[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3399-S3400]
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SA 1893. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:
SEC. ___. NATIONAL AI RESEARCH RESOURCE TASK FORCE.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) National artificial intelligence research resource.--
The term ``national artificial intelligence research
resource'' mean a system that provides researchers and
students across scientific fields and disciplines with access
to compute resources, co-located with publicly-available,
artificial intelligence-ready government and nongovernment
data sets and a research environment with appropriate
educational tools and user support.
(2) Ownership.--The term ``ownership'', with respect to a
national artificial intelligence research resource, means
responsibility and accountability for--
(A) the implementation, deployment, and ongoing development
of the resource; and
(B) providing staff to support such implementation,
deployment, and ongoing development.
(b) Establishment of Task Force.--
(1) Establishment.--
(A) In general.--The Director of the National Science
Foundation, in coordination with the Director of the Office
of Science and Technology Policy, shall establish a task
force--
(i) to investigate the feasibility and advisability of
establishing a national artificial intelligence research
resource; and
(ii) to propose a roadmap detailing how such resource
should be established and sustained.
(B) Designation.--The task force established by
subparagraph (A) shall be known as the ``National Artificial
Intelligence Research Resource Task Force'' (in this section
referred to as the ``Task Force'').
(2) Membership.--
(A) Composition.--The Task Force shall be composed of 12
members selected by the co-chairpersons of the Task Force
from among technical experts in artificial intelligence or
related subjects, of whom--
(i) 4 shall be representatives from the Federal Government,
including the co-chairpersons of the Task Force;
(ii) 4 shall be representatives from institutions of higher
educations (as such term is defined in section 101 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)); and
(iii) 4 shall be representatives from private
organizations.
(B) Appointment.--Not later than 120 days after enactment
of this Act, the co-chairpersons of the Task Force shall
appoint members to the Task Force pursuant to subparagraph
(A).
(C) Term of appointment.--Members of the Task Force shall
be appointed for the life of the Task Force.
(D) Vacancy.--Any vacancy occurring in the membership of
the Task Force shall be filled in the same manner in which
the original appointment was made.
(E) Co-chairpersons.--The Director of the Office of Science
and Technology Policy and the Director of the National
Sciences Foundation, or their designees, shall be the co-
chairpersons of the Task Force. If the role of the Director
of the National Science Foundation is vacant, the Chair of
the National Science Board shall act as a co-chairperson of
the Task Force in lieu of the Director of the National
Science Foundation.
(F) Expenses for non-federal members.--Non-Federal members
of the Task Force shall be allowed travel expenses, including
per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for
employees under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United
States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of
business in the performance of services for the Task Force.
(c) Roadmap and Implementation Plan.--
(1) In general.--The Task Force shall develop a coordinated
roadmap and implementation plan for establishing and
sustaining a national artificial intelligence research
resource.
(2) Contents.--The roadmap and plan required by paragraph
(1) shall include the following:
(A) Goals for establishment and sustainment of a national
artificial intelligence research resource and metrics for
success.
(B) A plan for ownership and administration of such
resource, including--
(i) an appropriate agency or organization responsible for
the implementation, deployment, and administration of the
resource; and
(ii) a governance structure for the resource, including
oversight and decisionmaking authorities.
(C) A model for governance and oversight to establish
strategic direction, make programmatic decisions, and manage
the allocation of resources.
(D) Capabilities required to create and maintain a shared
computing infrastructure to facilitate access to computing
resources for researchers across the country, including
scalability, secured access control, resident data
engineering and curation expertise, provision of curated,
data sets, compute resources, educational tools and services,
and a user interface portal.
(E) An assessment of, and recommend solutions to, barriers
to the dissemination and use of high-quality government data
sets as part of the national artificial intelligence research
resource.
(F) An assessment of security requirements associated with
the national artificial intelligence research resource and
its research and a recommendation for a framework for the
management of access controls.
(G) An assessment of privacy and civil liberties
requirements associated with the national artificial
intelligence research resource and its research.
(H) A plan for sustaining the national artificial
intelligence research resource, including through Federal
funding and partnerships with the private sector.
(I) The parameters for the establishment and sustainment of
the national artificial intelligence research resource,
including roles and responsibilities for Federal agencies and
milestones to establish and sustain the resource.
(d) Consultations.--In carrying out subsection (c), the
Task Force shall consult with the following:
(1) The National Science Foundation.
(2) The Office of Science and Technology Policy.
(3) The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine.
(4) The National Institute of Standards and Technology.
(5) The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
(6) The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity.
(7) The Department of Energy.
(8) The Department of Defense.
(9) The General Services Administration.
(10) Private industry.
(11) Institutions of higher education.
(12) Such other persons as the Task Force considers
appropriate.
(e) Staff.--Staff of the Task Force shall comprise
detailees with expertise in artificial intelligence, or
related fields from the Office of Science and Technology
Policy, the National Science Foundation, or any other Federal
agency the co-chairpersons consider appropriate, with the
consent of the head of the Federal agency. The co-
chairpersons may hire staff from outside the Federal
government for the duration of the task force.
(f) Task Force Reports.--
(1) Initial report.--Not later than 6 months after the date
on which all of the appointments have been made under
subsection (b)(2)(B), the Task Force shall submit to Congress
and the President an interim report containing the findings,
conclusions, and recommendations of the Task Force. The
report shall include specific recommendations regarding steps
the Task Force believes necessary for the establishment and
sustainment of a national artificial intelligence research
resource.
(2) Final report.--Not later than 3 months after the
submittal of the interim report under paragraph (1), the Task
Force shall submit to Congress and the President a final
report containing the findings, conclusions, and
recommendations of the Task Force, including the specific
recommendations developed under subsection (c).
(g) Termination.--
(1) In general.--The Task Force shall terminate 90 days
after the date on which it
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submits the final report under subsection (f)(2).
(2) Records.--Upon termination of the Task Force, all of
its records shall become the records of the National Archives
and Records Administration.
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