[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5762-S5763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 6236. Mr. INHOFE (for Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended
to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself
and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1214. UNITED STATES - ISRAEL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
CENTER.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``United
States - Israel Artificial Intelligence Center Act''.
(b) Establishment of Center.--The Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Director of
the National Science Foundation, and the heads of other
relevant Federal agencies, shall establish the United States
- Israel Artificial Intelligence Center (referred to in this
section as the ``Center'') in the United States.
(c) Purpose.--The purpose of the Center shall be to
leverage the experience, knowledge, and expertise of
institutions of higher education and private sector entities
in the United States and the State of Israel (referred to in
this section as ``Israel'') to develop more robust research
and development cooperation in the areas of--
(1) machine learning;
(2) image classification;
(3) object detection;
(4) speech recognition;
(5) natural language processing;
(6) data labeling;
(7) computer vision; and
(8) model explainability and interpretability.
(d) Artificial Intelligence Principles.--In carrying out
the purpose described in subsection (c), the Center shall
adhere to the principles for the use of artificial
intelligence in the Federal Government set forth in section 3
of Executive Order 13960 (85 Fed. Reg. 78939).
(e) International Partnerships.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of State and the heads of
other relevant Federal agencies, subject to the availability
of appropriations, may enter into cooperative agreements
supporting and enhancing dialogue and planning involving
international partnerships between the Department of State or
such agencies and the Government of Israel and its
ministries, offices, and institutions.
(2) Federal share.--Not more than 50 percent of the costs
of implementing the agreements entered into pursuant to
paragraph (1) may be paid by the United States Government.
(f) Limitations.--The Center is prohibited from receiving
any investment from or contracting with--
(1) any individual or entity with ties to any entity
affiliated (officially or unofficially) with the Chinese
Communist Party, the People's Liberation Army, or Government
of the People's Republic of China; or
(2) any entity owned, controlled by, or affiliated with the
Chinese Communist Party or the People's Republic of China, or
in which the Government of the People's Republic of China has
an ownership interest.
(g) Counterintelligence Screening Process.--
(1) Establishment.--The Director of National Intelligence,
the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security
Center, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation shall jointly establish a comprehensive
counterintelligence screening process to protect the United
States against efforts of the Government of the People's
Republic of China and other foreign entities to engage in
economic espionage and to misappropriate or misuse the
intellectual property, research and development, and
innovation efforts produced by the Center.
(2) Functions.--Subject to the joint direction and control
of the Federal officials referred to in paragraph (1), the
counterintelligence screening process established under such
paragraph shall assess and screen all purchases, leases, and
other transfers of intellectual property developed with the
assistance of the Center for potential national
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security threats as a condition precedent to any such
agreement.
(3) Funding.--Amounts required to carry out the process
established under paragraph (1) shall be derived from amounts
appropriated pursuant to subsection (j).
(h) Protections.--
(1) Certification required for participation.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no
person or entity may purchase, lease, participate in
development of, or otherwise obtain any intellectual property
developed with the assistance of the Center, unless all of
the Federal officials referred to in subsection (g)(1)
jointly certify, on behalf of their respective departments or
agencies, that any such property has sufficient protections
in place preclude misuse of United States intellectual
property, research and development, and innovation efforts,
and other threats from the People's Republic of China and
other entities.
(2) Certification requirements.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this section, no certification may be made under
paragraph (1) with respect to a person or entity unless such
person or entity discloses to Center--
(A) any funding the person received from sources other than
entities in the United States or Israel during the most
recent 10-year period; and
(B) any participation of the person in the People's
Republic of China's Thousand Talents Program or any entity
with official or unofficial ties to the Chinese Communist
Party, the People's Republic of China, or its affiliates,
including--
(i) any institute or university included in the Seven Sons
of National Defense; and
(ii) any college or university that receives funding from
the People's Liberation Army, the Central Military Commission
of the Chinese Communist Party, the Equipment Development
Department of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese
Communist Party, or the Ministry of Science and Technology of
the People's Republic of China.
(i) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than
December 31 of each year thereafter, the Federal officials
referred to in subsection (g)(1) shall jointly submit a
report to Congress that describes the safeguards established
by the Center to prevent the misappropriation or misuse of
intellectual property, research and development, and
innovation efforts produced by the Center.
(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated for the Center $10,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this section.
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