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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9402 

To support National Science Foundation education and professional 

development relating to artificial intelligence, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 23, 2024 

Mr. FONG (for himself and Ms. SALINAS) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To support National Science Foundation education and professional development relating to artificial intelligence, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NSF AI Education 

5 Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS IN ARTIFICIAL 

7 INTELLIGENCE. 

8 Paragraph (2) of section 5401(e) of the National Ar9 tificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 

10 9451(e); enacted as part of title LIV of division E of the 


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1 William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Author2 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283)) 

3 is amended— 

4 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FACULTY’’; and 

5 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub6 paragraphs: 

7 ‘‘(D) STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND FEL8 LOWSHIPS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.— 

9 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Director of 

10 the National Science Foundation may sup11 port scholarships and fellowships for un12 dergraduate and graduate students by 

13 making awards through institutions of 

14 higher education, including community col15 leges, to students who are enrolled in pro16 grams of study leading to degrees or con17 centrations in or related to the design, re18 search, assessment, development, deploy19 ment, integration, or application of artifi20 cial intelligence. 

21 ‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying 

22 out clause (i), the Director of the National 

23 Science Foundation may prioritize making 

24 awards to students who are enrolled in 

25 programs of study leading to degrees or 


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1 concentrations in or related to any of the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(I) The teaching of artificial in4 telligence at elementary schools, sec5 ondary schools, career and technical 

6 education schools, institutions of high7 er education, or through other higher 

8 education and professional education 

9 programs. 

10 ‘‘(II) Artificial intelligence and 

11 advanced manufacturing, including 

12 the integration of artificial intelligence 

13 into advanced manufacturing oper14 ations. 

15 ‘‘(III) Artificial intelligence and 

16 agriculture, including the integration 

17 of artificial intelligence into agricul18 tural operations, prediction, and deci19 sion making. 

20 ‘‘(iii) AWARDS.—Scholarships and fel21 lowships awarded under this subparagraph 

22 may be in the form of awards that may 

23 cover the cost of tuition, education-related 

24 fees, a stipend, and professional develop25 ment funds for a period of up to five years. 


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1 Such scholarships and fellowships shall be 

2 paid directly to the institution of higher 

3 education in which the student is enrolled. 

4 ‘‘(iv) OUTREACH.—The Director of 

5 the National Science Foundation shall con6 duct outreach and encourage applications 

7 from rural-located institutions of higher 

8 education, rural-serving institutions of 

9 higher education, Tribal Colleges or Uni10 versities, and institutions located in an Es11 tablished Program to Stimulate Competi12 tive Research (EPSCoR) jurisdiction. 

13 ‘‘(v) METHOD.—The Director of the 

14 National Science Foundation may carry 

15 out this subparagraph by making awards 

16 through new or existing programs. 

17 ‘‘(E) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROFES18 SIONAL DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIPS.— 

19 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Director of 

20 the National Science Foundation may sup21 port activities to promote the exchange of 

22 ideas and encourage collaborations between 

23 institutions of higher education and indus24 try partners in the field of artificial intel25 ligence, including through fellowships for 


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1 students, teachers, faculty, and industry 

2 professionals. 

3 ‘‘(ii) SUPPLEMENTALS FOR STUDENTS

4 AND FACULTY.—The Director of the Na5 tional Science Foundation may award fel6 lowships for students and faculty to pursue 

7 professional development programs in 

8 STEM fields that are administered by or 

9 affiliated with institutions of higher edu10 cation, including community colleges, in 

11 order to enable recipients to attain skills, 

12 training, or education in partnership with 

13 industry members on the design, research, 

14 assessment, development, deployment, inte15 gration, or application of artificial intel16 ligence. 

17 ‘‘(iii) FELLOWSHIPS FOR INDUSTRY

18 PROFESSIONALS.—The Director of the Na19 tional Science Foundation may award fel20 lowships to industry professionals to enable 

21 recipients to seek short-term appointments 

22 to instruct and educate students on the de23 sign, research, assessment, development, 

24 deployment, integration, or application of 

25 artificial intelligence. 


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1 ‘‘(iv) FELLOWSHIPS FOR SCHOOL

2 PROFESSIONALS.—The Director of the Na3 tional Science Foundation may award fel4 lowships to teachers, school counselors, 

5 and other school professionals for profes6 sional development programs in order to 

7 enable recipients to attain skills, training, 

8 or education in partnership with industry 

9 members on the teaching, use of, or appli10 cation of artificial intelligence in K–12 set11 tings. 

12 ‘‘(v) AWARDS.—Awards made under 

13 this subparagraph may be in the form of 

14 an award that covers the cost of tuition, 

15 education-related fees, a stipend, and pro16 fessional development funds for up to one 

17 year. Such awards shall be paid directly to 

18 the institution of higher education that ad19 ministers, or is affiliated with, the program 

20 in which the fellowship recipient is partici21 pating. 

22 ‘‘(F) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

23 OUTREACH CAMPAIGN.— 

24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Director of 

25 the National Science Foundation may 


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1 carry out a nationwide outreach campaign 

2 to students at elementary schools, sec3 ondary schools, career and technical edu4 cation schools, institutions of higher edu5 cation, or through other higher education 

6 and professional education programs to in7 crease awareness regarding National 

8 Science Foundation-funded artificial intel9 ligence education opportunities. 

10 ‘‘(ii) PRIORITY.—In carrying out the 

11 campaign described in clause (i), the Di12 rector of the National Science Foundation 

13 may prioritize outreach to groups histori14 cally underrepresented in STEM, including 

15 in underserved and rural areas. 

16 ‘‘(G) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to re17 ceive a scholarship or fellowship under this 

18 paragraph, an individual shall satisfy all of the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(i) Be a citizen, national, or lawful 

21 permanent resident of the United States. 

22 ‘‘(ii) Demonstrate a commitment to a 

23 career in advancing the field of artificial 

24 intelligence. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) Accept the terms of a fellow2 ships under this subparagraph. 

3 ‘‘(H) REPORTS.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 

5 seven years after the date of the enactment 

6 of this subparagraph, the Director of the 

7 National Science Foundation shall submit 

8 to Congress, and make widely available to 

9 the public, a report including any rec10 ommendations for legislative action that 

11 could optimize the effectiveness of the 

12 scholarships and fellowships under this 

13 paragraph. 

14 ‘‘(ii) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—In 

15 preparing the reports under clause (i), the 

16 Director of the National Science Founda17 tion may, as practicable— 

18 ‘‘(I) include an assessment of the 

19 effectiveness of such scholarships and 

20 fellowships in expanding apprentice21 ships, internships, and other applied 

22 or experiential learning opportunities 

23 offered by employers in conjunction 

24 with community colleges or other in25 stitutions of higher education; 


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1 ‘‘(II) assess the number of stu2 dents who received such scholarships 

3 and fellowship; 

4 ‘‘(III) assess the percentage of 

5 such students who successfully com6 plete their education programs and 

7 who intend to enter the workforce; 

8 ‘‘(IV) assess the percentage of 

9 undergraduate, graduate, and post10 doctoral students who enter the work11 force in a field relating to such schol12 arship or fellowship; 

13 ‘‘(V) assess the impact in the 

14 number of K–12 teachers, school 

15 counselors, and other school profes16 sionals who received such scholarships 

17 or fellowships; and 

18 ‘‘(VI) include an assessment of 

19 the effects such scholarships and fel20 lowships have on related fields.’’. 

21 SEC. 3. COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND AREA CAREER AND 

22 TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL CENTERS 

23 OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EXCELLENCE. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 

25 5401(e)(3) of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative 


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1 Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9451(e)(3); enacted as part of 

2 title LIV of division E of the William M. (Mac) Thorn3 berry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

4 2021 (Public Law 116–283)) is amended to read as fol5 lows: 

6 ‘‘(B) CENTERS OF AI EXCELLENCE.— 

7 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara8 graph: 

9 ‘‘(I) AREA CAREER AND TECH10 NICAL EDUCATION SCHOOL.—The 

11 term ‘area career and technical edu12 cation school’ has the meaning given 

13 such term in section 3 of the Carl D. 

14 Perkins Career and Technical Edu15 cation Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 

16 ‘‘(II) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT.— 

17 The term ‘eligible applicant’ means a 

18 community college, or area career and 

19 technical education school, in partner20 ship with one or more of the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(aa) A Federal, State, 

23 local, territorial, or Tribal gov24 ernment entity. 


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1 ‘‘(bb) An institution of high2 er education. 

3 ‘‘(cc) An entity in private in4 dustry. 

5 ‘‘(dd) An economic develop6 ment organization or venture de7 velopment organization. 

8 ‘‘(ee) A labor or workforce 

9 training organization, which may 

10 include State workforce develop11 ment boards and local workforce 

12 development boards as estab13 lished under sections 101 and 

14 107 of the Workforce Investment 

15 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

16 3111 and 3122). 

17 ‘‘(ff) A nonprofit organiza18 tion. 

19 ‘‘(III) LABOR ORGANIZATION.— 

20 The term ‘labor organization’ has the 

21 meaning given such term in section 

22 2(5) of the National Labor Relations 

23 Act (29 U.S.C. 152(5)), except that 

24 such term shall also include the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(aa) Any organization com2 posed of labor organizations, 

3 such as a labor union federation 

4 or a State or municipal labor 

5 body. 

6 ‘‘(bb) Any organization that 

7 would be included in the defini8 tion for such term in such section 

9 2(5) but for the fact that the or10 ganization represents any of the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(AA) An individual 

13 employed by the United 

14 States, any wholly owned 

15 Government corporation, 

16 any Federal Reserve Bank, 

17 or any State or political sub18 division thereof. 

19 ‘‘(BB) An individual 

20 employed by persons subject 

21 to the Railway Labor Act 

22 (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.). 

23 ‘‘(CC) An individual 

24 employed as agricultural la25 borers. 


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1 ‘‘(IV) VENTURE DEVELOPMENT

2 ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘venture 

3 development organization’ has the 

4 meaning given such term in section 

5 27(a) of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech6 nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 

7 U.S.C. 3722(a)). 

8 ‘‘(ii) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS

9 OF AI EXCELLENCE.—The Director of the 

10 National Science Foundation, in coordina11 tion with the Regional Technology Hubs 

12 program of the Department of Commerce, 

13 and leveraging the Regional Innovation 

14 Engines, the Advanced Technical Edu15 cation program, and other programs of the 

16 National Science Foundation, subject to 

17 the availability of appropriations, shall es18 tablish up to eight regionally and geo19 graphically diverse eligible applicants to be 

20 designated as Community College and 

21 Area Career and Technical Education Cen22 ters of AI Excellence (referred to in this 

23 subparagraph as ‘Centers of AI Excel24 lence’). Such Centers of AI Excellence 

25 shall enhance educational outcomes and 


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1 drive workforce development by integrating 

2 artificial intelligence into teaching, learn3 ing, and community engagement. 

4 ‘‘(iii) APPLICATION.—An eligible ap5 plicant seeking to be designated as a Cen6 ter of AI Excellence under this subpara7 graph shall submit to the Director of the 

8 National Science Foundation an applica9 tion at such time, in such manner, and 

10 containing such information as the Direc11 tor may require. Such application shall in12 clude the following: 

13 ‘‘(I) A description of the focus 

14 area or areas for such proposed Cen15 ter of AI Excellence and how such 

16 area or areas are aligned with re17 gional investments made by industry 

18 and the Federal Government. 

19 ‘‘(II) A description of the capac20 ity of the applicant to carry out the 

21 purpose of such proposed Center of 

22 AI Excellence. 

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1 tions directly related to such proposed 

2 Center of AI Excellence. 

3 ‘‘(IV) A description of how the 

4 eligible applicant will support the col5 lection of information and data for 

6 purposes of evaluation of such pro7 posed Center of AI Excellence. 

8 ‘‘(V) Outreach plans for recruit9 ing and enrolling women and other 

10 underrepresented populations. 

11 ‘‘(VI) An evaluation plan that in12 cludes the use of outcome-oriented 

13 measures to assess the impact and ef14 ficacy of such proposed Center for AI 

15 Excellence. 

16 ‘‘(iv) ACTIVITIES.—A designated Cen17 ter of AI Excellence shall develop and dis18 seminate information regarding best prac19 tices for matters such as the following: 

20 ‘‘(I) Artificial intelligence re21 search and education at community 

22 colleges and area career and technical 

23 education schools. 

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1 search or provide education on artifi2 cial intelligence at community colleges 

3 and area career and technical edu4 cation schools. 

5 ‘‘(III) Providing educators and 

6 teachers with actionable strategies 

7 and resources to effectively integrate 

8 artificial intelligence into curriculums 

9 in the classroom. 

10 ‘‘(IV) Providing hands-on re11 search opportunities on artificial intel12 ligence and learning opportunities for 

13 students that are enabled through ar14 tificial intelligence. 

15 ‘‘(V) Identifying pathways for 

16 students to jobs that are enabled by 

17 artificial intelligence. 

18 ‘‘(VI) Facilitating partnerships 

19 with employers, employer consortia, or 

20 other private sector organizations that 

21 offer apprenticeships, internships, co22 operative education, or applied learn23 ing experiences in the field of artificial 

24 intelligence. 


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1 ‘‘(v) PARTNERSHIPS.—The Director 

2 of the National Science Foundation shall 

3 encourage applicants to consider including 

4 or partnering with a nonprofit organization 

5 or an institution of higher education (or a 

6 consortium thereof) that has extensive ex7 perience and expertise in artificial intel8 ligence. 

9 ‘‘(vii) EVALUATIONS.—All applications 

10 for designation under clause (ii) shall in11 clude an evaluation plan that includes the 

12 use of outcome-oriented measures to assess 

13 the impact and efficacy of the proposed 

14 Center for AI Excellence. 

15 ‘‘(viii) ACCOUNTABILITY AND DIS16 SEMINATION.— 

17 ‘‘(I) EVALUATION REQUIRED.— 

18 The Director of the National Science 

19 Foundation shall evaluate the activi20 ties under clause (iv). Such evalua21 tion, to the extent practicable, shall 

22 integrate the findings of research re23 sulting from such activity or activities 

24 as a result of a designation under 

25 clause (ii) with the findings of other 


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1 research on artificial intelligence edu2 cation. 

3 ‘‘(II) REPORT ON EVALUA4 TIONS.—Not later than 180 days 

5 after the completion of the evaluation 

6 under subclause (I), the Director of 

7 the National Science Foundation shall 

8 submit to Congress and make widely 

9 available to the public a report that 

10 includes the following: 

11 ‘‘(aa) The results of such 

12 evaluation. 

13 ‘‘(bb) Any recommendations 

14 for administrative and legislative 

15 action that could optimize the ef16 fectiveness of the designations 

17 made under clause (ii).’’. 

18 SEC. 4. AWARDS FOR RESEARCH ON ARTIFICIAL INTEL19 LIGENCE IN EDUCATION. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5401 of the National Ar21 tificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9451; 

22 enacted as part of title LIV of division E of the William 

23 M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act 

24 for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283)) is amend25 ed— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub2 section (i); and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol4 lowing new subsections: 

5 ‘‘(g) AWARDS FOR RESEARCH ON ARTIFICIAL INTEL6 LIGENCE IN EDUCATION.— 

7 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this sub8 section, the term ‘eligible entity’ means any of the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(A) An institution of higher education. 

11 ‘‘(B) A nonprofit organization. 

12 ‘‘(C) A consortium of one or more institu13 tions of higher education or nonprofit organiza14 tions and one or more private sector entities. 

15 ‘‘(2) AWARDS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 

17 National Science Foundation may make 

18 awards, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, 

19 to eligible entities, to enable such eligible enti20 ties to promote research regarding teaching 

21 models, tools, and materials for artificial intel22 ligence and its integration into the classroom, 

23 teaching, and learning for pre-kindergarten 

24 through grade 12 students who are from low-in25 come, rural, or Tribal populations. 


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1 ‘‘(B) METHOD.—The Director of the Na2 tional Science Foundation may carry out sub3 paragraph (A) by making awards through new 

4 or existing programs. 

5 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that 

7 desires to receive an award under this sub8 section shall submit to the Director of the Na9 tional Science Foundation an application at 

10 such time, in such manner, and containing such 

11 information as the Director may require. 

12 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—An application under 

13 subparagraph (A) may include the following: 

14 ‘‘(i) A description of the student de15 mographics on which the research sup16 ported under the award intends to focus. 

17 ‘‘(ii) A description of any regional 

18 partnerships the eligible entity plans to 

19 utilize to carry out the award. 

20 ‘‘(iii) With respect to an application 

21 that concerns the use or integration of ar22 tificial intelligence, a description of poten23 tial ethical concerns and implications of 

24 teacher, faculty, and student interactions 

25 with artificial intelligence. 


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1 ‘‘(iv) A description of how proposed 

2 research on teaching models, tools, and 

3 materials were developed in consultation 

4 with other educators, academia, industry, 

5 government entities, or civil society organi6 zations. 

7 ‘‘(v) Such other information as the 

8 Director may require. 

9 ‘‘(4) USE OF AWARD FUNDS.—Awards de10 scribed in paragraph (2)(A) shall be used by the re11 cipient to— 

12 ‘‘(A) emphasize preparing incoming K–12 

13 teachers to integrate artificial intelligence into 

14 their classrooms in innovative ways; and 

15 ‘‘(B) support research to develop, pilot, 

16 fully implement, or test areas, such as— 

17 ‘‘(i) instructional materials and high18 quality learning opportunities for teaching 

19 artificial intelligence; 

20 ‘‘(ii) models for the preparation of 

21 new teachers who will teach artificial intel22 ligence; 

23 ‘‘(iii) scalable models of professional 

24 development and ongoing support for 

25 teachers; and 


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1 ‘‘(iv) tools and models for teaching 

2 and learning aimed at supporting student 

3 success and inclusion in artificial intel4 ligence across diverse populations, includ5 ing low-income, rural, and Tribal popu6 lations. 

7 ‘‘(5) PARTNERSHIPS.—In making awards under 

8 this subsection, the Director of the National Science 

9 Foundation shall carry out the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) Encourage applicants which, for the 

11 purpose of the proposed activity or activities 

12 funded through such award, include or partner 

13 with a nonprofit organization or an institution 

14 of higher education (or a consortium thereof) 

15 that has extensive experience and expertise in 

16 integrating artificial intelligence into K–12 

17 classrooms. 

18 ‘‘(B) Encourage applicants which, for the 

19 purpose of such proposed activity or activities 

20 funded through such award, include or partner 

21 with a consortium of schools, institutions of 

22 higher education, school districts, or other State 

23 and local government entities. 

24 ‘‘(C) Encourage applicants which, for the 

25 purpose of such proposed activity or activities 


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1 funded through such award, include commit2 ments from school principals, other school lead3 ers, or administrators to make a priority re4 forms and activities proposed by the applicant. 

5 ‘‘(h) RURAL AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AR6 TIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COLLABORATIVE.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Na8 tional Science Foundation may establish a pilot pro9 gram of regional cohorts in rural and traditionally 

10 underserved areas that will provide peer support, 

11 mentoring, and hands-on research experiences for 

12 educators, principals, and other school leaders of 

13 students in kindergarten through grade 12, in order 

14 to build a network allowing educators, principals, 

15 other school leaders to carry out the following: 

16 ‘‘(A) Engage with one another on edu17 cational efforts related to teaching and using 

18 artificial intelligence. 

19 ‘‘(B) Interact with researchers, academia, 

20 and local industry involved in artificial intel21 ligence. 

22 ‘‘(2) METHOD.—The Director of the National 

23 Science Foundation may carry out this subsection by 

24 making awards through new or existing programs, 

25 including the pilot program authorized under section 


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1 10511(a)(2)(B) of the Research and Development, 

2 Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 19172; 

3 enacted as part of title V of division B of Public 

4 Law 117–167).’’. 

5 SEC. 5. NATIONAL STEM TEACHERS CORPS. 

6 Paragraph (6) of section 10311(c) of the Research 

7 and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 18991(c); enacted as part of title III of division 

9 B of Public Law 116–117) is amended— 

10 (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

11 after the semicolon; 

12 (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period 

13 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(H) incorporating artificial intelligence 

17 skills development into the National STEM 

18 Teacher Corps, including consideration of the 

19 development of artificial intelligence best prac20 tices for high school teachers, developed in con21 sultation with other educators and academia.’’. 

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