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Calendar No. 487 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4487 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to develop artificial intelligence training 

resources and toolkits for United States small businesses, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 11, 2024 

Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mr. MORAN) introduced the following bill; 

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

Science, and Transportation 

AUGUST 1, 2024 

Reported by Ms. CANTWELL, with an amendment 

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

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to develop artificial 

intelligence training resources and toolkits for United 

States small businesses, 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 ‘‘Small Business Artifi5 cial Intelligence Training and Toolkit Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING RESOURCES 

2 AND TOOLKITS FOR SMALL BUSINESS CON3 CERNS. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON6 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con7 gress’’ means— 

8 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

9 and Transportation and the Committee on 

10 Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the 

11 Senate; and 

12 (B) the Committee on Science, Space, and 

13 Technology and the Committee on Small Busi14 ness of the House of Representatives. 

15 (2) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘ar16 tificial intelligence’’ has the meaning given such 

17 term in section 5002 of the William M. (Mac) 

18 Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 

19 Fiscal Year 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9401). 

20 (3) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ has the 

21 meaning given such term in section 25(a) of the Na22 tional Institute of Standards and Technology Act 

23 (15 U.S.C. 278k(a)). 

24 (4) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

25 the Director of the National Institute of Standards 

26 and Technology. 


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1 (5) HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION

2 PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘Hollings Manufacturing 

3 Extension Partnership’’ has the meaning given such 

4 term in section 25(a) of the National Institute of 

5 Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k(a)). 

6 (6) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

7 has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 

8 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

9 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

10 (7) KEY EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.—The term 

11 ‘‘key emerging technologies’’ means the technologies 

12 included in the initial list of key technology focus 

13 areas set forth by section 10387(c) of the Research 

14 and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 

15 (42 U.S.C. 19107(c)), photonics, and electronics. 

16 (8) RURAL COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘rural 

17 community’’ means a community that is located in 

18 areas that are not classified as urban by the Bureau 

19 of the Census. 

20 (9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

21 the Secretary of Commerce. 

22 (10) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 

23 ‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 

24 such term in section 3(a) of the Small Business Act 

25 (15 U.S.C. 632(a)). 


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1 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING RESOURCES AND

2 TOOLKITS REQUIRED.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

5 shall, acting through the Director, the Hollings 

6 Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and the Cen7 ters and in consultation and coordination with the 

8 Administrator of the Small Business Administration, 

9 the Secretary of Agriculture, and such persons in 

10 the private sector as the Secretary of Commerce con11 siders appropriate, develop training resources and 

12 toolkits for small business concerns, including small 

13 business concerns located in rural, Tribal, or under14 served communities or involved in advanced manu15 facturing, relating to the adoption and use of artifi16 cial intelligence and such other key emerging tech17 nologies, such as quantum-hybrid computing, as the 

18 Secretary considers appropriate. 

19 (2) CONTENTS.—The training and toolkits de20 veloped under paragraph (1) shall include prompt 

21 engineering and the use of artificial intelligence or 

22 emerging technologies, such as quantum hybrid 

23 tools, relating to access to credit and capital, finan24 cial management and accounting, business planning 

25 and operations, cybersecurity, marketing, supply 


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1 chain management, government contracting, and ex2 porting. 

3 (c) REVIEW AND UPDATE OF TRAINING RESOURCES

4 AND TOOLKITS.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 

6 once every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall— 

7 (1) review the training resources and toolkits 

8 developed pursuant to subsection (b); and 

9 (2) update such resources and toolkits as the 

10 Secretary considers appropriate. 

11 (d) DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF TRAINING RE12 SOURCES AND TOOLKITS.—The Secretary shall coordinate 

13 with the Administrator of the Small Business Administra14 tion on the distribution and use of the training resources 

15 and toolkits that are developed pursuant to subsection (b) 

16 through the resource partners of the Small Business Ad17 ministration, including small business development cen18 ters, women business centers, SCORE, veteran business 

19 opportunity centers, and the Apex Accelerator. 

20 (e) GRANTS PROGRAM.— 

21 (1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may carry out 

22 a program on the award of grants to persons pro23 viding training relating to artificial intelligence to 

24 small business concerns using the training resources 

25 developed under subsection (b). 


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1 (2) GIFT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may re2 ceive gifts that the Secretary shall use to carry out 

3 paragraph (1). 

4 (f) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

5 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec7 retary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 

8 Congress a report on the development, distribution, 

9 and use of the training resources and toolkits devel10 oped pursuant to subsection (b). 

11 (2) BIENNIAL REPORTS.— 

12 (A) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 

13 3 years after the date of the enactment of this 

14 Act, and not less frequently than once every 2 

15 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 

16 appropriate committees of Congress a biennial 

17 report on the development, distribution, and use 

18 of training resources and toolkits developed 

19 pursuant to subsection (b). 

20 (B) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted to 

21 subparagraph (A) shall include, for the period 

22 of covered by the report, the following: 

23 (i) A list of the training resources and 

24 toolkits developed pursuant to subsection 

25 (b). 


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1 (ii) A description of the measurable 

2 outcomes of the distribution of such train3 ing resources and toolkits, including the 

4 following: 

5 (I) The number and type of small 

6 business concerns using such training 

7 resources and toolkits. 

8 (II) The effect of such use on the 

9 revenues, sales, and workforces of the 

10 small business concerns. 

11 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Artifi13 cial Intelligence Training Act of 2024’’. 

14 SEC. 2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING RESOURCES 

15 FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. 

16 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 

18 The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 

19 means— 

20 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

21 and Transportation and the Committee on Small 

22 Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; 

23 and 


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1 (B) the Committee on Science, Space, and 

2 Technology and the Committee on Small Busi3 ness of the House of Representatives. 

4 (2) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘arti5 ficial intelligence’’ has the meaning given such term 

6 in section 5002 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

7 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

8 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9401). 

9 (3) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ has the mean10 ing given such term in section 25(a) of the National 

11 Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 

12 278k(a)). 

13 (4) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the 

14 Director of the National Institute of Standards and 

15 Technology. 

16 (5) HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION

17 PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘Hollings Manufacturing 

18 Extension Partnership’’ has the meaning given such 

19 term in section 25(a) of the National Institute of 

20 Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k(a)). 

21 (6) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

22 has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the In23 dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

24 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 


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1 (7) KEY EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.—The term 

2 ‘‘key emerging technologies’’ means the technologies 

3 included in the initial list of key technology focus 

4 areas set forth by section 10387(c) of the Research 

5 and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 19107(c)), photonics, and electronics. 

7 (8) RURAL COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘rural com8 munity’’ means a community that is located in areas 

9 that are not classified as urban by the Bureau of the 

10 Census. 

11 (9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

12 the Secretary of Commerce. 

13 (10) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 

14 ‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given such 

15 term in section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 

16 U.S.C. 632(a)). 

17 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING RESOURCES RE18 QUIRED.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

21 shall, acting through the Director, the Hollings Manu22 facturing Extension Partnership, and the Centers and 

23 in consultation and coordination with the Adminis24 trator of the Small Business Administration, the Sec25 retary of Agriculture, and such persons in the private 


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1 sector as the Secretary of Commerce considers appro2 priate, develop training resources for small business 

3 concerns, including small business concerns located in 

4 rural, Tribal, or underserved communities or involved 

5 in advanced manufacturing, relating to the adoption 

6 and use of artificial intelligence and such other key 

7 emerging technologies, such as quantum-hybrid com8 puting, as the Secretary considers appropriate. 

9 (2) CONTENTS.—The training resources devel10 oped under paragraph (1) shall include prompt engi11 neering and the use of artificial intelligence or emerg12 ing technologies, such as quantum hybrid tools, relat13 ing to access to credit and capital, financial manage14 ment and accounting, business planning and oper15 ations, cybersecurity, marketing, supply chain man16 agement, government contracting, and exporting. 

17 (c) REVIEW AND UPDATE OF TRAINING RESOURCES.— 

18 Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act, and not less frequently than once each year 

20 thereafter, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Ad21 ministrator of the Small Business Administration— 

22 (1) review the training resources developed pur23 suant to subsection (b); and 

24 (2) update such resources as the Secretary con25 siders appropriate. 


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1 (d) DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF TRAINING RE2 SOURCES.—The Secretary shall coordinate with the Admin3 istrator of the Small Business Administration on the dis4 tribution and use of the training resources that are devel5 oped pursuant to subsection (b) through the resource part6 ners of the Small Business Administration, including small 

7 business development centers, women business centers, 

8 SCORE, veteran business opportunity centers, and the 

9 Apex Accelerator. 

10 (e) GRANTS PROGRAM.—The Secretary may, in coordi11 nation with the Administrator of the Small Business Ad12 ministration, carry out a program on the award of grants 

13 to persons providing training relating to artificial intel14 ligence to small business concerns using the training re15 sources developed under subsection (b). 

16 (f) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

17 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec19 retary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 

20 Congress a report on the development, distribution, 

21 and use of the training resources developed pursuant 

22 to subsection (b). 

23 (2) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 

24 (A) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 2 

25 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 


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1 and not less frequently than once each year 

2 thereafter, the Secretary shall, in consultation 

3 with the Administrator of the Small Business 

4 Administration, submit to appropriate commit5 tees of Congress an annual report on the develop6 ment, distribution, and use of training resources 

7 developed pursuant to subsection (b). 

8 (B) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted to 

9 subparagraph (A) shall include, for the period of 

10 covered by the report, the following: 

11 (i) A list of the training resources de12 veloped pursuant to subsection (b). 

13 (ii) A description of the measurable 

14 outcomes of the distribution of such training 

15 resources, including the following: 

16 (I) The number and type of small 

17 business concerns using such training 

18 resources. 

19 (II) The effect of such use on the 

20 revenues, sales, and workforces of the 

21 small business concerns. 

22 (g) SUNSET.—The authorities and requirements under 

23 this section shall terminate on the date that is 3 years after 

24 the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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Calendar No. 487 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4487 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to develop 

other purposes. kits for United States small businesses, and for artificial intelligence training resources and toolAUGUST 1, 2024 

Reported with an amendment 


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