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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4896 

To authorize the National Science Foundation to support research on the 

development of artificial intelligence-enabled efficient technologies. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 31, 2024 

Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. LUJA ́N) introduced the following bill; which 

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

Transportation 

A BILL 

To authorize the National Science Foundation to support 

research on the development of artificial intelligence-enabled efficient technologies. 

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 ‘‘AI Innovation and De5 velopment for Efficiency Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘AIDE Act 

6 of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SUPPORT OF RE2 SEARCH ON IMPACTS OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL3 LIGENCE ON EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘ar6 tificial intelligence’’ means a machine-based system 

7 that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, 

8 make predictions, recommendations or decisions in9 fluencing real or virtual environments. Artificial in10 telligence systems use machine and human-based in11 puts to— 

12 (A) perceive real and virtual environments; 

13 (B) abstract such perceptions into models 

14 through analysis in an automated manner; and 

15 (C) use model inference to formulate op16 tions for information or action. 

17 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

18 the Director of the National Science Foundation. 

19 (3) EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘effi20 cient technology’’ means a technology that critically 

21 considers minimizing emissions, securing clean air 

22 and water, building climate and community resil23 iency, promoting healthy food, and other sustain24 ability pillars. 

25 (4) EPSCOR INSTITUTION.—The term 

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1 er education, nonprofit organization, or other insti2 tution located in a jurisdiction eligible to participate 

3 in the Established Program to Stimulate Competi4 tive Research under section 113 of the National 

5 Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988 (42 

6 U.S.C. 1862g). 

7 (b) SUPPORT OF RESEARCH.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in consulta9 tion with the heads of other relevant Federal agen10 cies, shall support merit-reviewed and competitively 

11 awarded research on the development or expansion 

12 of artificial intelligence-enabled efficient tech13 nologies. Such research projects may include— 

14 (A) development of artificial intelligence15 enabled efficient technologies, including in the 

16 areas of— 

17 (i) smart grids; 

18 (ii) mobility or transportation; 

19 (iii) agriculture; 

20 (iv) waste reduction; 

21 (v) emissions reduction; and 

22 (vi) resource conservation; 

23 (B) assessments of the feasibility of safe 

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1 enabled efficient technologies into critical infra2 structure; and 

3 (C) research on the effectiveness of ex4 panding public understanding, development, or 

5 adoption of artificial intelligence-enabled effi6 cient technologies. 

7 (2) CONSIDERATION FOR CERTAIN FOCUS.—In 

8 carrying out the program described in paragraph 

9 (1), the Director shall give particular consideration 

10 to projects that include efficient technology that fo11 cuses on— 

12 (A) building new smart technologies to 

13 support critical infrastructure efficiency; 

14 (B) minimizing pollution and greenhouse 

15 gas emissions from critical infrastructure sec16 tors; and 

17 (C) upgrading existing constructions and 

18 infrastructure to be more efficient. 

19 (3) IMPACT ASSESSMENTS.—Each research 

20 project supported by the Director under paragraph 

21 (1) shall include an impact assessment conducted by 

22 the researcher that evaluates the energy consump23 tion of the artificial intelligence-enabled efficient 

24 technology. 


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1 (4) CONSIDERATION.—In supporting research 

2 under this subsection, the Director shall give special 

3 consideration to research conducted at EPSCoR in4 stitutions. 

5 (c) REPORTS.— 

6 (1) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not 

7 later than 18 months after the date of enactment of 

8 this Act, the Director shall report to the Committee 

9 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

10 Senate, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 

11 Science, and Related Agencies of the Committee on 

12 Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on 

13 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 

14 Representatives, and the Subcommittee on Com15 merce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the 

16 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep17 resentatives— 

18 (A) the Director’s findings with respect to 

19 the feasibility for research opportunities, includ20 ing with relevant Federal agencies and private 

21 sector critical infrastructure providers, to im22 prove the development and integration of artifi23 cial intelligence-enabled efficient technologies; 

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1 (B) any recommendations of the Director 

2 that could facilitate and improve communica3 tion and coordination among the National 

4 Science Foundation, relevant Federal agencies, 

5 and the private sector to effectively develop and 

6 implement artificial intelligence-enabled effi7 cient technologies. 

8 (2) RESULTS OF RESEARCH.—Not later than 4 

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

10 Director shall report to the Committee on Com11 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 

12 the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, 

13 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro14 priations of the Senate, the Committee on Science, 

15 Space, and Technology of the House of Representa16 tives, and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 

17 Science, and Related Agencies of the Committee on 

18 Appropriations of the House of Representatives on 

19 the results of the research supported under this sec20 tion. 

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