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Union Calendar No. 740 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7532 

[Report No. 118–905] 

To amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, to establish Federal 

AI system governance requirements, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2024 

Mr. COMER (for himself, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. MACE, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. 

HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. LANGWORTHY, and Mr. 

KHANNA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

DECEMBER 18, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 5, 2024] 


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A BILL 

To amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, to 

establish Federal AI system governance requirements, 

and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Federal A.I. Governance 

5 and Transparency Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL AGENCY ARTIFICIAL 

7 INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM GOVERNANCE RE8 QUIREMENTS. 

9 (a) FEDERAL AI SYSTEM GOVERNANCE.— 

10 (1) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 35 of title 44, United 

11 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 

14 SYSTEM GOVERNANCE 

15 ‘‘§ 3591. Purposes 

16 ‘‘The purposes of this subchapter, with respect to the 

17 design, development, acquisition, use, management, and 

18 oversight of artificial intelligence in the Federal Govern19 ment, are to ensure the following: 

20 ‘‘(1) Actions that are consistent with the Con21 stitution and any other applicable law and policy, 

22 including those addressing freedom of speech, privacy, 

23 civil rights, civil liberties, and an open and trans24 parent Government. 


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1 ‘‘(2) Any such action is purposeful and perform2 ance-driven, including ensuring the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) Such action promotes the consistent 

4 and systemic treatment of all individuals in a 

5 fair, just, and impartial manner. 

6 ‘‘(B) The public benefits of such action sig7 nificantly outweigh the risks. 

8 ‘‘(C) The risks and operations of such ac9 tion do not unfairly and disproportionately ben10 efit or harm an individual or subgroup of the 

11 public. 

12 ‘‘(D) The risk of such action is assessed and 

13 responsibly managed, including before the use of 

14 artificial intelligence. 

15 ‘‘(3) Any application of artificial intelligence is 

16 consistent with the use cases for which the artificial 

17 intelligence was trained, and the deployers of such ap18 plication promote verifiably accurate, ethical, reliable, 

19 and effective use. 

20 ‘‘(4) The safety, security, and resiliency of artifi21 cial intelligence applications, including resilience 

22 when confronted with any systematic vulnerability, 

23 adversarial manipulation, and other malicious ex24 ploitation. 


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1 ‘‘(5) The purpose, operations, risks, and out2 comes of artificial intelligence applications are suffi3 ciently explainable and understandable, to the extent 

4 practicable, by subject matter experts, users, impacted 

5 parties, and others, as appropriate. 

6 ‘‘(6) Such action is responsible and accountable, 

7 including by ensuring the following: 

8 ‘‘(A) Human roles and responsibilities are 

9 clearly defined, understood, and appropriately 

10 assigned. 

11 ‘‘(B) Artificial intelligence is used in a 

12 manner consistent with the purposes described in 

13 this section and the purposes for which each use 

14 of artificial intelligence is intended. 

15 ‘‘(C) Such action, as well as relevant inputs 

16 and outputs of artificial intelligence applica17 tions, are well documented and accountable. 

18 ‘‘(7) Responsible management and oversight by 

19 ensuring the following: 

20 ‘‘(A) Artificial intelligence applications are 

21 regularly tested against the purposes described in 

22 this section. 

23 ‘‘(B) Mechanisms are maintained to super24 sede, disengage, or deactivate applications of ar25 tificial intelligence that demonstrate performance 


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1 or outcomes that are inconsistent with the in2 tended use or this subchapter. 

3 ‘‘(C) Engagement with impacted commu4 nities. 

5 ‘‘(8) Transparency in publicly disclosing rel6 evant information regarding the use of artificial in7 telligence to appropriate stakeholders, to the extent 

8 practicable and in accordance with any applicable 

9 law and policy, including with respect to the protec10 tion of privacy, civil liberties, and of sensitive law en11 forcement, national security, trade secrets or propri12 etary information, and other protected information. 

13 ‘‘(9) Accountability for the following: 

14 ‘‘(A) Implementing and enforcing appro15 priate safeguards necessary to comply with the 

16 purposes described in this section and the re17 quirements of this subchapter, for the proper use 

18 and functioning of the applications of artificial 

19 intelligence. 

20 ‘‘(B) Monitoring, auditing, and docu21 menting compliance with those safeguards, as 

22 appropriate. 

23 ‘‘(C) Providing appropriate training to all 

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1 velopment, acquisition, use, management, and 

2 oversight of artificial intelligence. 

3 ‘‘§ 3592. Definitions 

4 ‘‘In this subchapter: 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para6 graph (2), the definitions under sections 3502 shall 

7 apply to this subchapter. 

8 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In this sub9 chapter: 

10 ‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis11 trator’ means the Administrator of General Serv12 ices. 

13 ‘‘(B) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM14 MITTEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional 

15 committees’ means the Committee on Oversight 

16 and Accountability of the House of Representa17 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

18 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

19 ‘‘(C) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term 

20 ‘artificial intelligence’ has the meaning given the 

21 term in section 238(g) of the John S. McCain 

22 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

23 Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note 

24 prec. 4061). 


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1 ‘‘(D) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM.— 

2 The term ‘artificial intelligence system’ means 

3 any data system, software, application, tool, or 

4 utility that operates in whole or in part using 

5 dynamic or static machine learning algorithms 

6 or other forms of artificial intelligence, wheth7 er— 

8 ‘‘(i) the data system, software, applica9 tion, tool, or utility is established primarily 

10 for the purpose of researching, developing, 

11 or implementing artificial intelligence tech12 nology; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) artificial intelligence capability 

14 is integrated into another system or busi15 ness process, operational activity, or tech16 nology system. 

17 ‘‘(E) FEDERAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

18 SYSTEM.—The term ‘Federal artificial intel19 ligence system’ means an artificial intelligence 

20 system used in connection with a Federal infor21 mation system. 

22 ‘‘(F) FEDERAL INFORMATION SYSTEM.—The 

23 term ‘Federal information system’ has the mean24 ing given the term in section 11331(g) of title 

25 40. 


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1 ‘‘(G) NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM.—The 

2 term ‘national security system’ has the meaning 

3 given that term in section 3552(b) of title 44. 

4 ‘‘§ 3593. Authority and functions of the Director 

5 ‘‘The Director shall oversee the design, development, 

6 acquisition, use, management, and oversight of Federal ar7 tificial intelligence systems by agencies to implement the 

8 purposes described in section 3591. In performing such 

9 oversight, the Director shall do the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) Develop, coordinate, and oversee the imple11 mentation of policies, purposes, standards, and guide12 lines to ensure appropriate use of Federal artificial 

13 intelligence systems and the protection of civil rights, 

14 civil liberties, and privacy, including in conformity 

15 with section 552a of title 5 and other applicable laws, 

16 as well as the integrity of Federal information sys17 tems and information technology in accordance with 

18 the other requirements of this chapter. 

19 ‘‘(2) Oversee agency compliance with the require20 ments of this subchapter, including through any au21 thorized enforcement action under section 11303(b)(5) 

22 of title 40 to ensure agency accountability and com23 pliance. 

24 ‘‘(3) Issue and update, as necessary, guidance to 

25 agencies to take steps to advance the governance of 


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1 Federal artificial intelligence systems, manage risk, 

2 and remove relevant barriers to innovation, consistent 

3 with the requirements of this subchapter and, as ap4 propriate the standards promulgated under section 

5 22A of the National Institute of Standards and Tech6 nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278h–1) pursuant to section 

7 5302 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 

8 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 

9 U.S.C. 9441) that addresses the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) The development of policies regarding 

11 Federal acquisition, procurement, and use by 

12 agencies regarding artificial intelligence, includ13 ing an identification of the responsibilities of 

14 agency officials managing the use of such tech15 nology. 

16 ‘‘(B) The ownership and protection of data 

17 and other information created, used, processed, 

18 stored, maintained, disseminated, disclosed, or 

19 disposed of by a contractor or subcontractor (at 

20 any tier) on behalf of the Federal Government. 

21 ‘‘(C) The protection of training data, algo22 rithms, and other components of any Federal ar23 tificial intelligence system against misuse, unau24 thorized alteration, degradation, or being ren25 dered inoperable. 


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1 ‘‘(D) The removal of barriers to responsible 

2 agency use of artificial intelligence, such as in3 formation technology, data, workforce, and budg4 etary barriers, in order to promote the innova5 tive application of those technologies while pro6 tecting privacy, civil liberties, civil rights, and 

7 economic and national security. 

8 ‘‘(E) The establishment of best practices for 

9 identifying, assessing, and mitigating any dis10 crimination in violation of title VI of the Civil 

11 Rights Act of 1964 (42. U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), or 

12 any unintended consequence of the use of artifi13 cial intelligence, including policies to— 

14 ‘‘(i) identify data used to train artifi15 cial intelligence; 

16 ‘‘(ii) identify data analyzed or ingested 

17 by Federal artificial intelligence systems 

18 used by the agencies; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) require periodic evaluation of 

20 Federal artificial intelligence systems, as 

21 appropriate. 

22 ‘‘(4) Issue guidance for agencies to establish a 

23 plain language notification process, as necessary and 

24 appropriate and in conformity with applicable law, 

25 including section 552a of title 5, for individuals or 


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1 entities impacted by an agency determination that 

2 has been based solely on an output from, or sub3 stantively and meaningfully informed, augmented, or 

4 assisted by a Federal artificial intelligence system, in5 cluding the contents of any notice, including examples 

6 of what the notice may look like in practice. 

7 ‘‘(5) Issue guidance for agencies to review their 

8 appeals process and to make modifications, as nec9 essary and appropriate, to account for determinations 

10 made solely by or substantively and meaningfully in11 formed, augmented, or assisted by a Federal artificial 

12 intelligence system, including guidance on how an 

13 agency provides the impacted individual or entity the 

14 opportunity for an alternative review independent of 

15 the Federal artificial intelligence system, as appro16 priate. 

17 ‘‘(6) Provide guidance and a template for the re18 quired contents of the agency plans described in sec19 tion 3594(6) that uses a uniform resource locator that 

20 is in a consistent format across agencies such as the 

21 format ‘agencyname.gov/AI’. 

22 ‘‘(7) Issue guidance, including a uniform re23 quired submission format and criteria for updating 

24 entries after significant changes, for the establishment 

25 of agency AI governance charters under section 3595, 


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1 including defining high-risk Federal artificial intel2 ligence systems, and publication under section 3596. 

3 ‘‘§ 3594. Federal agency responsibilities 

4 ‘‘The head of each agency shall do the following: 

5 ‘‘(1) Comply with the requirements of this sub6 chapter and related policies, purposes, standards, and 

7 guidelines, including those under section 552a of title 

8 5 and in guidance issued by the Director under sec9 tion 3593. 

10 ‘‘(2) Ensure that Federal artificial intelligence 

11 system management processes are integrated with 

12 agency strategic, operational, data, workforce plan13 ning, and budgetary planning processes, and other re14 quirements under this chapter. 

15 ‘‘(3) Ensure that senior agency officials, includ16 ing the Chief Information Officer, the Chief Data Of17 ficer, and the senior agency official for privacy, im18 plement policies and procedures regarding Federal ar19 tificial intelligence systems under the control of such 

20 officers, assess and reduce any risks to such systems 

21 to an acceptable level, and periodically assess and 

22 validate management procedures and controls to en23 sure effective implementation of this subchapter. 

24 ‘‘(4) Delegate to the agency Chief Information 

25 Officer established under section 3506 (or comparable 


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1 official in an agency not covered by such section) the 

2 primary authority and accountability to ensure com3 pliance with the agency requirements under this sub4 chapter in coordination with any other appropriate 

5 senior agency official designated by the head of the 

6 agency. 

7 ‘‘(5) Ensure that contracts for the acquisition 

8 and procurement of a Federal artificial intelligence 

9 system are consistent with the requirements of this 

10 subchapter and any guidance issued by the Director 

11 under section 3593(3). 

12 ‘‘(6) Maintain a plan, posted on a publicly 

13 available and centralized webpage of the agency and 

14 prepared in accordance with the template provided by 

15 the Director under section 3593(6), to— 

16 ‘‘(A) achieve consistency with the require17 ments of this subchapter and guidance issued by 

18 the Director; and 

19 ‘‘(B) provide the public information about 

20 agency policies and procedures for governing 

21 Federal artificial intelligence systems, including 

22 the inventory of artificial intelligence use cases 

23 required by section 7225(a) of the Advancing 

24 American AI Act (subtitle B of title LXXII of 

25 Public Law 117–263; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note). 


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1 ‘‘(7) Establish procedures for notifying an indi2 vidual or entity impacted by an agency determina3 tion made solely by an output from, or substantively 

4 and meaningfully informed, augmented, or assisted 

5 by a Federal artificial intelligence system in accord6 ance with guidance issued by the Director under sec7 tion 3593(4). 

8 ‘‘(8) Modify the agency appeals process, as nec9 essary and appropriate, to account for determinations 

10 made solely by or substantively and meaningfully in11 formed, augmented, or assisted by a Federal artificial 

12 intelligence system, and to provide the impacted indi13 vidual or entity the opportunity for an alternative re14 view independent of the Federal artificial intelligence 

15 system, as appropriate, as established by the Director 

16 under section 3593(5). 

17 ‘‘(9) In accordance with guidance issued by the 

18 Director under section 3593(7), oversee the establish19 ment of AI governance charters for Federal artificial 

20 intelligence systems, including by— 

21 ‘‘(A) establishing a process, led by each offi22 cial identified in section 3594(4) to ensure that 

23 each Federal artificial intelligence system has an 

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1 ments under section 3595 and made publicly 

2 available on the webpage under paragraph (6); 

3 ‘‘(B) submitting each AI governance charter 

4 to the Federal Register not later than 30-days 

5 after the initial establishment or termination of 

6 the charter, in conformity with guidance from 

7 the Director; and 

8 ‘‘(C) submitting each AI governance charter 

9 to the Administrator for publication in a format 

10 established in the Directors guidance in accord11 ance with section 3596. 

12 ‘‘(10) In consultation with the Director, the Di13 rector of the Office of Personnel Management, and the 

14 Administrator of General Services, conduct regular 

15 training programs to educate relevant agency pro16 gram and management officials, including employees 

17 supporting the functions of the Chief Information Of18 ficer, the Chief Data Officer, the Evaluation Officer, 

19 the senior privacy official, and the statistical official, 

20 as appropriate, about the management of Federal ar21 tificial intelligence systems and compliance with the 

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1 ing for the Acquisition Workforce Act (Public Law 

2 117–207; 41 U.S.C. 1703 note). 

3 ‘‘§ 3595. Agency AI Governance Charters 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the guidance 

5 established under section 3593(7), the head of each agency 

6 shall ensure that an accurate and complete AI governance 

7 charter is established for each Federal artificial intelligence 

8 system in use by the agency that is designated as a high9 risk Federal artificial intelligence system or was trained 

10 on, uses, or produces a record maintained on an individual 

11 (as defined under section 552a(a) of title 5). 

12 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF CHARTERS.—An AI governance 

13 charter for a Federal artificial intelligence system shall, at 

14 a minimum, include the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) The name and an identifying summary of 

16 the Federal artificial intelligence system, including 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(A) A descriptive summary of each pur19 pose and relevant use case of the system, as may 

20 be documented on the inventory established 

21 under section 7225 of the Advancing American 

22 AI Act (subtitle B of title LXXII of Public Law 

23 117–263; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note). 

24 ‘‘(B) The bureau, department, or office 

25 using or operating the system, and to the extent 


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1 practicable, each program designated on the 

2 website required under section 1122(a)(2) of title 

3 31 associated with use of the system. 

4 ‘‘(C) The name and direct contact informa5 tion for a designated agency official responsible 

6 for the overall outputs of the system. 

7 ‘‘(D) The name and direct contact informa8 tion for a designated agency official responsible 

9 for the ongoing maintenance of the system which 

10 may be the same official designated under sub11 paragraph (C). 

12 ‘‘(2) Information about how the Federal artifi13 cial intelligence system was developed and funded, in14 cluding the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) Other individuals or entities that have 

16 developed, maintained, managed, and operated 

17 the system. 

18 ‘‘(B) Information about any relevant Fed19 eral award including any associated contract, 

20 grant, cooperative agreement, or other trans21 action agreement. 

22 ‘‘(3) Information about the training, validation, 

23 and testing of the Federal artificial intelligence sys24 tem, including the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) A description of the type of data or 

2 data assets used in the training, validation, and 

3 testing of the Federal artificial intelligence sys4 tem or, if such information is not available, a 

5 statement describing why such information is 

6 not available. 

7 ‘‘(B) A designation of whether any of the 

8 data or data assets used in training, validating, 

9 or testing the Federal artificial intelligence sys10 tem are classified as an open Government data 

11 asset or a public data asset or a designated sys12 tem of record described under paragraph (7). 

13 ‘‘(C) Information on how to access any open 

14 Government data asset or public data asset iden15 tified under subparagraph (B). 

16 ‘‘(D) A listing of audits, testing, or other 

17 risk assessments of the Federal artificial intel18 ligence system, including contact information of 

19 the individual or entity that conducted such as20 sessments. 

21 ‘‘(4) Information about ongoing oversight and 

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1 dence of testing, as appropriate, and the entity re2 sponsible for such testing. 

3 ‘‘(5) Information about how the system is used 

4 by the agency, including— 

5 ‘‘(A) the date the agency began using the 

6 system and the intended life span of use, if ap7 propriate; and 

8 ‘‘(B) whether any agency determinations 

9 have been or are intended to be based solely on 

10 an output from, or informed, augmented, or as11 sisted by the Federal artificial intelligence sys12 tem, and— 

13 ‘‘(i) a summary of how the Federal ar14 tificial intelligence system or the data or 

15 data assets produced by the Federal artifi16 cial intelligence system is used to inform, 

17 augment, or assist in making these deter18 minations; 

19 ‘‘(ii) information about other agencies 

20 or federally funded entities that use or rely 

21 on these determinations; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) a description of any associated 

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1 ‘‘(6) Information about data or data assets pro2 duced by the Federal artificial intelligence system, in3 cluding a description of the data or data assets pro4 duced, altered, or augmented by the system, includ5 ing— 

6 ‘‘(A) a designation of whether any of the 

7 data or data assets are classified as an open 

8 Government data asset or a public data asset or 

9 are included in a designated system of record de10 scribed under paragraph (7); 

11 ‘‘(B) information on how to access any such 

12 open Government data asset or public data asset 

13 identified under subparagraph (A); and 

14 ‘‘(C) information about any other agency or 

15 federally funded entity known to use or otherwise 

16 rely upon the data or data assets identified 

17 under this paragraph. 

18 ‘‘(7) Information on whether the system was 

19 trained on, uses, or produces a record maintained on 

20 an individual (as defined under section 552a(a) of 

21 title 5), including— 

22 ‘‘(A) a listing of any designated system of 

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1 ment or revision of such system of record, as re2 quired under section 552a(d) of title 5; or 

3 ‘‘(B) a description of any system of record 

4 that has been exempted under subsection (j) or 

5 (k) of section 552a of title 5, including the state6 ment required under section 553(c) of title 5 that 

7 documents the reasons why the system of records 

8 is exempted. 

9 ‘‘(c) REGULAR UPDATES REQUIRED.—The head of 

10 each agency shall establish procedures to ensure that each 

11 AI governance charter for the agency is updated to capture 

12 any significant change to the Federal artificial intelligence 

13 system, consistent with guidance established in section 

14 3593(7) and not less than 30 days after such change has 

15 been implemented. 

16 ‘‘(d) REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLICATION.—An AI gov17 ernance charter required under subsection (a) shall be made 

18 public on the agency webpage noticed in the Federal Reg19 ister, and published on the Federal AI System Inventory 

20 established under section 3596, in accordance with proce21 dures established by the agency under section 3594(9) in 

22 conformity with guidance issued by the Director under sec23 tion 3593(7) before a Federal artificial intelligence system 

24 is used by an agency, except that— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the head of an agency may, with advance 

2 approval of the Director and notification to the ap3 propriate congressional committees, including the rel4 evant authorizing committee in the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Senate, and the relevant agency 

6 Inspector General, waive the publication requirement 

7 under this subsection; or 

8 ‘‘(2) in order to protect properly classified na9 tional security information, a charter may be sub10 mitted to the Director, appropriate congressional 

11 committees, including the relevant authorizing com12 mittee in the House of Representatives and the Sen13 ate, and the relevant agency Inspector General in lieu 

14 of the publication requirement of this subsection. 

15 ‘‘(e) EXEMPTIONS.—A Federal artificial intelligence 

16 system is exempt from the requirements of this section if 

17 the system is used— 

18 ‘‘(1) solely for the purpose of research or develop19 ment, except that the purposes described and guidance 

20 promulgated under this subchapter should inform any 

21 such research, development, testing, or evaluation di22 rected at future applications of Federal artificial in23 telligence systems; or 

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1 larly updated nonpublic version of each AI govern2 ance charter in accordance with subsections (a) and 

3 (b) and the guidance required by section 3593(7). 

4 ‘‘§ 3596. AI Governance Charter Inventory 

5 ‘‘The Administrator of General Services shall main6 tain a single, public online interface for centrally cata7 loging agency AI governance charters which shall be known 

8 as the ‘Federal AI System Inventory’. The Administrator 

9 and the Director shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) ensure that each agency, as appropriate, 

11 submits AI governance charters for publication on the 

12 interface, in a publicly accessible machine-readable 

13 and open format to facilitate searchability and bulk 

14 download of the inventory; and 

15 ‘‘(2) provide a clear process and mechanism for 

16 each agency to make timely revisions and updates. 

17 ‘‘§ 3597. Independent evaluation 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

19 date of the enactment of this subchapter, and every 2 years 

20 thereafter, the Inspector General appointed under chapter 

21 4 of title 5 for each agency shall perform an independent 

22 evaluation of the Federal artificial intelligence governance 

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1 sional committees, a report which may include a classified 

2 annex. The report shall include at a minimum— 

3 ‘‘(1) an assessment of the comprehensive compli4 ance of the agency with the requirement under section 

5 3595 for each Federal artificial intelligence system in 

6 use or maintained by an agency to have an estab7 lished, and appropriately noticed, AI governance 

8 charter, including timely revisions to reflect signifi9 cant changes and appropriate use of the exemptions 

10 described under section 3595(e); and 

11 ‘‘(2) an assessment of compliance by the agency 

12 with artificial intelligence governance policies and 

13 practices with the requirements of this subchapter. 

14 ‘‘(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The Comptroller Gen15 eral shall periodically evaluate and submit to Congress a 

16 report on the— 

17 ‘‘(1) effectiveness of agency Federal artificial in18 telligence system governance policies and practices; 

19 ‘‘(2) implementation of the requirements of this 

20 subchapter by the Director, Administrator, and agen21 cies; and 

22 ‘‘(3) extent to which the requirements of this sub23 chapter and related implementing guidance and poli24 cies reflect technology advancements and provide any 

25 legislative recommendations as appropriate.’’. 


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1 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

2 for chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM GOVERNANCE

‘‘3591. Purposes. 

‘‘3592. Definitions. 

‘‘3593. Authority and functions of the Director. 

‘‘3594. Federal agency responsibilities. 

‘‘3595. Agency AI Governance Charters. 

‘‘3596. AI Governance Charter Inventory. 

‘‘3597. Independent evaluation.’’. 

4 (b) OMB GUIDANCE.—Not later than 1 year after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 

6 of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Direc7 tor of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 

8 the Administrator of General Services, the Director of the 

9 Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the head of 

10 any other relevant agency as determined by the Director 

11 of the Office of Management and Budget, shall issue a 

12 memorandum to the head of each agency establishing guid13 ance that implements the requirements of subchapter IV of 

14 title 35 of title 44, as added by this section, that— 

15 (1) does not conflict with the requirements of and 

16 uses the working group established under section 

17 7224(d) of the Advancing American AI Act (Public 

18 Law 117–263; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note); and 

19 (2) shall be reviewed and updated, as necessary, 

20 every 2 years for the next 10 years after the first such 

21 issuance and periodically thereafter. 


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1 (c) REQUIREMENT TO LIST AI GOVERNANCE CHAR2 TERS IN AGENCY SYSTEM OF RECORDS NOTICE UNDER

3 THE PRIVACY ACT.—Section 552a(e) of title 5, United 

4 States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (4)— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (H), by striking 

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (I), by striking the 

9 semicolon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

11 subparagraph: 

12 ‘‘(J) a reference to any agency AI govern13 ance charter required under section 3595 of title 

14 44 that is associated with a Federal artificial in15 telligence system which was trained on, uses, or 

16 produces records contained within the system of 

17 record;’’; 

18 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (11) and (12) 

19 as paragraphs (12) and (13), respectively; and 

20 (3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the fol21 lowing new paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(11) establish appropriate policies and proce23 dures, in accordance with the requirements of sub24 chapter IV of chapter 35 of title 44 to ensure the secu25 rity, confidentiality, and integrity of records that a 


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1 Federal artificial intelligence system uses, produces, 

2 or modifies;’’. 

3 (d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING REPEALS.—The fol4 lowing are repealed: 

5 (1) Subsections (a) and (d) of section 7224 of the 

6 Advancing American AI Act (subtitle B of title 

7 LXXII of Public Law 117–263; 40 U.S.C. 11301 

8 note). 

9 (2) Section 104 of the AI in Government Act of 

10 2020 (Public Law 116–260; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note). 

11 (e) CONTRACTING REGULATIONS.—Not later than 6 

12 months after the date on which the first guidance is estab13 lished pursuant to subsection (b), the Federal Acquisition 

14 Regulation shall be revised to— 

15 (1) implement the amendments made by this sec16 tion; and 

17 (2) require that any contractor or subcontractor 

18 (at any tier) with the Federal Government that 

19 builds, provides, operates, or maintains (pursuant to 

20 a contract entered into on or after such date of enact21 ment) Federal artificial intelligence systems is re22 quired to provide the information that the agency is 

23 required to report in accordance with the guidance 

24 issued pursuant to section 3593(5) of title 44, United 

25 States Code, as added by subsection (a), and any 


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1 agency requirement under section 3595(a) of such 

2 title. 

3 (f) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

4 (1) AGENCY ACTIONS.—Nothing in this Act, or 

5 an amendment made by this Act, shall be construed 

6 to authorize the head of an agency to take an action 

7 that is not authorized by this Act, an amendment 

8 made by this Act, or other law. 

9 (2) PROTECTION OF RIGHTS.—Nothing in this 

10 Act, or an amendment made by this Act, shall be con11 strued to permit the violation of the rights of any in12 dividual protected by the Constitution of the United 

13 States, including through censorship of speech pro14 tected by the Constitution of the United States or un15 authorized surveillance. 

16 (3) PROTECTION OF PRIVACY.—Nothing in this 

17 Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall be 

18 construed to impinge on the privacy rights of individ19 uals or allow unauthorized access, sharing, or use of 

20 personal data. 

21 (4) PROTECTION OF INFORMATION.—Nothing in 

22 this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall 

23 be construed to require, or otherwise compel, the pub24 lic disclosure of information that could be withheld 

25 under section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code. 


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1 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the mean3 ing given that term in section 3502 of title 44, United 

4 States Code. 

5 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the 

6 Director of the Office of Management and Budget, un7 less otherwise indicated. 


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Union Calendar No. 740 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7532 

[Report No. 118–905] 

A BILL 

To amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States 

requirements, and for other purposes. Code, to establish Federal AI system governance 

DECEMBER 18, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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