[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9043 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9043

   To provide for Federal civilian agency laboratory development for 
   testing and certification of artificial intelligence for civilian 
                  agency use, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2024

 Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for Federal civilian agency laboratory development for 
   testing and certification of artificial intelligence for civilian 
                  agency use, 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. FEDERAL CIVILIAN AGENCY LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT FOR TESTING 
              AND CERTIFICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR CIVILIAN 
              AGENCY USE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall 
assess the competency and capacity required across the Federal 
Government to make recommendations on the design and equipping of 
Federal civilian agency laboratories for the conduct of artificial 
intelligence training engine development and test beds for generative 
artificial intelligence relating to sustaining the following:
            (1) Democratic norms, values, and legal protections for 
        institutions.
            (2) The independence of personnel, government networks, the 
        courts, and elected and appointed persons at all levels to 
        fulfill their oaths of office and official duties.
    (b) Development.--To carry out subsection (a), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, acting through the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, shall develop artificial intelligence 
training and testing centers to score artificial intelligence systems 
that may be acquired for Federal civilian agency use with the following 
objectives:
            (1) Preserving privacy, transparency, accountability, self-
        determination, and autonomy in the use of artificial 
        intelligence, and the rights of families and individuals to 
        opt-out of the use of artificial intelligence.
            (2) Protection of the rights of individuals, children, the 
        elderly, persons with disabilities, and racial minorities 
        regarding the use of artificial intelligence.
            (3) Protection of gender identification and the intimate 
        lives of consenting adults.
            (4) Guarding against automated decision making that 
        threatens due process rights, constitutional protections, or 
        the rule of law.
    (c) Implementation.--To carry out subsections (a) and (b), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall, in accordance with 
subsection (d), utilize real world use cases and associated outputs 
provided by artificial intelligence systems to determine outcomes in 
specific Federal civilian agency settings, including in situations in 
which artificial intelligence replaces with automated systems workers 
in decision-making scenarios.
    (d) Certain Requirements.--In carrying out subsection (c) relating 
to the utilization of real world use cases, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, shall ensure the following:
            (1) The development of a digital repository of real world 
        use cases that do not contain personally identifiable 
        information or can be used to identify any individuals.
            (2) The determination of modes and methods for converting 
        real world use case data into training and testing applications 
        uniquely suited for each Federal agency's training and testing 
        systems.
            (3) Real world use cases are used to test and ensure that 
        artificial intelligence systems accurately capture real world 
        knowledge of each Federal agency's delivery of benefits or 
        services to employees, other Federal agencies or to non-Federal 
        persons seeking information, or assistance relating to the 
        application for benefits or services.
            (4) The prohibition of automatic decision making regarding 
        any denial of such benefits or services.
            (5) Each Federal agency utilizes the information contained 
        in such digital repository in a manner consistent with the 
        intent of the permitting each such Federal agency to train and 
        test artificial intelligence systems intended for each such 
        Federal agency's adoption and use.
    (e) Office of Artificial Intelligence Incident Reporting.--The 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish in the Department of 
Homeland Security an Office of Artificial Intelligence Incident 
Reporting to enable Federal civilian agencies to share, collaborate, 
and report on experiences with artificial intelligence systems.
    (f) Reports.--
            (1) DHS reports.--Not later than six months after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act and biannually thereafter, the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the 
        Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall 
        submit to Congress a report on the implementation of this 
        section, including regarding objectives and associated 
        challenges, and resource needs. Each report under this 
        subsection shall also include recommendations on how to 
        overcome roadblocks.
            (2) Agency reports.--The head of each Federal civilian 
        agency shall report to the Secretary of Homeland Security any 
        adverse experiences encountered by such agency with deployed 
        artificial intelligent systems and what steps have been taken 
        to address such adverse experiences.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $20,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
carry out this section.
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