[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5366]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3069. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mr. Moran) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING RESOURCES AND 
                   TOOLKITS FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
     and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of 
     the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the 
     Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial 
     intelligence'' has the meaning given such term in section 
     5002 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9401).
       (3) Center.--The term ``Center'' has the meaning given such 
     term in section 25(a) of the National Institute of Standards 
     and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k(a)).
       (4) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
     the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
       (5) Hollings manufacturing extension partnership.--The term 
     ``Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership'' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 25(a) of the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 
     278k(a)).
       (6) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
       (7) Key emerging technologies.--The term ``key emerging 
     technologies'' means the technologies included in the initial 
     list of key technology focus areas set forth by section 
     10387(c) of the Research and Development, Competition, and 
     Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 19107(c)), photonics, and 
     electronics.
       (8) Rural community.--The term ``rural community'' means a 
     community that is located in areas that are not classified as 
     urban by the Bureau of the Census.
       (9) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Commerce.
       (10) Small business concern.--The term ``small business 
     concern'' has the meaning given such term in section 3(a) of 
     the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)).
       (b) Development of Training Resources and Toolkits 
     Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, acting 
     through the Director, the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 
     Partnership, and the Centers and in consultation and 
     coordination with the Administrator of the Small Business 
     Administration, the Secretary of Agriculture, and such 
     persons in the private sector as the Secretary of Commerce 
     considers appropriate, develop training resources and 
     toolkits for small business concerns, including small 
     business concerns located in rural, Tribal, or underserved 
     communities or involved in advanced manufacturing, relating 
     to the adoption and use of artificial intelligence and such 
     other key emerging technologies, such as quantum-hybrid 
     computing, as the Secretary considers appropriate.
       (2) Contents.--The training and toolkits developed under 
     paragraph (1) shall include prompt engineering and the use of 
     artificial intelligence or emerging technologies, such as 
     quantum hybrid tools, relating to access to credit and 
     capital, financial management and accounting, business 
     planning and operations, cybersecurity, marketing, supply 
     chain management, government contracting, and exporting.
       (c) Review and Update of Training Resources and Toolkits.--
     Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, and not less frequently than once every 2 years 
     thereafter, the Secretary shall--
       (1) review the training resources and toolkits developed 
     pursuant to subsection (b); and
       (2) update such resources and toolkits as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate.
       (d) Distribution and Use of Training Resources and 
     Toolkits.--The Secretary shall coordinate with the 
     Administrator of the Small Business Administration on the 
     distribution and use of the training resources and toolkits 
     that are developed pursuant to subsection (b) through the 
     resource partners of the Small Business Administration, 
     including small business development centers, women business 
     centers, SCORE, veteran business opportunity centers, and the 
     Apex Accelerator.
       (e) Grants Program.--
       (1) Authority.--The Secretary may carry out a program on 
     the award of grants to persons providing training relating to 
     artificial intelligence to small business concerns using the 
     training resources developed under subsection (b).
       (2) Gift authority.--The Secretary may receive gifts that 
     the Secretary shall use to carry out paragraph (1).
       (f) Reports to Congress.--
       (1) Initial report.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
     development, distribution, and use of the training resources 
     and toolkits developed pursuant to subsection (b).
       (2) Biennial reports.--
       (A) Reports required.--Not later than 3 years after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently 
     than once every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall 
     submit to appropriate committees of Congress a biennial 
     report on the development, distribution, and use of training 
     resources and toolkits developed pursuant to subsection (b).
       (B) Contents.--Each report submitted to subparagraph (A) 
     shall include, for the period of covered by the report, the 
     following:
       (i) A list of the training resources and toolkits developed 
     pursuant to subsection (b).
       (ii) A description of the measurable outcomes of the 
     distribution of such training resources and toolkits, 
     including the following:

       (I) The number and type of small business concerns using 
     such training resources and toolkits.
       (II) The effect of such use on the revenues, sales, and 
     workforces of the small business concerns. 

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