117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2551 

AN ACT 

To require the Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget to establish or otherwise provide an artificial 

intelligence training program for the acquisition workforce, 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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Artificial Intelligence 

3 Training for the Acquisition Workforce Act’’ or the ‘‘AI 

4 Training Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING PROGRAMS. 

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) AI.—The term ‘‘AI’’ has the meaning given 

8 the term ‘‘artificial intelligence’’ in section 238(g) of 

9 the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 

10 Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 2358 note). 

11 (2) AI TRAINING PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘AI 

12 training program’’ means the training program es13 tablished under subsection (b)(1). 

14 (3) COVERED WORKFORCE.—The term ‘‘covered 

15 workforce’’ means— 

16 (A) employees of an executive agency who 

17 are responsible for— 

18 (i) program management; 

19 (ii) the planning, research, develop20 ment, engineering, testing, and evaluation 

21 of systems, including quality control and 

22 assurance; 

23 (iii) procurement and contracting; 

24 (iv) logistics; or 

25 (v) cost estimating; and 
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1 (B) other personnel of an executive agency 

2 designated by the head of the executive agency 

3 to participate in the AI training program. 

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

5 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg6 et. 

7 (5) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 

8 agency’’— 

9 (A) has the meaning given the term in sec10 tion 133 of title 41, United States Code; and 

11 (B) does not include— 

12 (i) the Department of Defense or a 

13 component of the Department of Defense; 

14 or 

15 (ii) the National Nuclear Security Ad16 ministration or a component of the Na17 tional Nuclear Security Administration. 

18 (b) REQUIREMENT.— 

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

20 the date of enactment of this Act, and not less fre21 quently than annually thereafter, the Director, in co22 ordination with the Administrator of General Serv23 ices and any other person determined relevant by the 

24 Director, shall develop and implement or otherwise 
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1 provide an AI training program for the covered 

2 workforce. 

3 (2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the AI training 

4 program shall be to ensure that the covered work5 force has knowledge of the capabilities and risks as6 sociated with AI. 

7 (3) TOPICS.—The AI training program shall in8 clude information relating to— 

9 (A) the science underlying AI, including 

10 how AI works; 

11 (B) introductory concepts relating to the 

12 technological features of artificial intelligence 

13 systems; 

14 (C) the ways in which AI can benefit the 

15 Federal Government; 

16 (D) the risks posed by AI, including dis17 crimination and risks to privacy; 

18 (E) ways to mitigate the risks described in 

19 subparagraph (D), including efforts to create 

20 and identify AI that is reliable, safe, and trust21 worthy; and 

22 (F) future trends in AI, including trends 

23 for homeland and national security and innova24 tion. 
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1 (4) UPDATES.—Not less frequently than once 

2 every 2 years, the Director shall update the AI 

3 training program to— 

4 (A) incorporate new information relating 

5 to AI; and 

6 (B) ensure that the AI training program 

7 continues to satisfy the requirements under 

8 paragraph (3). 

9 (5) FORMAT.—The Director is encouraged to 

10 develop and implement or otherwise include under 

11 the AI training program interactive learning with— 

12 (A) technologists; 

13 (B) scholars; and 

14 (C) other experts from the private, public, 

15 and nonprofit sectors. 

16 (6) METRICS.—The Director shall ensure the 

17 existence of a means by which to— 

18 (A) understand and measure the participa19 tion of the covered workforce; and 

20 (B) receive and consider feedback from 

21 participants in the AI training program to im22 prove the AI training program. 
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1 (7) SUNSET.—Effective 10 years after the date 

2 of enactment of this Act, this section shall have no 

3 force or effect. 

Passed the Senate December 18 (legislative day, December 17), 2021. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2551 

AN ACT 

To require the Director of the Office of Managethe acquisition workforce, and for other purposes. vide an artificial intelligence training program for ment and Budget to establish or otherwise pro-