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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9215 

To facilitate the growth of multidisciplinary and diverse teams that can 

advance the development and training of safe and trustworthy artificial 

intelligence systems, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2024 

Ms. LOFGREN (for herself and Mr. LUCAS) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To facilitate the growth of multidisciplinary and diverse 

teams that can advance the development and training 

of safe and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems, 

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 ‘‘Workforce for AI Trust 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NSF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH AND 

2 EDUCATION; NIST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 

3 GOVERNANCE WORKFORCE. 

4 (a) NSF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH AND

5 EDUCATION.—— 

6 (1) FELLOWSHIPS.—Subsection (e) of section 

7 5401 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative 

8 Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9451; enacted as part of 

9 title LIV of division E of the William M. (Mac) 

10 Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 

11 Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283)) is amend12 ed— 

13 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FAC15 ULTY’’; and 

16 (ii) by adding at the end the following 

17 new subparagraph: 

18 ‘‘(D) INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIFICIAL IN19 TELLIGENCE FELLOWSHIPS.— 

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Director of 

21 the National Science Foundation may sup22 port graduate and postdoctoral research 

23 fellowships for students and postdoctoral 

24 researchers from across disciplines, includ25 ing social science disciplines and the hu26 manities, by making awards through qualiVerDate Sep 11 2014 18:25 Aug 30, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9215.IH H9215

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1 fied institutions of higher education for re2 search and related activities related to the 

3 integration of ethical and responsible prac4 tices and principles into the design, devel5 opment, training, deployment, evaluation, 

6 and understanding of artificial intelligence 

7 systems. 

8 ‘‘(ii) USE OF AWARDS.—An institu9 tion of higher education shall use awards 

10 under clause (i) for the following purposes: 

11 ‘‘(I) For graduate fellowships, 

12 tuition, education-related fees, and 

13 stipends for up to three academic 

14 years. 

15 ‘‘(II) For postdoctoral fellow16 ships, salaries, benefits, relocation 

17 costs, related conference travels, and 

18 research expenses for up to three 

19 years. 

20 ‘‘(III) Additional such other ex21 penses the Director determines appro22 priate. 

23 ‘‘(iii) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to 

24 receive an award under this subparagraph, 


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1 an institution of higher education receiving 

2 the award shall ensure recipients— 

3 ‘‘(I) are citizens, nationals, or 

4 lawful permanent residents of the 

5 United States; 

6 ‘‘(II) demonstrate a commitment 

7 to a career in advancing the topic of 

8 technology ethics, including trust9 worthy artificial intelligence; 

10 ‘‘(III) for graduate fellowships, 

11 are— 

12 ‘‘(aa) full-time students in 

13 an eligible program at the insti14 tution of higher education, as de15 termined by the Director; or 

16 ‘‘(bb) students pursuing a 

17 degree on a less than full-time 

18 basis, but not less than half-time 

19 basis, in an eligible program at 

20 the institution of higher edu21 cation, as determined by the Di22 rector; and 

23 ‘‘(IV) for postdoctoral fellow24 ships, have a doctoral degree in an eli25 gible program, have received such deVerDate Sep 11 2014 18:25 Aug 30, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9215.IH H9215

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1 gree not earlier than five years before 

2 the date that such fellowship begins, 

3 and have a postdoctoral appointment 

4 at a host institution. 

5 ‘‘(iv) APPLICATION.—An applicant for 

6 a fellowship shall submit to the Director of 

7 the National Science Foundation an appli8 cation, in such manner, and containing 

9 such information, as the Director may re10 quire. At a minimum, the Director shall 

11 require an applicants to include in such 

12 application a description of how— 

13 ‘‘(I) the proposed research and 

14 activities are designed to advance the 

15 field of trustworthy artificial intel16 ligence, including ways to design, de17 velop, train, deploy, evaluate, and un18 derstand artificial intelligence systems 

19 or deploy such systems in a trust20 worthy manner; 

21 ‘‘(II) the applicant will be inte22 grated with artificial intelligence re23 searchers at the host institution in a 

24 role consistent with being a member 


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1 of an interdisciplinary or 

2 transdisciplinary team; and 

3 ‘‘(III) the applicant plans to dis4 seminate any research findings, 

5 learned best practices, or technical so6 lutions to the broader artificial intel7 ligence systems research community. 

8 ‘‘(v) OUTREACH.—The Director of the 

9 National Science Foundation shall conduct 

10 outreach to recruit fellowship applicants— 

11 ‘‘(I) from diverse research insti12 tutions; 

13 ‘‘(II) from all regions of the 

14 country; and 

15 ‘‘(III) from groups historically 

16 underrepresented in STEM fields. 

17 ‘‘(vi) ADMINISTRATIVE AGREE18 MENTS.—Eligible fellowships may include 

19 temporary artificial intelligence-related po20 sitions at Federal or State agencies, na21 tional laboratories, private sector entities, 

22 institutions of higher education, the Insti23 tute, or other artificial intelligence relevant 

24 entities, as determined appropriate by the 


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1 Director of the National Science Founda2 tion.’’; and 

3 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(4) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SKILLS-BASED

6 TRAINING ACROSS THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDA7 TION.—The Director of the National Science Foun8 dation shall seek to encourage the application of ar9 tificial intelligence systems to accelerate scientific 

10 discovery and technology development across all 

11 fields of STEM supported by the Foundation, in12 cluding by supporting the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) Training for undergraduate and grad14 uate students and postdoctoral researchers 

15 through existing technical and skills-based 

16 training or certification programs and by pro17 viding for additional experiential learning expe18 riences, as appropriate. 

19 ‘‘(B) Development and hosting of intra- or 

20 inter-institutional workshops on the application 

21 of artificial intelligence systems to new uses in 

22 research, development, demonstration, testing, 

23 dissemination, and evaluation. 

24 ‘‘(C) Administrative and award supple25 ments to existing research awards to support 


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1 professional development experiences for grad2 uate students and postdoctoral researchers who 

3 receive a substantial portion of their support in 

4 connection with such research awards to learn 

5 how to apply artificial intelligence systems to 

6 their research, as determined by the Director.’’. 

7 (2) ETHICS.—Subsection (d) of the section 

8 5401 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative 

9 Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9451) is amended by adding 

10 at the end the following new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(3) WORKSHOPS.—The Director of the Na12 tional Science Foundation may make awards for the 

13 development and hosting of intra- or inter-institu14 tional workshops focused on integrating perspectives 

15 and skills from multiple and diverse disciplines, in16 cluding social science, behavioral science, technology 

17 ethics, normative ethics, and linguistics, toward the 

18 deployment, evaluation, and understanding of artifi19 cial intelligence systems.’’. 

20 (3) PEER REVIEW PANELS.—Section 5401 of 

21 the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 

22 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9451) is amended— 

23 (A) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub24 section (h); and 


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1 (B) by inserting after subsection (f) the 

2 following new subsection: 

3 ‘‘(g) PEER REVIEW PANELS.—As practicable and ap4 propriate, the Director of the National Science Founda5 tion shall ensure that merit review panels convened to 

6 evaluate proposals related to artificial intelligence systems 

7 research and related activities integrate perspectives from 

8 multiple and diverse research disciplines, including re9 searchers from social science, technology ethics, normative 

10 ethics, legal, and linguistic disciplines.’’. 

11 (b) NIST ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE ARTIFICIAL

12 INTELLIGENCE GOVERNANCE WORKFORCE.— 

13 (1) SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES.—Subsection (b) 

14 of section 22A of the National Institute of Stand15 ards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278h–1) is 

16 amended— 

17 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

18 through (5) as paragraphs (4) through (6), re19 spectively; and 

20 (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

21 following new paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(3) support education and workforce develop23 ment activities to expand the artificial intelligence 

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1 cial intelligence related risk, including testing, eval2 uation, verification, and validation of artificial intel3 ligence systems;’’. 

4 (2) RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK.—Sub5 section (c) of section 22A of the National Institute 

6 of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278h– 

7 1) is amended— 

8 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 

9 through (6) as paragraphs (5) through (7), re10 spectively; and 

11 (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

12 following new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(4) support technical standards and guidance 

14 to describe tasks, knowledge, skills, abilities, com15 petencies, job pathways, and work roles to guide ca16 reer development, education, training activities, and 

17 professional certifications related to artificial intel18 ligence risk management, including careers related 

19 to helping organizations govern, map, measure, and 

20 manage artificial intelligence related risk, including 

21 testing, evaluation, verification, and validation of ar22 tificial intelligence systems;’’. 

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