[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1564 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1564
To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to
establish, or otherwise ensure the provision of, a training program on
artificial intelligence for Federal management officials and
supervisors, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 11, 2023
Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Braun) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs
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A BILL
To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to
establish, or otherwise ensure the provision of, a training program on
artificial intelligence for Federal management officials and
supervisors, 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 ``Artificial Intelligence Leadership
Training Act'' or the ``AI Leadership Training Act''.
SEC. 2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) AI.--The term ``AI'' has the meaning given the term
``artificial intelligence'' in section 238(g) of the John S.
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2019
(10 U.S.C. 2358 note).
(2) Covered employee.--The term ``covered employee''
means--
(A) a management official;
(B) a supervisor; or
(C) any other employee of an executive agency--
(i) as determined appropriate by the
Director for the purposes of this section; or
(ii) who is designated by the head of that
executive agency to participate in the Program.
(3) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of
the Office of Personnel Management.
(4) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has
the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United
States Code.
(5) Management official; supervisor.--The terms
``management official'' and ``supervisor'' have the meanings
given those terms in section 7103(a) of title 5, United States
Code.
(6) Program.--The term ``Program'' means the AI leadership
training program established and implemented (or the provision
of which is otherwise ensured) by the Director under subsection
(b)(1).
(b) Program.--
(1) In general.--
(A) Establishment of program.--Not later than 1
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Director, in consultation with any other person
determined relevant by the Director, shall develop and
implement (or otherwise ensure the provision of) an AI
leadership training program for covered employees,
under which training in accordance with the
requirements of this section shall be provided to
covered employees on an annual basis.
(B) Incorporation of existing training permitted.--
For the purposes of subparagraph (A), the Director may
include executive agency or other training that the
Director determines is relevant to providing the
information required under paragraph (3).
(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the Program shall be to ensure
that covered employees have knowledge regarding--
(A) the capabilities and risks associated with AI;
(B) safety and ethical issues relating to AI;
(C) Federal Government requirements and best
practices with respect to AI, such as with respect to
the procurement, use, testing, evaluation, and auditing
of AI capabilities; and
(D) other matters relating to requirements for the
development and use of AI within and by the Federal
Government.
(3) Topics.--At a minimum, the Program shall include
information relating to--
(A) what AI is and how AI works;
(B) introductory concepts regarding, and features
of, different types of AI;
(C) the benefits offered, and the risks posed, by
AI;
(D) the role of data in AI systems and the risks of
not using sufficiently representative training data in
those systems;
(E) the ways in which AI can fail;
(F) the need for continuous refinement of AI as
part of the development and deployment of AI;
(G) ways to mitigate the risks of AI, including
through efforts to create and identify AI that is
reliable, safe, trustworthy, and fair; and
(H) organizational considerations for the
development and deployment of AI, including necessary
norms and practices, workforce training, and specific
use cases.
(4) Updates.--Not less frequently than once every 2 years
after the date on which the Director develops and implements
(or otherwise ensures the provision of) the Program under
paragraph (1), the Director shall update the Program to--
(A) incorporate new information relating to AI; and
(B) ensure that the Program continues to satisfy
the requirements under paragraph (3) and any other
requirements determined by the Director.
(5) Metrics.--The Director shall establish a means by which
to--
(A) understand and measure the participation of
covered employees in the Program; and
(B) receive and consider feedback from participants
in the Program so as to improve the Program through
updates implemented under paragraph (4).
(6) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the Director should ensure that training provided under the
Program includes interactions with technologists, scholars, and
other experts from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors.
(7) Sunset.--Effective on the date that is 10 years after
the date of enactment of this Act, this section shall have no
force or effect.
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