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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4596 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a public awareness and 

education campaign to provide information regarding the benefits of, 

risks relating to, and the prevalence of artificial intelligence in the daily 

lives of individuals in the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 20, 2024 

Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. SCHATZ) introduced the following bill; which 

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

Transportation 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a public 

awareness and education campaign to provide information regarding the benefits of, risks relating to, and 

the prevalence of artificial intelligence in the daily lives 

of individuals in the United States, 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 ‘‘Artificial Intelligence 

5 Public Awareness and Education Campaign Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PUBLIC AWARENESS 

2 AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) AI CAMPAIGN.—The term ‘‘AI Campaign’’ 

5 means the public awareness and education campaign 

6 conducted under this section. 

7 (2) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘ar8 tificial intelligence’’ has the meaning given the term 

9 in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence 

10 Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401). 

11 (3) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 

12 agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘agency’’ 

13 in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 

14 (4) KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR.—The term 

15 ‘‘key performance indicator’’ means a quantifiable 

16 metric that demonstrates how effectively an initia17 tive is at achieving its objectives. 

18 (5) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT19 TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit20 tees’’ means— 

21 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

22 and Transportation of the Senate; and 

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

24 Technology of the House of Representatives. 

25 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

26 the Secretary of Commerce. 


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1 (b) AI CAMPAIGN.—Not later than 180 days after the 

2 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordina3 tion with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, including 

4 the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 

5 Technology and the Administrator of the National Tele6 communications and Information Administration, shall 

7 conduct a public awareness and education campaign to 

8 provide information regarding the benefits of, risks relat9 ing to, and the prevalence of artificial intelligence in the 

10 daily lives of individuals in the United States. 

11 (c) OUTREACH.—In carrying out the AI Campaign, 

12 the Secretary shall— 

13 (1) determine the key performance indicators to 

14 evaluate the effectiveness of the AI Campaign and 

15 obtain any baseline data necessary for a comparative 

16 measurement of success; 

17 (2) facilitate access to, and the exchange of, in18 formation regarding artificial intelligence in order to 

19 promote up-to-date knowledge regarding artificial in20 telligence and the rights of an individual under law 

21 with respect to artificial intelligence; 

22 (3) identify, promote, and encourage the use of 

23 best practices for the detection of provenance infor24 mation with respect to digital media by— 


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1 (A) including such media that is generated 

2 by human beings and such media that is gen3 erated or significantly modified by algorithms, 

4 including artificial intelligence, including media 

5 commonly referred to as ‘‘deepfakes’’ and con6 tent created by the programs commonly re7 ferred to as ‘‘chatbots’’; 

8 (B) providing resources and guidance on 

9 available tools and methods for detecting or dif10 ferentiating such media; and 

11 (C) identifying populations particularly 

12 susceptible to artificial intelligence-enabled 

13 fraudulent activitiy, including senior citizens, 

14 and conducting target outreach to inform such 

15 populations of, and inoculate such populations 

16 against, artificial intelligence-enabled scams and 

17 fraud; 

18 (4) conduct outreach to the general public relat19 ing to the prevalence of artificial intelligence in the 

20 daily lives of individuals in the United States, in21 cluding— 

22 (A) applications that enable increase the 

23 productivity of individuals, such as text-to24 speech functionality, real-time route planning, 

25 and predictive text suggestions; and 


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1 (B) applications in use commercially, such 

2 as automated decision-making, fraud detection, 

3 and financial trading; and 

4 (5) conduct outreach about workforce opportu5 nities, including opportunities to work in the Federal 

6 Government, for technologists and others with expe7 rience in the development, deployment, and use of 

8 artificial intelligence, including to institutions of 

9 higher education (as defined in section 101 of the 

10 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

11 (d) EXPERT CONSULTATION.—In conducting the AI 

12 Campaign, the Secretary shall consult with a variety of 

13 stakeholders from academic or research communities, pub14 lic-private partnerships, and private industry, including 

15 companies with different roles in the use of artificial intel16 ligence, developers, deployers, users, and community devel17 opment organizations with expertise working with artifi18 cial intelligence. 

19 (e) REPORT.— 

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

21 the date on which the Secretary initiates the AI 

22 Campaign, the Secretary shall submit to the relevant 

23 congressional committees a report on the activities 

24 conducted under the AI Campaign. 


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1 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

2 paragraph (1) shall include— 

3 (A) the key performance indicators deter4 mined for the purpose of evaluating the overall 

5 effectiveness of the AI Campaign; and 

6 (B) recommendations for subsequent ac7 tions, including in any key areas in which the 

8 outcomes of the AI Campaign were identified as 

9 insufficient. 

10 (f) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No additional funds 

11 are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of car12 rying out this Act. 

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