accept, use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or 
        devises of services or property, both real and personal, for 
        the purposes of aiding or facilitating the work of the 
        Commission. Gifts, bequests, or devises of money and proceeds 
        from sales or other property received as gifts, bequests, or 
        devises shall be deposited in the Treasury and shall be 
        available for disbursement upon order of the Chairperson.
            (4) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails 
        in the same manner and under the same conditions as departments 
        and agencies of the United States.
            (5) Administrative support services.--
                    (A) General services administration.--Upon the 
                request of the Commission, the Administrator of General 
                Services shall provide to the Commission, on a 
                reimbursable basis, the administrative support services 
                necessary for the Commission to carry out its 
                responsibilities under this section.
                    (B) Other departments and agencies.--In addition to 
                the assistance prescribed in subparagraph (A), the head 
                of a department or agency of the United States may 
                provide to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, 
                such services, funds, facilities, staff, or other 
                support services as such head may determine advisable 
                and as may be authorized by law.
            (6) Contract authority.--To the extent or in the amounts 
        provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Commission may 
        contract with and compensate government and private agencies or 
        persons for any purpose necessary to enable it to carry out 
        this section.
    (h) Nonapplicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 10 of part I of title 5, United 
        States Code, shall not apply to the Commission.
            (2) Public meetings and release of public versions of 
        reports.--The Commission shall--
                    (A) hold public hearings and meetings to the extent 
                appropriate; and
                    (B) release a public version of each report 
                submitted under subsection (c).
            (3) Conduct of public hearings.--Any public hearing of the 
        Commission shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the 
        protection of information provided to or developed for or by 
        the Commission as required by any applicable statute, 
        regulation, or Executive order.
    (i) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate 60 days after the 
date on which the Commission submits the final report under subsection 
(c).
    (j) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial 
        intelligence'' includes a machine-based system that uses data, 
        references, or machine or human-based inputs to--
                    (A) create a visual depiction, including an image 
                or video;
                    (B) recognize a pattern; or
                    (C) make a recommendation, prediction, or decision.
            (2) Child exploitation crime.--The term ``child 
        exploitation crime'' means a crime under any Federal, State, 
        local, or Tribal law relating to the sexual exploitation of 
        children.
            (3) Law enforcement agency.--The term ``law enforcement 
        agency'' means any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 
        governmental agency that is engaged in or supervises the 
        prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of a 
        violation of criminal law.
            (4) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, 
        territory, or possession of the United States.
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