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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8348 

To establish in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of 

the Department of Homeland Security a task force on artificial intelligence, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2024 

Mr. CARTER of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To establish in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

Agency of the Department of Homeland Security a task 

force on artificial intelligence, 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 ‘‘CISA Securing AI 

5 Task Force Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TASK FORCE ON SECURING ARTIFICIAL INTEL7 LIGENCE. 

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

9 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the CyberseVerDate Sep 11 2014 05:13 Jun 21, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8348.IH H8348

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1 curity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Depart2 ment of Homeland Security shall establish within the 

3 Agency a Task Force comprised of personnel from across 

4 its offices and divisions to coordinate the execution of di5 rectives pursuant to Executive Order 14110, or a subse6 quent Executive order, future Agency activities related to 

7 the safety and security of artificial intelligence, and the 

8 Agency’s contributions to Department-wide initiatives re9 lated to the safety and security of artificial intelligence. 

10 Such Task Force shall— 

11 (1) ensure coordination, cohesion, and align12 ment of Agency efforts to improve the safe and se13 cure design, development, adoption, and deployment 

14 of artificial intelligence; 

15 (2) ensure coordination, cohesion, and align16 ment of Agency input into Department-led, inter17 agency, and nongovernment working groups or col18 laborations related to artificial intelligence; 

19 (3) assess and evaluate relevant Agency safety 

20 and security initiatives, guidance, and programs to 

21 ensure the unique safety and security challenges re22 lated to artificial intelligence are contemplated and 

23 addressed and recommend updates to such initia24 tives, guidance, and programs, as appropriate; 


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1 (4) ensure the full expertise from across the 

2 Agency is leveraged to identify how artificial intel3 ligence can be used to defend against traditional and 

4 emerging cyber threats; 

5 (5) ensure coordination of Agency efforts to ad6 vise stakeholders of potential cyber risks associated 

7 with the deployment of artificial intelligence-based 

8 software; 

9 (6) identify artificial intelligence workforce gaps 

10 at the Agency and ways to address them; 

11 (7) coordinate the Agency’s efforts to promote 

12 the adoption of secure artificial intelligence-based 

13 software; 

14 (8) recommend to the Director new Agency ini15 tiatives to improve the safe and secure design, devel16 opment, adoption, and deployment of artificial intel17 ligence; 

18 (9) ensure the Agency’s efforts related to artifi19 cial intelligence meet appropriate privacy, civil 

20 rights, and civil liberties standards; and 

21 (10) support the publication of the Agency’s ar22 tificial intelligence use inventory, including devel23 oping processes to ensure the accuracy of artificial 

24 intelligence inventory submissions and the reliability 


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1 of data used in artificial intelligence systems used by 

2 the Agency. 

3 (b) BIANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 6 months 

4 after the date of the establishment of the Task Force 

5 under subsection (a), and every 6 months thereafter until 

6 such time as this Act ceases to be in effect in accordance 

7 with subsection (c), the Task Force shall report to the 

8 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

10 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate on the activities 

11 of such Task Force during the preceding 6-month period. 

12 (c) SUNSET.—This Act shall cease to be in effect on 

13 the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment 

14 of this Act. 

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