[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[S. 4664 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4664

 To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to promote 
   the use of artificial intelligence to support the missions of the 
             Department of Energy, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 10, 2024

 Mr. Manchin (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to promote 
   the use of artificial intelligence to support the missions of the 
             Department of Energy, 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 ``Department of Energy AI Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Department has a leading role to play in making the 
        most of the potential of artificial intelligence to advance the 
        missions of the Department relating to national security, 
        science, and energy (including critical materials);
            (2) the 17 National Laboratories employ over 40,000 
        scientists, engineers, and researchers with decades of 
        experience developing world-leading advanced computational 
        algorithms, computer science research, experimentation, and 
        applications in machine learning that underlie artificial 
        intelligence;
            (3) the NNSA manages the Stockpile Stewardship Program 
        established under section 4201 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act 
        (50 U.S.C. 2521), which includes the Advanced Simulation and 
        Computing program, that provides critical classified and 
        unclassified computing capabilities to sustain the nuclear 
        stockpile of the United States;
            (4) for decades, the Department has led the world in the 
        design, construction, and operation of the preeminent high-
        performance computing systems of the United States, which 
        benefit the scientific and economic competitiveness of the 
        United States across many sectors, including energy, critical 
        materials, biotechnology, and national security;
            (5) across the network of 34 user facilities of the 
        Department, scientists generate tremendous volumes of high-
        quality open data across diverse research areas, while the NNSA 
        has always generated the foremost datasets in the world on 
        nuclear deterrence and strategic weapons;
            (6) the unrivaled quantity and quality of open and 
        classified scientific datasets of the Department is a unique 
        asset to rapidly develop frontier AI models;
            (7) the Department already develops cutting-edge AI models 
        to execute the broad mission of the Department, including AI 
        models of the Department that are used to forecast disease 
        transmission for COVID-19, and address critical material issues 
        and emerging nuclear security missions;
            (8) the AI capabilities of the Department will underpin and 
        jumpstart a dedicated, focused, and centralized AI program; and
            (9) under section 4.1(b) of Executive Order 14110 (88 Fed. 
        Reg. 75191 (November 1, 2023)) (relating to the safe, secure, 
        and trustworthy development and use of artificial 
        intelligence), the Secretary is tasked to lead development in 
        testbeds, national security protections, and assessment of 
        artificial intelligence applications.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) AI; artificial intelligence.--The terms ``AI'' and 
        ``artificial intelligence'' have the meaning given the term 
        ``artificial intelligence'' in section 5002 of the National 
        Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 
        9401).
            (2) Alignment.--The term ``alignment'' means a field of AI 
        safety research that aims to make AI systems behave in line 
        with human intentions.
            (3) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
        Department of Energy, including the NNSA.
            (4) Foundation model.--The term ``foundation model'' means 
        an AI model that--
                    (A) is trained on broad data;
                    (B) generally uses self-supervision;
                    (C) contains at least tens of billions of 
                parameters; and
                    (D) is applicable across a wide range of contexts; 
                and
                    (E) exhibits, or could be easily modified to 
                exhibit, high levels of performance at tasks that pose 
                a serious risk to the security, national economic 
                security, or national public health or safety of the 
                United States.
            (5) Frontier ai.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``frontier AI'' means the 
                leading edge of AI research that remains unexplored and 
                is considered to be the most challenging, including 
                models--
                            (i) that exceed the capabilities currently 
                        present in the most advanced existing models; 
                        and
                            (ii) many of which perform a wide variety 
                        of tasks.
                    (B) Inclusion.--The term ``frontier AI'' includes 
                AI models with more than 1,000,000,000,000 parameters.
            (6) National laboratory.--The term ``National Laboratory'' 
        has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy 
        Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
            (7) NNSA.--The term ``NNSA'' means the National Nuclear 
        Security Administration.
            (8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.
            (9) Testbed.--The term ``testbed'' means any platform, 
        facility, or environment that enables the testing and 
        evaluation of scientific theories and new technologies, 
        including hardware, software, or field environments in which 
        structured frameworks can be implemented to conduct tests to 
        assess the performance, reliability, safety, and security of a 
        wide range of items, including prototypes, systems, 
        applications, AI models, instruments, computational tools, 
        devices, and other technological innovations.

SEC. 4. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH TO DEPLOYMENT.

    (a) Program To Develop and Deploy Frontiers in Artificial 
Intelligence for Science, Security, and Technology (FASST).--
            (1) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a 
        centralized AI program to carry out research on the development 
        and deployment of advanced artificial intelligence capabilities 
        for the missions of the Department (referred to in this 
        subsection as the ``program''), consistent with the program 
        established under section 5501 of the William M. (Mac) 
        Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
        2021 (15 U.S.C. 9461).
            (2) Program components.--
                    (A) In general.--The program shall advance and 
                support diverse activities that include the following 
                components:
                            (i) Aggregation, curation, and distribution 
                        of AI training datasets.
                            (ii) Development and deployment of next-
                        generation computing platforms and 
                        infrastructure.
                            (iii) Development and deployment of safe 
                        and trustworthy AI models and systems.
                            (iv) Tuning and adaptation of AI models and 
                        systems for pressing scientific, energy, and 
                        national security applications.
                    (B) Aggregation, curation, and distribution of ai 
                training datasets.--In carrying out the component of 
                the program described in subparagraph (A)(i), the 
                Secretary shall develop methods, platforms, protocols, 
                and other tools required for efficient, safe, and 
                effective aggregation, generation, curation, and 
                distribution of AI training datasets, including--
                            (i) assembling, aggregating, and curating 
                        large-scale training data for advanced AI, 
                        including outputs from research programs of the 
                        Department and other open science data, with 
                        the goal of developing comprehensive scientific 
                        AI training databases and testing and 
                        validation data;
                            (ii) developing and executing appropriate 
                        data management plan for the ethical, 
                        responsible, and secure use of classified and 
                        unclassified scientific data;
                            (iii) identifying, curating, and safely 
                        distributing, as appropriate based on the 
                        application--
                                    (I) scientific and experimental 
                                Departmental datasets; and
                                    (II) sponsored research activities 
                                that are needed for the training of 
                                foundation and adapted downstream AI 
                                models; and
                            (iv) partnering with stakeholders to curate 
                        critical datasets that reside outside the 
                        Department but are determined to be critical to 
                        optimizing the capabilities of open-science AI 
                        foundation models, national security AI 
                        foundation models, and other AI technologies 
                        developed under the program.
                    (C) Development and deployment of next-generation 
                computing platforms and infrastructure.--In carrying 
                out the component of the program described in 
                subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary shall--
                            (i) develop early-stage AI testbeds to test 
                        and evaluate new software, hardware, 
                        algorithms, and other AI-based technologies and 
                        applications;
                            (ii) develop and deploy new energy-
                        efficient AI computing hardware and software 
                        infrastructure necessary for developing and 
                        deploying trustworthy frontier AI systems that 
                        leverage the high-performance computing 
                        capabilities of the Department and the National 
                        Laboratories;
                            (iii) facilitate the development and 
                        deployment of unclassified and classified high-
                        performance computing systems and AI platforms 
                        through Department-owned infrastructure data 
                        and computing facilities;
                            (iv) procure high-performance computing and 
                        other resources necessary for developing, 
                        training, evaluating, and deploying AI 
                        foundation models and AI technologies; and
                            (v) use appropriate supplier screening 
                        tools available through the Department to 
                        ensure that procurements under clause (iv) are 
                        from trusted suppliers.
                    (D) Development and deployment of safe and 
                trustworthy ai models and systems.--In carrying out the 
                component of the program described in subparagraph 
                (A)(iii), not later than 3 years after the date of 
                enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall--
                            (i) develop innovative concepts and applied 
                        mathematics, computer science, engineering, and 
                        other science disciplines needed for frontier 
                        AI;
                            (ii) develop best-in-class AI foundation 
                        models and other AI technologies for open-
                        science and national security applications;
                            (iii) research and deploy counter-
                        adversarial artificial intelligence solutions 
                        to predict, prevent, mitigate, and respond to 
                        threats to critical infrastructure, energy 
                        security, and nuclear nonproliferation, and 
                        biological and chemical threats;
                            (iv) establish crosscutting research 
                        efforts on AI risks, reliability, safety, 
                        trustworthiness, and alignment, including the 
                        creation of unclassified and classified data 
                        platforms across the Department; and
                            (v) develop capabilities needed to ensure 
                        the safe and responsible implementation of AI 
                        in the private and public sectors that--
                                    (I) may be readily applied across 
                                Federal agencies and private entities 
                                to ensure that open-science models are 
                                released responsibly, securely, and in 
                                the national interest; and
                                    (II) ensure that classified 
                                national security models are secure, 
                                responsibly managed, and safely 
                                implemented in the national interest.
                    (E) Tuning and adaptation of ai models and systems 
                for pressing scientific and national security 
                applications.--In carrying out the component of the 
                program described in subparagraph (A)(iv), the 
                Secretary shall--
                            (i) use AI foundation models and other AI 
                        technologies to develop a multitude of tuned 
                        and adapted downstream models to solve pressing 
                        scientific, energy, and national security 
                        challenges;
                            (ii) carry out joint work, including 
                        public-private partnerships, and cooperative 
                        research projects with industry, including end 
                        user companies, hardware systems vendors, and 
                        AI software companies, to advance AI 
                        technologies relevant to the missions of the 
                        Department;
                            (iii) form partnerships with other Federal 
                        agencies, institutions of higher education, and 
                        international organizations aligned with the 
                        interests of the United States to advance 
                        frontier AI systems development and deployment; 
                        and
                            (iv) increase research experiences and 
                        workforce development, including training for 
                        undergraduate and graduate students in frontier 
                        AI for science, energy, and national security.
            (3) Strategic plan.--In carrying out the program, the 
        Secretary shall develop a strategic plan with specific short-
        term and long-term goals and resource needs to advance 
        applications in AI for science, energy, and national security 
        to support the missions of the Department, consistent with--
                    (A) the 2023 National Laboratory workshop report 
                entitled ``Advanced Research Directions on AI for 
                Science, Energy, and Security''; and
                    (B) the 2024 National Laboratory workshop report 
                entitled ``AI for Energy''.
    (b) AI Research and Development Centers.--
            (1) In general.--As part of the program established under 
        subsection (a), the Secretary shall select, on a competitive, 
        merit-reviewed basis, National Laboratories to establish and 
        operate not fewer than 8 multidisciplinary AI Research and 
        Development Centers (referred to in this subsection as 
        ``Centers'')--
                    (A) to accelerate the safe and trustworthy 
                deployment of AI for science, energy, and national 
                security missions;
                    (B) to demonstrate the use of AI in addressing key 
                challenge problems of national interest in science, 
                energy, and national security; and
                    (C) to maintain the competitive advantage of the 
                United States in AI.
            (2) Focus.--Each Center shall bring together diverse teams 
        from National Laboratories, academia, and industry to 
        collaboratively and concurrently deploy hardware, software, 
        numerical methods, data, algorithms, and applications for AI 
        and ensure that the frontier AI research of the Department is 
        well-suited for key Department missions, including by using 
        existing and emerging computing systems to the maximum extent 
        practicable.
            (3) Administration.--
                    (A) National laboratory.--Each Center shall be 
                established as part of a National Laboratory.
                    (B) Application.--To be eligible for selection to 
                establish and operate a Center under paragraph (1), a 
                National Laboratory shall submit to the Secretary an 
                application at such time, in such manner, and 
                containing such information as the Secretary may 
                require.
                    (C) Director.--Each Center shall be headed by a 
                Director, who shall be the Chief Executive Officer of 
                the Center and an employee of the National Laboratory 
                described in subparagraph (A), and responsible for--
                            (i) successful execution of the goals of 
                        the Center; and
                            (ii) coordinating with other Centers.
                    (D) Technical roadmap.--In support of the strategic 
                plan developed under subsection (a)(3), each Center 
                shall--
                            (i) set a research and innovation goal 
                        central to advancing the science, energy, and 
                        national security mission of the Department; 
                        and
                            (ii) establish a technical roadmap to meet 
                        that goal in not more than 7 years.
                    (E) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate, 
                minimize duplication, and resolve conflicts between the 
                Centers.
            (4) Funding.--Of the amounts made available under 
        subsection (h), each Center shall receive not less than 
        $30,000,000 per year for a duration of not less than 5 years 
        but not more than 7 years, which yearly amount may be renewed 
        for an additional 5-year period.
    (c) AI Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Program.--
            (1) AI risk program.--As part of the program established 
        under subsection (a), and consistent with the missions of the 
        Department, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 
        of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of 
        National Intelligence, the Director of the National Security 
        Agency, and the Secretary of Commerce, shall carry out a 
        comprehensive program to evaluate and mitigate safety and 
        security risks associated with artificial intelligence systems 
        (referred to in this subsection as the ``AI risk program'').
            (2) Risk taxonomy.--
                    (A) In general.--Under the AI risk program, the 
                Secretary shall develop a taxonomy of safety and 
                security risks associated with artificial intelligence 
                systems relevant to the missions of the Department, 
                including, at a minimum, the risks described in 
                subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Risks described.--The risks referred to in 
                subparagraph (A) are the abilities of artificial 
                intelligence--
                            (i) to generate information at a given 
                        classification level;
                            (ii) to assist in generation of nuclear 
                        weapons information;
                            (iii) to assist in generation of chemical, 
                        biological, radiological, nuclear, 
                        nonproliferation, critical infrastructure, and 
                        energy security threats or hazards;
                            (iv) to assist in generation of malware and 
                        other cyber and adversarial threats that pose a 
                        significant national security risk, such as 
                        threatening the stability of critical national 
                        infrastructure;
                            (v) to undermine public trust in the use of 
                        artificial intelligence technologies or in 
                        national security;
                            (vi) to deceive a human operator or 
                        computer system, or otherwise act in opposition 
                        to the goals of a human operator or automated 
                        systems; and
                            (vii) to act autonomously with little or no 
                        human intervention in ways that conflict with 
                        human intentions.
    (d) Shared Resources for AI.--
            (1) In general.--As part of the program established under 
        subsection (a), the Secretary shall identify, support, and 
        sustain shared resources and enabling tools that have the 
        potential to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery and 
        technological innovation with respect to the missions of the 
        Department relating to science, energy, and national security.
            (2) Consultation.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary shall consult with relevant experts in industry, 
        academia, and the National Laboratories.
            (3) Focus.--Shared resources and enabling tools referred to 
        in paragraph (1) shall include the following:
                    (A) Scientific data and knowledge bases for 
                training AI systems.
                    (B) Benchmarks and competitions for evaluating 
                advances in AI systems.
                    (C) Platform technologies that lower the cost of 
                generating training data or enable the generation of 
                novel training data.
                    (D) High-performance computing, including hybrid 
                computing systems that integrate AI and high-
                performance computing.
                    (E) The combination of AI and scientific 
                automation, such as cloud labs and self-driving labs.
                    (F) Tools that enable AI to solve inverse design 
                problems.
                    (G) Testbeds for accelerating progress at the 
                intersection of AI and cyberphysical systems.
    (e) Administration.--
            (1) Research security.--The activities authorized under 
        this section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
        subtitle D of title VI of the Research and Development, 
        Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 19231 et seq.).
            (2) Cybersecurity.--The Secretary shall ensure the 
        integration of robust cybersecurity measures into all AI 
        research-to-deployment efforts authorized under this section to 
        protect the integrity and confidentiality of collected and 
        analyzed data.
            (3) Partnerships with private entities.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall seek to 
                establish partnerships with private companies and 
                nonprofit organizations in carrying out this Act, 
                including with respect to the research, development, 
                and deployment of each of the 4 program components 
                described in subsection (a)(2)(A).
                    (B) Requirement.--In carrying out subparagraph (A), 
                the Secretary shall protect any information submitted 
                to or shared by the Department consistent with 
                applicable laws (including regulations).
    (f) STEM Education and Workforce Development.--
            (1) In general.--Of the amounts made available under 
        subsection (h), not less than 10 percent shall be used to 
        foster the education and training of the next-generation AI 
        workforce.
            (2) AI talent.--As part of the program established under 
        subsection (a), the Secretary shall develop the required 
        workforce, and hire and train not fewer than 500 new 
        researchers to meet the rising demand for AI talent--
                    (A) with a particular emphasis on expanding the 
                number of individuals from underrepresented groups 
                pursuing and attaining skills relevant to AI; and
                    (B) including by--
                            (i) providing training, grants, and 
                        research opportunities;
                            (ii) carrying out public awareness 
                        campaigns about AI career paths; and
                            (iii) establishing new degree and 
                        certificate programs in AI-related disciplines 
                        at universities and community colleges.
    (g) Annual Report.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress an 
annual report describing--
            (1) the progress, findings, and expenditures under each 
        program established under this section; and
            (2) any legislative recommendations for promoting and 
        improving each of those programs.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $2,400,000,000 each year for the 
5-year period following the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. FEDERAL PERMITTING.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a program to 
improve Federal permitting processes for energy-related projects, 
including critical materials projects, using artificial intelligence.
    (b) Program Components.--In carrying out the program established 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall carry out activities, 
including activities that--
            (1) analyze data and provide tools from past environmental 
        and other permitting reviews, including by--
                    (A) extracting data from applications for 
                comparison with data relied on in environmental reviews 
                to assess the adequacy and relevance of applications;
                    (B) extracting information from past site-specific 
                analyses in the area of a current project;
                    (C) summarizing key mitigation actions that have 
                been successfully applied in past similar projects; and
                    (D) using AI for deeper reviews of past 
                determinations under the National Environmental Policy 
                Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to inform more 
                flexible and effective categorical exclusions; and
            (2) build tools to improve future reviews, including--
                    (A) tools for project proponents that accelerate 
                preparation of environmental documentation;
                    (B) tools for government reviewers such as domain-
                specific large language models that help convert 
                geographic information system or tabular data on 
                resources potentially impacted into rough-draft 
                narrative documents;
                    (C) tools to be applied in nongovernmental 
                settings, such as automatic reviews of applications to 
                assess the completeness of information; and
                    (D) a strategic plan to implement and deploy online 
                and digital tools to improve Federal permitting 
                activities, developed in consultation with--
                            (i) the Secretary of the Interior;
                            (ii) the Secretary of Agriculture, with 
                        respect to National Forest System land;
                            (iii) the Executive Director of the Federal 
                        Permitting Improvement Steering Council 
                        established by section 41002(a) of the FAST Act 
                        (42 U.S.C. 4370m-1(a)); and
                            (iv) the heads of any other relevant 
                        Federal department or agency, as determined 
                        appropriate by the Secretary.

SEC. 6. RULEMAKING ON AI STANDARDIZATION FOR GRID INTERCONNECTION.

    Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall initiate a rulemaking to 
revise the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Procedures 
promulgated pursuant to section 35.28(f) of title 18, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or successor regulations), to require public utility 
transmission providers to share and employ, as appropriate, queue 
management best practices with respect to the use of computing 
technologies, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, or 
automation, in evaluating and processing interconnection requests, in 
order to expedite study results with respect to those requests.

SEC. 7. ENSURING ENERGY SECURITY FOR DATACENTERS AND COMPUTING 
              RESOURCES.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that--
            (1) assesses--
                    (A) the growth of computing data centers and 
                advanced computing electrical power load in the United 
                States;
                    (B) potential risks of growth in computing centers 
                or growth in the required electrical power to United 
                States energy and national security; and
                    (C) the extent to which emerging technologies, such 
                as artificial intelligence and advanced computing, may 
                impact hardware and software systems used at data and 
                computing centers; and
            (2) provides recommendations for--
                    (A) resources and capabilities that the Department 
                may provide to promote access to energy resources by 
                data centers and advanced computing;
                    (B) policy changes to ensure domestic deployment of 
                data center and advanced computing resources prevents 
                offshoring of United States data and resources; and
                    (C) improving the energy efficiency of data 
                centers, advanced computing, and AI.

SEC. 8. OFFICE OF CRITICAL AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY.

    (a) In General.--Title II of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act is amended by inserting after section 215 (42 U.S.C. 7144b) the 
following:

``SEC. 216. OFFICE OF CRITICAL AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Critical and emerging technology.--The term `critical 
        and emerging technology' means--
                    ``(A) advanced technology that is potentially 
                significant to United States competitiveness, energy 
                security, or national security, such as biotechnology, 
                advanced computing, and advanced manufacturing;
                    ``(B) technology that may address the challenges 
                described in subsection (b) of section 10387 of the 
                Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation 
                Act (42 U.S.C. 19107); and
                    ``(C) technology described in the key technology 
                focus areas described in subsection (c) of that section 
                (42 U.S.C. 19107).
            ``(2) Department capabilities.--The term `Department 
        capabilities' means--
                    ``(A) each of the National Laboratories (as defined 
                in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
                U.S.C. 15801)); and
                    ``(B) each associated user facility of the 
                Department.
            ``(3) Director.--The term `Director' means the Director of 
        Critical and Emerging Technology described in subsection (d).
            ``(4) Office.--The term `Office' means the Office of 
        Critical and Emerging Technology established by subsection (b).
    ``(b) Establishment.--There shall be within the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Science and Innovation an Office of Critical and Emerging 
Technology.
    ``(c) Mission.--The mission of the Office shall be--
            ``(1) to work across the entire Department to assess and 
        analyze the status of and gaps in United States 
        competitiveness, energy security, and national security 
        relating to critical and emerging technologies, including 
        through the use of Department capabilities;
            ``(2) to leverage Department capabilities to provide for 
        rapid response to emerging threats and technological surprise 
        from new emerging technologies;
            ``(3) to promote greater participation of Department 
        capabilities within national science policy and international 
        forums; and
            ``(4) to inform the direction of research and policy 
        decisionmaking relating to potential risks of adoption and use 
        of emerging technologies, such as inadvertent or deliberate 
        misuses of technology.
    ``(d) Director of Critical and Emerging Technology.--The Office 
shall be headed by a director, to be known as the `Director of Critical 
and Emerging Technology', who shall--
            ``(1) be appointed by the Secretary; and
            ``(2) be an individual who, by reason of professional 
        background and experience, is specially qualified to advise the 
        Secretary on matters pertaining to critical and emerging 
        technology.
    ``(e) Collaboration.--In carrying out the mission and activities of 
the Office, the Director shall closely collaborate with all relevant 
Departmental entities, including the National Nuclear Security 
Administration and the Office of Science, to maximize the computational 
capabilities of the Department and minimize redundant capabilities.
    ``(f) Coordination.--In carrying out the mission and activities of 
the Office, the Director--
            ``(1) shall coordinate with senior leadership across the 
        Department and other stakeholders (such as institutions of 
        higher education and private industry);
            ``(2) shall ensure the coordination of the Office of 
        Science with the other activities of the Department relating to 
        critical and emerging technology, including the transfer of 
        knowledge, capabilities, and relevant technologies, from basic 
        research programs of the Department to applied research and 
        development programs of the Department, for the purpose of 
        enabling development of mission-relevant technologies;
            ``(3) shall support joint activities among the programs of 
        the Department;
            ``(4) shall coordinate with the heads of other relevant 
        Federal agencies operating under existing authorizations with 
        subjects related to the mission of the Office described in 
        subsection (c) in support of advancements in related research 
        areas, as the Director determines to be appropriate; and
            ``(5) may form partnerships to enhance the use of, and to 
        ensure access to, user facilities by other Federal agencies.
    ``(g) Planning, Assessment, and Reporting.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
        of enactment of the Department of Energy AI Act, the Secretary 
        shall submit to Congress a critical and emerging technology 
        action plan and assessment, which shall include--
                    ``(A) a review of current investments, programs, 
                activities, and science infrastructure of the 
                Department, including under National Laboratories, to 
                advance critical and emerging technologies;
                    ``(B) a description of any shortcomings of the 
                capabilities of the Department that may adversely 
                impact national competitiveness relating to emerging 
                technologies or national security; and
                    ``(C) a budget projection for the subsequent 5 
                fiscal years of planned investments of the Department 
                in each critical and emerging technology, including 
                research and development, infrastructure, pilots, test 
                beds, demonstration projects, and other relevant 
                activities.
            ``(2) Updates.--Every 2 years after the submission of the 
        plan and assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
        submit to Congress--
                    ``(A) an updated emerging technology action plan 
                and assessment; and
                    ``(B) a report that describes the progress made 
                toward meeting the goals set forth in the emerging 
                technology action plan and assessment submitted 
                previously.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91; 91 Stat. 565; 119 Stat. 
764; 133 Stat. 2199) is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 215 the following:

``Sec. 216. Office of Critical and Emerging Technology.''.
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