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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4625 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Federal Advisory 

Committee on the Development and Implementation of Artificial Intelligence, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 12, 2017 

Mr. DELANEY (for himself, Mr. OLSON, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. 

KHANNA, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. DESAULNIER, and Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE

of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees 

on Science, Space, and Technology, Education and the Workforce, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform, for 

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Federal Advisory Committee on the Development and Implementation of 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 ‘‘Fundamentally Under5 standing The Usability and Realistic Evolution of ArtifiVerDate Sep 11 2014 20:37 Dec 15, 2017 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4625.IH H4625

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1 cial Intelligence Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘FUTURE of Artifi2 cial Intelligence Act of 2017’’. 

3 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that— 

5 (1) understanding and preparing for the ongo6 ing development of artificial intelligence is critical to 

7 the economic prosperity and social stability of the 

8 United States; 

9 (2) as artificial intelligence evolves, it can great10 ly benefit society by powering the information econ11 omy, fostering better informed decisions and helping 

12 unlock answers to questions that, as of the date of 

13 the enactment of this Act, are unanswerable; 

14 (3) for the reasons set forth in paragraph (2) 

15 it’s beneficial to better understand artificial intel16 ligence and foster the development of artificial intel17 ligence in a manner that maximizes its benefit to so18 ciety; and 

19 (4) it is critical that the priorities of the advi20 sory committee established under section 4(a)(1) in21 clude developing guidance or recommendations— 

22 (A) to promote a climate of investment and 

23 innovation to ensure the global competitiveness 

24 of the United States; 


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1 (B) to optimize the development of artifi2 cial intelligence to address the potential growth, 

3 restructuring, or other changes in the United 

4 States workforce that results from the develop5 ment of artificial intelligence; 

6 (C) to promote and support the unbiased 

7 development and application of artificial intel8 ligence; and 

9 (D) to protect the privacy rights of individ10 uals. 

11 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

13 (b), in this Act: 

14 (1) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘ar15 tificial intelligence’’ includes the following: 

16 (A) Any artificial systems that perform 

17 tasks under varying and unpredictable cir18 cumstances, without significant human over19 sight, or that can learn from their experience 

20 and improve their performance. Such systems 

21 may be developed in computer software, phys22 ical hardware, or other contexts not yet con23 templated. They may solve tasks requiring 

24 human-like perception, cognition, planning, 

25 learning, communication, or physical action. In 


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1 general, the more human-like the system within 

2 the context of its tasks, the more it can be said 

3 to use artificial intelligence. 

4 (B) Systems that think like humans, such 

5 as cognitive architectures and neural networks. 

6 (C) Systems that act like humans, such as 

7 systems that can pass the Turing test or other 

8 comparable test via natural language proc9 essing, knowledge representation, automated 

10 reasoning, and learning. 

11 (D) A set of techniques, including machine 

12 learning, that seek to approximate some cog13 nitive task. 

14 (E) Systems that act rationally, such as in15 telligent software agents and embodied robots 

16 that achieve goals via perception, planning, rea17 soning, learning, communicating, decision mak18 ing, and acting. 

19 (2) ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.—The 

20 term ‘‘artificial general intelligence’’ means a no21 tional future artificial intelligence system that exhib22 its apparently intelligent behavior at least as ad23 vanced as a person across the range of cognitive, 

24 emotional, and social behaviors. 


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1 (3) NARROW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The 

2 term ‘‘narrow artificial intelligence’’ means an artifi3 cial intelligence system that addresses specific appli4 cation areas such as playing strategic games, lan5 guage translation, self-driving vehicles, and image 

6 recognition. 

7 (b) MODIFICATIONS.—The Federal Advisory Com8 mittee on the Development and Implementation of Artifi9 cial Intelligence established under section 4(a) may revise 

10 such definitions under subsection (a) of this section as the 

11 advisory committee considers appropriate. 

12 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM13 MITTEE ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLE14 MENTATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 

15 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce 

17 shall establish a Federal advisory committee to ad18 vise the Secretary on matters relating to the devel19 opment of artificial intelligence. 

20 (2) DESIGNATION.—The Federal advisory com21 mittee established under paragraph (1) shall be 

22 known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory Committee on the 

23 Development and Implementation of Artificial Intel24 ligence’’ (in this section the ‘‘Advisory Committee’’). 

25 (b) PURPOSES OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 


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1 (1) ADVICE.—The Advisory Committee shall 

2 provide advice to the Secretary on matters relating 

3 to the development of artificial general intelligence 

4 and narrow artificial intelligence, including on the 

5 following as they relate to artificial intelligence: 

6 (A) The competitiveness of the United 

7 States, including matters relating to the pro8 motion of public and private sector investment 

9 and innovation into the development of artificial 

10 intelligence. 

11 (B) Workforce, including matters relating 

12 to the potential for using artificial intelligence 

13 for rapid retraining of workers, due to the pos14 sible effect of technological displacement. 

15 (C) Education, including matters relating 

16 to science, technology, engineering, and mathe17 matics education to prepare the United States 

18 workforce as the needs of employers change. 

19 (D) Ethics training and development for 

20 technologists working on artificial intelligence. 

21 (E) Matters relating to open sharing of 

22 data and the open sharing of research on artifi23 cial intelligence. 

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1 petitive international landscape for artificial in2 telligence-related industries. 

3 (G) Accountability and legal rights, includ4 ing matters relating to the responsibility for 

5 any violations of laws by an artificial intel6 ligence system and the compatibility of inter7 national regulations. 

8 (H) Matters relating to machine learning 

9 bias through core cultural and societal norms. 

10 (I) Matters relating to how artificial intel11 ligence can serve or enhance opportunities in 

12 rural communities. 

13 (J) Government efficiency, including mat14 ters relating to how to promote cost saving and 

15 streamline operations. 

16 (2) STUDY.—The Advisory Committee shall 

17 study and assess the following: 

18 (A) How to create a climate for public and 

19 private sector investment and innovation in ar20 tificial intelligence. 

21 (B) The possible benefits and effects that 

22 the development of artificial intelligence may 

23 have on the economy, workforce, and competi24 tiveness of the United States. 


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1 (C) Whether and how networked, auto2 mated, artificial intelligence applications and 

3 robotic devices will displace or create jobs and 

4 how any job related gains relating to artificial 

5 intelligence can be maximized. 

6 (D) How bias can be identified and elimi7 nated in the development of artificial intel8 ligence and in the algorithms that support 

9 them, including with respect to the following: 

10 (i) The selection and processing of 

11 data used to train artificial intelligence. 

12 (ii) Diversity in the development of 

13 artificial intelligence. 

14 (iii) The ways and places the systems 

15 are deployed and the potential harmful 

16 outcomes. 

17 (E) Whether and how to incorporate eth18 ical standards in the development and imple19 mentation of artificial intelligence. 

20 (F) How the Federal Government can en21 courage technological progress in implementa22 tion of artificial intelligence that benefits the 

23 full spectrum of social and economic classes. 


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1 (G) How the privacy rights of individuals 

2 are or will be affected by technological innova3 tion relating to artificial intelligence. 

4 (H) Whether technological advancements 

5 in artificial intelligence have or will outpace the 

6 legal and regulatory regimes implemented to 

7 protect consumers. 

8 (I) How existing laws, including those con9 cerning data access and privacy, should be mod10 ernized to enable the potential of artificial intel11 ligence. 

12 (J) How the Federal Government utilizes 

13 artificial intelligence to handle large or complex 

14 data sets. 

15 (K) How ongoing dialogues and consulta16 tions with multi-stakeholder groups can maxi17 mize the potential of artificial intelligence and 

18 further development of artificial intelligence 

19 technologies that can benefit everyone inclu20 sively. 

21 (L) How the development of artificial intel22 ligence can affect cost savings and streamline 

23 operations in various areas of government oper24 ations, including health care, cybersecurity, in25 frastructure, and disaster recovery. 


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1 (M) Such other matters as the Advisory 

2 Committee considers appropriate. 

3 (3) REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

4 (A) REPORT BY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

5 Not later than 540 days after the date of the 

6 enactment of this Act, the Advisory Committee 

7 shall submit to the Secretary and to Congress 

8 a report on the findings of the Advisory Com9 mittee and such recommendations as the Advi10 sory Committee may have for administrative or 

11 legislative action relating to artificial intel12 ligence. 

13 (B) RECOMMENDATIONS OF SECRETARY.— 

14 Not later than 90 days after receiving the re15 port submitted under subparagraph (A), the 

16 Secretary shall review the report and submit to 

17 Congress such recommendations as the Sec18 retary may have with respect to the matters 

19 contained in the report submitted under sub20 paragraph (A). 

21 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

22 (1) VOTING MEMBERS.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Com24 mittee shall be composed of 19 voting members 

25 who shall be appointed by the Secretary of 


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1 Commerce, with advisement from the Chair and 

2 Ranking Member of the Committee on Com3 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen4 ate and the Chair and Ranking Member of the 

5 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

6 House of Representatives, for purposes of the 

7 Advisory Committee from among individuals 

8 with expertise in matters relating to workforce 

9 development, ethics, privacy, artificial intel10 ligence, or computer science. 

11 (B) REPRESENTATION.—In carrying out 

12 subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall ensure 

13 that voting members are appointed as follows: 

14 (i) Five members from academic or 

15 research community. 

16 (ii) Six members from private indus17 try, at least one of whom shall be from a 

18 small business concern. 

19 (iii) Six from civil society, at least two 

20 of whom shall be from groups that advo21 cate for civil liberties or civil rights. 

22 (iv) Two from labor organizations or 

23 groups. 

24 (C) GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY.—In car25 rying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 


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1 ensure that the voting members of the Advisory 

2 Committee come from diverse geographical loca3 tions within the United States. 

4 (2) NONVOTING MEMBERS.—The Advisory 

5 Committee shall also be composed of such nonvoting 

6 members as the Secretary considers appropriate, ex7 cept that the Secretary shall appoint at least one 

8 such member from each of the following: 

9 (A) The Department of Education. 

10 (B) The Department of Justice. 

11 (C) The Department of Labor. 

12 (D) The Department of Transportation. 

13 (E) The Federal Trade Commission. 

14 (F) The National Institute of Standards 

15 and Technology. 

16 (G) The National Science Foundation. 

17 (H) The National Science and Technology 

18 Council. 

19 (I) Such other nonvoting members as the 

20 voting members of the Advisory Committee con21 sider appropriate. 

22 (3) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary shall ap23 point a chairperson for the Advisory Committee 

24 from among the members appointed under para25 graph (1). 


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1 (d) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Committee shall 

2 meet— 

3 (1) in person no less frequently than twice each 

4 year; and 

5 (2) via telepresence no less frequently than once 

6 every two months. 

7 (e) POWERS.—In order to carry out its duties under 

8 subsection (b), the Advisory Committee may— 

9 (1) hold such hearings, sit and act at such 

10 times and places, take such testimony, and receive 

11 such evidence as the Advisory Committee considers 

12 appropriate; 

13 (2) submit to Congress such recommendations 

14 as the Advisory Committee considers appropriate; 

15 (3) submit to Federal agencies such rec16 ommendations as the Advisory Committee considers 

17 appropriate; 

18 (4) issue reports, guidelines, and memoranda; 

19 (5) hold or host conferences and symposia; 

20 (6) enter into cooperative agreements with 

21 third-party experts to obtain relevant advice or ex22 pertise, and oversee staff; 

23 (7) establish subcommittees; and 

24 (8) establish rules of procedure. 


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1 (f) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the Advi2 sory Committee shall be allowed travel expenses, including 

3 per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for em4 ployees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 

5 title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes 

6 or regular places of business in the performance of services 

7 for the Advisory Committee. 

8 (g) FUNDING.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para10 graph (2), amounts to carry out this section shall be 

11 derived from amounts appropriated or otherwise 

12 made available to the Secretary of Commerce. 

13 (2) DONATIONS.— 

14 (A) AUTHORIZATION.—The Advisory Com15 mittee may solicit and accept donations from 

16 private persons and non-Federal entities to 

17 carry out this section. 

18 (B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts ex19 pended by the Advisory Committee in a fiscal 

20 year to carry out this section, not more than 

21 half may be derived from amounts received 

22 under subparagraph (A). 

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