[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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