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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3890 

To establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task 

Force, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 4, 2020 

Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research 

Resource Task Force, 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 ‘‘National AI Research 

5 Resource Task Force Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL AI RESEARCH RESOURCE TASK FORCE. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RE9 SEARCH RESOURCE.—The term ‘‘national artificial 

10 intelligence research resource’’ mean a system that 


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1 provides researchers and students across scientific 

2 fields and disciplines with access to compute re3 sources, co-located with publicly available, artificial 

4 intelligence-ready government and nongovernment 

5 data sets and a research environment with appro6 priate educational tools and user support. 

7 (2) OWNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘ownership’’, with 

8 respect to a national artificial intelligence research 

9 resource, means responsibility and accountability 

10 for— 

11 (A) the implementation, deployment, and 

12 ongoing development of the resource; and 

13 (B) providing staff to support such imple14 mentation, deployment, and ongoing develop15 ment. 

16 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE.— 

17 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 

19 National Science Foundation, in coordination 

20 with the Director of the Office of Science and 

21 Technology Policy, shall establish a task 

22 force— 

23 (i) to investigate the feasibility and 

24 advisability of establishing a national arti25 ficial intelligence research resource; and 


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1 (ii) to propose a roadmap detailing 

2 how such resource should be established 

3 and sustained. 

4 (B) DESIGNATION.—The task force estab5 lished by subparagraph (A) shall be known as 

6 the ‘‘National Artificial Intelligence Research 

7 Resource Task Force’’ (in this section referred 

8 to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 

9 (2) MEMBERSHIP.— 

10 (A) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall 

11 be composed of 12 members selected by the co12 chairpersons of the Task Force from among 

13 technical experts in artificial intelligence or re14 lated subjects, of whom— 

15 (i) 4 shall be representatives from the 

16 Federal Government, including the co17 chairpersons of the Task Force; 

18 (ii) 4 shall be representatives from in19 stitutions of higher educations (as such 

20 term is defined in section 101 of the High21 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

22 1001)); and 

23 (iii) 4 shall be representatives from 

24 private organizations. 


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1 (B) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 120 

2 days after enactment of this Act, the co-chair3 persons of the Task Force shall appoint mem4 bers to the Task Force pursuant to subpara5 graph (A). 

6 (C) TERM OF APPOINTMENT.—Members of 

7 the Task Force shall be appointed for the life 

8 of the Task Force. 

9 (D) VACANCY.—Any vacancy occurring in 

10 the membership of the Task Force shall be 

11 filled in the same manner in which the original 

12 appointment was made. 

13 (E) CO-CHAIRPERSONS.—The Director of 

14 the Office of Science and Technology Policy and 

15 the Director of the National Sciences Founda16 tion, or their designees, shall be the co-chair17 persons of the Task Force. If the role of the 

18 Director of the National Science Foundation is 

19 vacant, the Chair of the National Science Board 

20 shall act as a co-chairperson of the Task Force 

21 in lieu of the Director of the National Science 

22 Foundation. 

23 (F) EXPENSES FOR NON-FEDERAL MEM24 BERS.—Non-Federal members of the Task 

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1 ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates au2 thorized for employees under subchapter I of 

3 chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 

4 away from their homes or regular places of 

5 business in the performance of services for the 

6 Task Force. 

7 (c) ROADMAP AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall de9 velop a coordinated roadmap and implementation 

10 plan for establishing and sustaining a national artifi11 cial intelligence research resource. 

12 (2) CONTENTS.—The roadmap and plan re13 quired by paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

14 (A) Goals for establishment and sustain15 ment of a national artificial intelligence re16 search resource and metrics for success. 

17 (B) A plan for ownership and administra18 tion of such resource, including— 

19 (i) an appropriate agency or organiza20 tion responsible for the implementation, 

21 deployment, and administration of the re22 source; and 

23 (ii) a governance structure for the re24 source, including oversight and decision25 making authorities. 


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1 (C) A model for governance and oversight 

2 to establish strategic direction, make pro3 grammatic decisions, and manage the allocation 

4 of resources. 

5 (D) Capabilities required to create and 

6 maintain a shared computing infrastructure to 

7 facilitate access to computing resources for re8 searchers across the country, including scalabil9 ity, secured access control, resident data engi10 neering and curation expertise, provision of 

11 curated, data sets, compute resources, edu12 cational tools and services, and a user interface 

13 portal. 

14 (E) An assessment of, and recommend so15 lutions to, barriers to the dissemination and use 

16 of high-quality government data sets as part of 

17 the national artificial intelligence research re18 source. 

19 (F) An assessment of security require20 ments associated with the national artificial in21 telligence research resource and its research 

22 and a recommendation for a framework for the 

23 management of access controls. 

24 (G) An assessment of privacy and civil lib25 erties requirements associated with the national 


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1 artificial intelligence research resource and its 

2 research. 

3 (H) A plan for sustaining the national ar4 tificial intelligence research resource, including 

5 through Federal funding and partnerships with 

6 the private sector. 

7 (I) The parameters for the establishment 

8 and sustainment of the national artificial intel9 ligence research resource, including roles and 

10 responsibilities for Federal agencies and mile11 stones to establish and sustain the resource. 

12 (d) CONSULTATIONS.—In carrying out subsection (c), 

13 the Task Force shall consult with the following: 

14 (1) The National Science Foundation. 

15 (2) The Office of Science and Technology Pol16 icy. 

17 (3) The National Academies of Sciences, Engi18 neering, and Medicine. 

19 (4) The National Institute of Standards and 

20 Technology. 

21 (5) The Defense Advanced Research Projects 

22 Agency. 

23 (6) The Intelligence Advanced Research 

24 Projects Activity. 

25 (7) The Department of Energy. 


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1 (8) The Department of Defense. 

2 (9) The General Services Administration. 

3 (10) Private industry. 

4 (11) Institutions of higher education. 

5 (12) Such other persons as the Task Force con6 siders appropriate. 

7 (e) STAFF.—Staff of the Task Force shall comprise 

8 detailees with expertise in artificial intelligence, or related 

9 fields from the Office of Science and Technology Policy, 

10 the National Science Foundation, or any other Federal 

11 agency the co-chairpersons consider appropriate, with the 

12 consent of the head of the Federal agency. The co-chair13 persons may hire staff from outside the Federal govern14 ment for the duration of the task force. 

15 (f) TASK FORCE REPORTS.— 

16 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 6 months 

17 after the date on which all of the appointments have 

18 been made under subsection (b)(2)(B), the Task 

19 Force shall submit to Congress and the President an 

20 interim report containing the findings, conclusions, 

21 and recommendations of the Task Force. The report 

22 shall include specific recommendations regarding 

23 steps the Task Force believes necessary for the es24 tablishment and sustainment of a national artificial 

25 intelligence research resource. 


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1 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 3 months 

2 after the submittal of the interim report under para3 graph (1), the Task Force shall submit to Congress 

4 and the President a final report containing the find5 ings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Task 

6 Force, including the specific recommendations devel7 oped under subsection (c). 

8 (g) TERMINATION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall termi10 nate 90 days after the date on which it submits the 

11 final report under subsection (f)(2). 

12 (2) RECORDS.—Upon termination of the Task 

13 Force, all of its records shall become the records of 

14 the National Archives and Records Administration. 

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