[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4929]
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SA 2589. Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Schatz) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 H of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1095. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND
EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Artificial Intelligence Public Awareness and Education
Campaign Act''.
(b) Artificial Intelligence Public Awareness and Education
Campaign.--
(1) Definitions.--In this section:
(A) AI campaign.--The term ``AI Campaign'' means the public
awareness and education campaign conducted under this
section.
(B) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial
intelligence'' has the meaning given the term in section 5002
of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of
2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).
(C) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the
meaning given the term ``agency'' in section 551 of title 5,
United States Code.
(D) Key performance indicator.--The term ``key performance
indicator'' means a quantifiable metric that demonstrates how
effectively an initiative is at achieving its objectives.
(E) Relevant congressional committees.--The term ``relevant
congressional committees'' means--
(i) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate; and
(ii) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the
House of Representatives.
(F) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Commerce.
(2) AI campaign.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with
the heads of relevant Federal agencies, including the
Director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology and the Administrator of the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration, shall
conduct a public awareness and education campaign to provide
information regarding the benefits of, risks relating to, and
the prevalence of artificial intelligence in the daily lives
of individuals in the United States.
(3) Outreach.--In carrying out the AI Campaign, the
Secretary shall--
(A) determine the key performance indicators to evaluate
the effectiveness of the AI Campaign and obtain any baseline
data necessary for a comparative measurement of success;
(B) facilitate access to, and the exchange of, information
regarding artificial intelligence in order to promote up-to-
date knowledge regarding artificial intelligence and the
rights of an individual under law with respect to artificial
intelligence;
(C) identify, promote, and encourage the use of best
practices for the detection of provenance information with
respect to digital media by--
(i) including such media that is generated by human beings
and such media that is generated or significantly modified by
algorithms, including artificial intelligence, including
media commonly referred to as ``deepfakes'' and content
created by the programs commonly referred to as ``chatbots'';
(ii) providing resources and guidance on available tools
and methods for detecting or differentiating such media; and
(iii) identifying populations particularly susceptible to
artificial intelligence-enabled fraudulent activitiy,
including senior citizens, and conducting target outreach to
inform such populations of, and inoculate such populations
against, artificial intelligence-enabled scams and fraud;
(D) conduct outreach to the general public relating to the
prevalence of artificial intelligence in the daily lives of
individuals in the United States, including--
(i) applications that enable increase the productivity of
individuals, such as text-to-speech functionality, real-time
route planning, and predictive text suggestions; and
(ii) applications in use commercially, such as automated
decision-making, fraud detection, and financial trading; and
(E) conduct outreach about workforce opportunities,
including opportunities to work in the Federal Government,
for technologists and others with experience in the
development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence,
including to institutions of higher education (as defined in
section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1001).
(4) Expert consultation.--In conducting the AI Campaign,
the Secretary shall consult with a variety of stakeholders
from academic or research communities, public-private
partnerships, and private industry, including companies with
different roles in the use of artificial intelligence,
developers, deployers, users, and community development
organizations with expertise working with artificial
intelligence.
(5) Report.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date on
which the Secretary initiates the AI Campaign, the Secretary
shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a
report on the activities conducted under the AI Campaign.
(B) Contents.--The report required under subparagraph (A)
shall include--
(i) the key performance indicators determined for the
purpose of evaluating the overall effectiveness of the AI
Campaign; and
(ii) recommendations for subsequent actions, including in
any key areas in which the outcomes of the AI Campaign were
identified as insufficient.
(6) No additional funds.--No additional funds are
authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out
this section.
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