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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2551 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 29, 2021 

Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. PORTMAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

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

6 Training Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING PROGRAMS. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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

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

3 the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 

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

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

6 training program’’ means the training program es7 tablished under subsection (b)(1). 

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

9 workforce’’ means— 

10 (A) employees of an executive agency who 

11 are responsible for— 

12 (i) program management; 

13 (ii) the planning, research, develop14 ment, engineering, testing, and evaluation 

15 of systems, including quality control and 

16 assurance; 

17 (iii) procurement and contracting; 

18 (iv) logistics; or 

19 (v) cost estimating; and 

20 (B) other personnel of an executive agency 

21 designated by the head of the executive agency 

22 to participate in the AI training program. 

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

24 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg25 et. 


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

2 agency’’— 

3 (A) has the meaning given the term in sec4 tion 133 of title 41, United States Code; and 

5 (B) does not include the Department of 

6 Defense or a component of the Department of 

7 Defense. 

8 (b) REQUIREMENT.— 

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

10 the date of enactment of this Act, and not less fre11 quently than annually thereafter, the Director, in co12 ordination with the Administrator of General Serv13 ices and any other person determined relevant by the 

14 Director, shall develop and implement or otherwise 

15 provide an AI training program for the covered 

16 workforce. 

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

18 program shall be to ensure that the covered work19 force has knowledge of the capabilities and risks as20 sociated with AI. 

21 (3) TOPICS.—The AI training program shall in22 clude information relating to— 

23 (A) the science underlying artificial intel24 ligence, including how artificial intelligence 

25 works; 


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1 (B) introductory concepts relating to the 

2 technological features of artificial intelligence 

3 systems; 

4 (C) the ways in which artificial intelligence 

5 can benefit the Federal Government; 

6 (D) the risks posed by artificial intel7 ligence, including discrimination and risks to 

8 privacy; 

9 (E) ways to mitigate the risks described in 

10 subparagraph (D), including efforts to create 

11 and identify artificial intelligence that is reli12 able, safe, and trustworthy; and 

13 (F) future trends in artificial intelligence, 

14 including trends for homeland and national se15 curity and innovation. 

16 (4) UPDATES.—Not less frequently than once 

17 every 2 years, the Director shall update the AI 

18 training program to— 

19 (A) incorporate new information relating 

20 to AI; and 

21 (B) ensure that the AI training program 

22 continues to satisfy the requirements under 

23 paragraph (3). 


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

2 develop and implement or otherwise include under 

3 the AI training program interactive learning with— 

4 (A) technologists; 

5 (B) scholars; and 

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

7 and nonprofit sectors. 

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

9 existence of a means by which to— 

10 (A) understand and measure the participa11 tion of the covered workforce; and 

12 (B) receive and consider feedback from 

13 participants in the AI training program to im14 prove the AI training program. 

15 (7) SUNSET.—Effective 10 years after the date 

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

17 force or effect. 

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