NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6938), S132, S133, S134, S135, S136, S137, S138, S139 [12JA], S157, S165, S166, S170, S171, S172, S173, S174, S175 [13JA], S221, S222 [14JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6938), consideration (H. Res. 977), H120 [7JA]

FEMA: reauthorize National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (S. 320), S5, S7, S17 [5JA]

Bills and resolutions

Artificial intelligence (AI): establish standards, metrics, and evaluation tools, support research, development, and capacity building activities, and promote innovation by ensuring companies of all sizes can succeed and thrive (see S. 3952), S706 [26FE]

——— improve standards and evaluation, expand research infrastructure, modernize Federal adoption and risk management, address AI-enabled crimes, and expand education and workforce opportunities (see H.R. 8516), H3123 [27AP]

Business and industry: establish pilot program and develop voluntary disclosure standards relative to use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems by private sector entities (see H.R. 9439), H4245 [24JN]

Commission on Hazard Risk Assessment Tools: establish (see H.R. 8407), H3044 [21AP]

Crime: establish protections against digital impersonation fraud (see S. 3982), S802 [4MR] (see H.R. 7786), H2419 [4MR]

Dept. of Commerce: reauthorize regional innovation program (see H.R. 8866), H3550 [15MY]

——— support development of robotics industry in U.S. (see S. 5310), S4515 [6AU]

Dept. of State and NIST: take certain actions to encourage and enable U.S. participation in developing standards and specifications for artificial intelligence (AI) and other critical and emerging technologies (see H.R. 9326), H4117 [15JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 6938), H11 [6JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6938), consideration (see H. Res. 977), H133 [7JA]

EPA and NIST: carry out study and convene consortium on environmental impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) and develop voluntary reporting system for such impacts (see S. 4727), S2698 [9JN] (see H.R. 9183), H3990 [8JN]

Federal agencies and departments: develop guidelines to assist agencies with preparing open Government data assets to be used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models (see H.R. 9341), H4124 [18JN]

——— establish working group for recycled plastic content traceability (see S. 5182), S4369 [30JY]

——— prohibit use of certain artificial intelligence (AI) models (see S. 5057), S4188 [21JY]

——— require use of Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework developed by NIST relative to use of artificial intelligence (AI) (see H.R. 8819), H3530 [14MY]

FTC: establish consumer transparency and protection requirements for artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots (see S. 5117), S4266 [23JY]

——— establish standards for making publicly available information about training data and algorithms used in artificial intelligence (AI) foundation models (see H.R. 8094), H2775 [26MR]

——— require artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content be labeled as AI-generated within metadata of output or by other technological means (see H.R. 9578), H4368 [2JY]

Government regulations: facilitate establishment of definitions, standards, resources, and frameworks to ensure certain biological datasets are ready for use in artificial intelligence (AI) models (see S. 4069), S1046 [12MR] (see H.R. 7907), H2482 [12MR]

Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership: improve administration (see S. 4957), S3742 [13JY]

Information technology: development of voluntary technical standard for setting screentime limit across certain devices (see H.R. 9692), H4467 [14JY]

NASA: commission science-based strategy for Federal Government to detect and monitor methane emissions (see H.R. 7416), H2094 [9FE]

National Quantum Initiative Act: reauthorize (see S. 3597), S115 [8JA] (see H.R. 8462), H3090 [23AP]

NOAA: identify set of forward-looking meteorological information to equip organizations that issue building codes and other standards with best available information on climate-related risks (see S. 4439), S2128 [29AP]

Power resources: develop best practices for measuring data center energy and water use and study data availability for improving energy demand forecasting capabilities (see H.R. 9372), H4125 [18JN]

Research: establish program of measurement research for engineering biology, biomanufacturing, and biometrology (see H.R. 8981), H3723 [21MY]

Science: include quantum molecular simulations and modeling in Federal scientific research (see H.R. 7749), H2335 [2MR]

——— upgrade and improve access to quantum research resources (see H.R. 8237), H2830 [9AP]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 8845), H3549 [15MY]

Technology: authorize certain assessments and impose requirements on certain memorandums of understanding relating to artificial intelligence (AI) (see H.R. 10180), H5257 [27AU]

——— develop program for voluntary reporting of artificial intelligence (AI) flaws and acceleration of detection and monitoring of such flaws (see H.R. 9333), H4124 [18JN]

——— establish task forces to develop technical standards and guidelines for identification of content created by generative artificial intelligence (AI) (see H.R. 8893), H3626 [19MY]

——— establish task forces to develop technical standards and guidelines for identification of content created by generative artificial intelligence (AI) and ensure that content includes disclosures of content origin (see H.R. 8479), H3091 [23AP]

——— establish working group to facilitate coordination among relevant stakeholders regarding compound risks relative to artificial intelligence (AI) physical systems (see S. 5047), S4187 [21JY]

——— improve tracking and processing of security and safety incidents and risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) (see S. 5061), S4188 [21JY]

——— require support for regional innovation initiatives in quantum information science and technology (see S. 4163), S1544 [23MR]

Cloture motions

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6938), S157 [13JA], S230 [15JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6938), motion to proceed, S121 [8JA], S128 [12JA]

Explanations

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, Energy and Water Development, Environment, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 6938), H255–H591 [8JA]

Motions

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6938), S121 [8JA], S157 [13JA]

Remarks in House

AI Research and Threat Assessment Program: establish to monitor artificial intelligence (AI) systems for, and to prevent, self-awareness, ambition, self-preservation, or self-replication, H2773 [26MR]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6938), H151–H205 [8JA], E20 [9JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6938), consideration (H. Res. 977), H112–H122 [7JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6938), unanimous-consent agreement, H150 [8JA]

Power resources: develop best practices for measuring data center energy and water use and study data availability for improving energy demand forecasting capabilities (H.R. 9372), H4134 [23JN]

Small business: develop resources in utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) (H.R. 3679), H2244, H2245 [23FE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Agriculture: develop voluntary interconnectivity standards and prioritize cybersecurity needs for precision agriculture technologies, S4448 [5AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6938), S95, S119, S121 [8JA], S157 [13JA], S185, S192, S201 [14JA], S227, S234–S236, S238–S249, S262 [15JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6938), motion to proceed, S121 [8JA], S126–S128 [12JA], S141, S153, S155–S157 [13JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6938), unanimous-consent request, S248 [15JA]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit use of certain artificial intelligence (AI) models (S. 5057), S4178 [21JY]

FEMA: reauthorize National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (S. 320), S5–S10 [5JA]

Technology: improve tracking and processing of security and safety incidents and risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) (S. 5061), S4179 [21JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 6938, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, Energy and Water Development, Environment, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 977) (H. Rept. 119–424), H133 [7JA]

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3168) (H. Rept. 119–438), H654 [12JA]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 8845) (H. Rept. 119–652), H3549 [15MY]

Small Business Artificial Intelligence Advancement Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 3679) (H. Rept. 119–503), H2232 [20FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 977, consideration of H.R. 6938, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies appropriations, H113 [7JA]

H.R. 3679, Small Business Artificial Intelligence Advancement Act, H2244 [23FE]

H.R. 6938, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies appropriations, H151–H199 [8JA]

S. 320, FEMA National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program reauthorization, S7–S10 [5JA]