[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9215 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9215

 To facilitate the growth of multidisciplinary and diverse teams that 
   can advance the development and training of safe and trustworthy 
        artificial intelligence systems, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2024

Ms. Lofgren (for herself and Mr. Lucas) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
 To facilitate the growth of multidisciplinary and diverse teams that 
   can advance the development and training of safe and trustworthy 
        artificial intelligence systems, 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 ``Workforce for AI Trust Act''.

SEC. 2. NSF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION; NIST 
              ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GOVERNANCE WORKFORCE.

    (a) NSF Artificial Intelligence Research and Education.----
            (1) Fellowships.--Subsection (e) of section 5401 of the 
        National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 
        U.S.C. 9451; enacted as part of title LIV of division E of the 
        William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act 
        for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking 
                        ``faculty''; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following new 
                        subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Interdisciplinary artificial intelligence 
                fellowships.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Director of the 
                        National Science Foundation may support 
                        graduate and postdoctoral research fellowships 
                        for students and postdoctoral researchers from 
                        across disciplines, including social science 
                        disciplines and the humanities, by making 
                        awards through qualified institutions of higher 
                        education for research and related activities 
                        related to the integration of ethical and 
                        responsible practices and principles into the 
                        design, development, training, deployment, 
                        evaluation, and understanding of artificial 
                        intelligence systems.
                            ``(ii) Use of awards.--An institution of 
                        higher education shall use awards under clause 
                        (i) for the following purposes:
                                    ``(I) For graduate fellowships, 
                                tuition, education-related fees, and 
                                stipends for up to three academic 
                                years.
                                    ``(II) For postdoctoral 
                                fellowships, salaries, benefits, 
                                relocation costs, related conference 
                                travels, and research expenses for up 
                                to three years.
                                    ``(III) Additional such other 
                                expenses the Director determines 
                                appropriate.
                            ``(iii) Eligibility.--To be eligible to 
                        receive an award under this subparagraph, an 
                        institution of higher education receiving the 
                        award shall ensure recipients--
                                    ``(I) are citizens, nationals, or 
                                lawful permanent residents of the 
                                United States;
                                    ``(II) demonstrate a commitment to 
                                a career in advancing the topic of 
                                technology ethics, including 
                                trustworthy artificial intelligence;
                                    ``(III) for graduate fellowships, 
                                are--
                                            ``(aa) full-time students 
                                        in an eligible program at the 
                                        institution of higher 
                                        education, as determined by the 
                                        Director; or
                                            ``(bb) students pursuing a 
                                        degree on a less than full-time 
                                        basis, but not less than half-
                                        time basis, in an eligible 
                                        program at the institution of 
                                        higher education, as determined 
                                        by the Director; and
                                    ``(IV) for postdoctoral 
                                fellowships, have a doctoral degree in 
                                an eligible program, have received such 
                                degree not earlier than five years 
                                before the date that such fellowship 
                                begins, and have a postdoctoral 
                                appointment at a host institution.
                            ``(iv) Application.--An applicant for a 
                        fellowship shall submit to the Director of the 
                        National Science Foundation an application, in 
                        such manner, and containing such information, 
                        as the Director may require. At a minimum, the 
                        Director shall require an applicants to include 
                        in such application a description of how--
                                    ``(I) the proposed research and 
                                activities are designed to advance the 
                                field of trustworthy artificial 
                                intelligence, including ways to design, 
                                develop, train, deploy, evaluate, and 
                                understand artificial intelligence 
                                systems or deploy such systems in a 
                                trustworthy manner;
                                    ``(II) the applicant will be 
                                integrated with artificial intelligence 
                                researchers at the host institution in 
                                a role consistent with being a member 
                                of an interdisciplinary or 
                                transdisciplinary team; and
                                    ``(III) the applicant plans to 
                                disseminate any research findings, 
                                learned best practices, or technical 
                                solutions to the broader artificial 
                                intelligence systems research 
                                community.
                            ``(v) Outreach.--The Director of the 
                        National Science Foundation shall conduct 
                        outreach to recruit fellowship applicants--
                                    ``(I) from diverse research 
                                institutions;
                                    ``(II) from all regions of the 
                                country; and
                                    ``(III) from groups historically 
                                underrepresented in STEM fields.
                            ``(vi) Administrative agreements.--Eligible 
                        fellowships may include temporary artificial 
                        intelligence-related positions at Federal or 
                        State agencies, national laboratories, private 
                        sector entities, institutions of higher 
                        education, the Institute, or other artificial 
                        intelligence relevant entities, as determined 
                        appropriate by the Director of the National 
                        Science Foundation.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(4) Artificial intelligence skills-based training across 
        the national science foundation.--The Director of the National 
        Science Foundation shall seek to encourage the application of 
        artificial intelligence systems to accelerate scientific 
        discovery and technology development across all fields of STEM 
        supported by the Foundation, including by supporting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) Training for undergraduate and graduate 
                students and postdoctoral researchers through existing 
                technical and skills-based training or certification 
                programs and by providing for additional experiential 
                learning experiences, as appropriate.
                    ``(B) Development and hosting of intra- or inter-
                institutional workshops on the application of 
                artificial intelligence systems to new uses in 
                research, development, demonstration, testing, 
                dissemination, and evaluation.
                    ``(C) Administrative and award supplements to 
                existing research awards to support professional 
                development experiences for graduate students and 
                postdoctoral researchers who receive a substantial 
                portion of their support in connection with such 
                research awards to learn how to apply artificial 
                intelligence systems to their research, as determined 
                by the Director.''.
            (2) Ethics.--Subsection (d) of the section 5401 of the 
        National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 
        U.S.C. 9451) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) Workshops.--The Director of the National Science 
        Foundation may make awards for the development and hosting of 
        intra- or inter-institutional workshops focused on integrating 
        perspectives and skills from multiple and diverse disciplines, 
        including social science, behavioral science, technology 
        ethics, normative ethics, and linguistics, toward the 
        deployment, evaluation, and understanding of artificial 
        intelligence systems.''.
            (3) Peer review panels.--Section 5401 of the National 
        Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9451) 
        is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 
                (h); and
                    (B) by inserting after subsection (f) the following 
                new subsection:
    ``(g) Peer Review Panels.--As practicable and appropriate, the 
Director of the National Science Foundation shall ensure that merit 
review panels convened to evaluate proposals related to artificial 
intelligence systems research and related activities integrate 
perspectives from multiple and diverse research disciplines, including 
researchers from social science, technology ethics, normative ethics, 
legal, and linguistic disciplines.''.
    (b) NIST Activities To Support the Artificial Intelligence 
Governance Workforce.--
            (1) Supporting activities.--Subsection (b) of section 22A 
        of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
        U.S.C. 278h-1) is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as 
                paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(3) support education and workforce development 
        activities to expand the artificial intelligence workforce, 
        including careers related to helping organizations govern, map, 
        measure, and manage artificial intelligence related risk, 
        including testing, evaluation, verification, and validation of 
        artificial intelligence systems;''.
            (2) Risk management framework.--Subsection (c) of section 
        22A of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 278h-1) is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) as 
                paragraphs (5) through (7), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(4) support technical standards and guidance to describe 
        tasks, knowledge, skills, abilities, competencies, job 
        pathways, and work roles to guide career development, 
        education, training activities, and professional certifications 
        related to artificial intelligence risk management, including 
        careers related to helping organizations govern, map, measure, 
        and manage artificial intelligence related risk, including 
        testing, evaluation, verification, and validation of artificial 
        intelligence systems;''.
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