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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 

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING RESOURCES 

7 AND TOOLKITS FOR SMALL BUSINESS CON8 CERNS. 

9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON2 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con3 gress’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

5 and Transportation and the Committee on 

6 Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the 

7 Senate; and 

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

9 Technology and the Committee on Small Busi10 ness of the House of Representatives. 

11 (2) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘ar12 tificial intelligence’’ has the meaning given such 

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

14 Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 

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

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

17 meaning given such term in section 25(a) of the Na18 tional Institute of Standards and Technology Act 

19 (15 U.S.C. 278k(a)). 

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

21 the Director of the National Institute of Standards 

22 and Technology. 

23 (5) HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION

24 PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘Hollings Manufacturing 

25 Extension Partnership’’ has the meaning given such 


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

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

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

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

5 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

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

7 (7) KEY EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.—The term 

8 ‘‘key emerging technologies’’ means the technologies 

9 included in the initial list of key technology focus 

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

11 and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 

12 (42 U.S.C. 19107(c)), photonics, and electronics. 

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

14 community’’ means a community that is located in 

15 areas that are not classified as urban by the Bureau 

16 of the Census. 

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

18 the Secretary of Commerce. 

19 (10) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 

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

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

22 (15 U.S.C. 632(a)). 

23 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING RESOURCES AND

24 TOOLKITS REQUIRED.— 


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

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

3 shall, acting through the Director, the Hollings 

4 Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and the Cen5 ters and in consultation and coordination with the 

6 Administrator of the Small Business Administration, 

7 the Secretary of Agriculture, and such persons in 

8 the private sector as the Secretary of Commerce con9 siders appropriate, develop training resources and 

10 toolkits for small business concerns, including small 

11 business concerns located in rural, Tribal, or under12 served communities or involved in advanced manu13 facturing, relating to the adoption and use of artifi14 cial intelligence and such other key emerging tech15 nologies, such as quantum-hybrid computing, as the 

16 Secretary considers appropriate. 

17 (2) CONTENTS.—The training and toolkits de18 veloped under paragraph (1) shall include prompt 

19 engineering and the use of artificial intelligence or 

20 emerging technologies, such as quantum hybrid 

21 tools, relating to access to credit and capital, finan22 cial management and accounting, business planning 

23 and operations, cybersecurity, marketing, supply 

24 chain management, government contracting, and ex25 porting. 


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1 (c) REVIEW AND UPDATE OF TRAINING RESOURCES

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

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

4 once every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall— 

5 (1) review the training resources and toolkits 

6 developed pursuant to subsection (b); and 

7 (2) update such resources and toolkits as the 

8 Secretary considers appropriate. 

9 (d) DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF TRAINING RE10 SOURCES AND TOOLKITS.—The Secretary shall coordinate 

11 with the Administrator of the Small Business Administra12 tion on the distribution and use of the training resources 

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

14 through the resource partners of the Small Business Ad15 ministration, including small business development cen16 ters, women business centers, SCORE, veteran business 

17 opportunity centers, and the Apex Accelerator. 

18 (e) GRANTS PROGRAM.— 

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

20 a program on the award of grants to persons pro21 viding training relating to artificial intelligence to 

22 small business concerns using the training resources 

23 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. 

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