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Calendar No. 726 

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 

DECEMBER 18 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Reported by Ms. CANTWELL, with an amendment 

[Insert the part printed in italic] 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Artificial Intelligence 

3 Public Awareness and Education Campaign Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PUBLIC AWARENESS 

5 AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. 

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

8 means the public awareness and education campaign 

9 conducted under this section. 

10 (2) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘ar11 tificial intelligence’’ has the meaning given the term 

12 in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence 

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

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

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

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

17 (4) KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR.—The term 

18 ‘‘key performance indicator’’ means a quantifiable 

19 metric that demonstrates how effectively an initia20 tive is at achieving its objectives. 

21 (5) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT22 TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit23 tees’’ means— 

24 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

25 and Transportation of the Senate; and 


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

2 Technology of the House of Representatives. 

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

4 the Secretary of Commerce. 

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

6 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordina7 tion with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, including 

8 the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 

9 Technology and the Administrator of the National Tele10 communications and Information Administration, shall 

11 conduct a public awareness and education campaign to 

12 provide information regarding the benefits of, risks relat13 ing to, and the prevalence of artificial intelligence in the 

14 daily lives of individuals in the United States. 

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

16 the Secretary shall— 

17 (1) determine the key performance indicators to 

18 evaluate the effectiveness of the AI Campaign and 

19 obtain any baseline data necessary for a comparative 

20 measurement of success; 

21 (2) facilitate access to, and the exchange of, in22 formation regarding artificial intelligence in order to 

23 promote up-to-date knowledge regarding artificial in24 telligence and the rights of an individual under law 

25 with respect to artificial intelligence; 


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

2 best practices for the detection of provenance infor3 mation with respect to digital media by— 

4 (A) including such media that is generated 

5 by human beings and such media that is gen6 erated or significantly modified by algorithms, 

7 including artificial intelligence, including media 

8 commonly referred to as ‘‘deepfakes’’ and con9 tent created by the programs commonly re10 ferred to as ‘‘chatbots’’; 

11 (B) providing resources and guidance on 

12 available tools and methods for detecting or dif13 ferentiating such media; and 

14 (C) identifying populations particularly 

15 susceptible to artificial intelligence-enabled 

16 fraudulent activitiy, including senior citizens, 

17 and conducting target outreach to inform such 

18 populations of, and inoculate such populations 

19 against, artificial intelligence-enabled scams and 

20 fraud; 

21 (4) conduct outreach to the general public relat22 ing to the prevalence of artificial intelligence in the 

23 daily lives of individuals in the United States, in24 cluding— 


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1 (A) applications that enable increase the 

2 productivity of individuals, such as text-to3 speech functionality, real-time route planning, 

4 and predictive text suggestions; and 

5 (B) applications in use commercially, such 

6 as automated decision-making, fraud detection, 

7 and financial trading; and 

8 (5) conduct outreach about workforce opportu9 nities, including opportunities to work in the Federal 

10 Government, for technologists and others with expe11 rience in the development, deployment, and use of 

12 artificial intelligence, including to institutions of 

13 higher education (as defined in section 101 of the 

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

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

16 Campaign, the Secretary shall consult with a variety of 

17 stakeholders from academic or research communities, pub18 lic-private partnerships, and private industry, including 

19 companies with different roles in the use of artificial intel20 ligence, developers, deployers, users, and community devel21 opment organizations with expertise working with artifi22 cial intelligence. 

23 (e) REPORT.— 

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

25 the date on which the Secretary initiates the AI 


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1 Campaign, the Secretary shall submit to the relevant 

2 congressional committees a report on the activities 

3 conducted under the AI Campaign. 

4 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

5 paragraph (1) shall include— 

6 (A) the key performance indicators deter7 mined for the purpose of evaluating the overall 

8 effectiveness of the AI Campaign; and 

9 (B) recommendations for subsequent ac10 tions, including in any key areas in which the 

11 outcomes of the AI Campaign were identified as 

12 insufficient. 

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

14 are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of car15 rying out this Act. 


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Calendar No. 726 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4596 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct 

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ECEMBER 18 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Reported with an amendment 


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