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Calendar No. 531 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2575 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To authorize an AI Center of Excellence within the General 

Services Administration, 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 ‘‘AI in Government Act 

5 of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act— 

8 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad9 ministrator of General Services; 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 

2 the term in section 3502 of title 44, United States 

3 Code; 

4 (3) the term ‘‘AI CoE’’ means the AI Center of 

5 Excellence described in section 3; 

6 (4) the term ‘‘artificial intelligence’’ has the 

7 meaning given the term in section 238(g) of the 

8 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act 

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

10 (5) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 

11 the Office of Management and Budget; 

12 (6) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 

13 has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the 

14 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); 

15 and 

16 (7) the term ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an 

17 organization described in section 501(c)(3)of the In18 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax19 ation under section 501(a) of that Code. 

20 SEC. 3. AI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is created within the Gen22 eral Services Administration a program to be known as 

23 the ‘‘AI Center of Excellence’’, which shall— 

24 (1) facilitate the adoption of artificial intel25 ligence technologies in the Federal Government; 


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1 (2) improve cohesion and competency in the 

2 adoption and use of artificial intelligence within the 

3 Federal Government; and 

4 (3) carry out paragraphs (1) and (2) for the 

5 purposes of benefitting the public and enhancing the 

6 productivity and efficiency of Federal Government 

7 operations. 

8 (b) DUTIES.—The duties of the AI CoE shall in9 clude— 

10 (1) regularly convening individuals from agen11 cies, industry, Federal laboratories, nonprofit organi12 zations, institutions of higher education, and other 

13 entities to discuss recent developments in artificial 

14 intelligence, including the dissemination of informa15 tion regarding programs, pilots, and other initiatives 

16 at agencies, as well as recent trends and relevant in17 formation on the understanding, adoption, and use 

18 of artificial intelligence; 

19 (2) collecting, aggregating, and publishing on a 

20 publicly available website information regarding pro21 grams, pilots, and other initiatives led by other 

22 agencies and any other information determined ap23 propriate by the Administrator; 

24 (3) advising the Administrator, the Director, 

25 and agencies on the acquisition and use of artificial 


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1 intelligence through technical insight and expertise, 

2 as needed; 

3 (4) assist agencies in applying Federal policies 

4 regarding the management and use of data in appli5 cations of artificial intelligence; 

6 (5) consulting with agencies, including the De7 partment of Defense, the Department of Commerce, 

8 the Department of Energy, the Department of 

9 Homeland Security, the Office of Management and 

10 Budget, the Office of the Director of National Intel11 ligence, and the National Science Foundation, that 

12 operate programs, create standards and guidelines, 

13 or otherwise fund internal projects or coordinate be14 tween the public and private sectors relating to arti15 ficial intelligence; 

16 (6) advising the Director on developing policy 

17 related to the use of artificial intelligence by agen18 cies; and 

19 (7) advising the Director of the Office of 

20 Science and Technology Policy on developing policy 

21 related to research and national investment in artifi22 cial intelligence. 

23 (c) STAFF.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall pro2 vide necessary staff, resources, and administrative 

3 support for the AI CoE. 

4 (2) SHARED STAFF.—To the maximum extent 

5 practicable, the Administrator shall meet the re6 quirements described under paragraph (1) by using 

7 staff of the General Services Administration, includ8 ing those from other agency centers of excellence, 

9 and detailees, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable 

10 basis, from other agencies. 

11 (3) FELLOWS.—The Administrator may, to the 

12 maximum extent practicable, appoint fellows to par13 ticipate in the AI CoE from nonprofit organizations, 

14 think tanks, institutions of higher education, and in15 dustry. 

16 (d) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to be effective 

17 on the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment 

18 of this Act. 

19 SEC. 4. GUIDANCE FOR AGENCY USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL20 LIGENCE. 

21 (a) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 270 days after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act, the Director, in coordina23 tion with the Director of the Office of Science and Tech24 nology Policy in consultation with the Administrator and 

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1 mined by the Director, shall issue a memorandum to the 

2 head of each agency that shall— 

3 (1) inform the development of policies regarding 

4 Federal acquisition and use by agencies regarding 

5 technologies that are empowered or enabled by arti6 ficial intelligence, including an identification of the 

7 responsibilities of agency officials managing the use 

8 of such technology; 

9 (2) recommend approaches to remove barriers 

10 for use by agencies of artificial intelligence tech11 nologies in order to promote the innovative applica12 tion of those technologies while protecting civil lib13 erties, civil rights, and economic and national secu14 rity; 

15 (3) identify best practices for identifying, as16 sessing, and mitigating any discriminatory impact or 

17 bias on the basis of any classification protected 

18 under Federal nondiscrimination laws, or any unin19 tended consequence of the use of artificial intel20 ligence, including policies to identify data used to 

21 train artificial intelligence algorithms as well as the 

22 data analyzed by artificial intelligence used by the 

23 agencies; and 

24 (4) provide a template of the required contents 

25 of the agency plans described in subsection (c). 


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1 (b) PUBLIC COMMENT.—To help ensure public trust 

2 in the applications of artificial intelligence technologies, 

3 the Director shall issue a draft version of the memo4 randum required under subsection (a) for public comment 

5 not later than 180 days after date of enactment of this 

6 Act. 

7 (c) PLANS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

8 on which the Director issues the memorandum required 

9 under subsection (a) or an update to the memorandum 

10 required under subsection (d), the head of each agency 

11 shall submit to the Director and post on a publicly avail12 able page on the website of the agency— 

13 (1) a plan to achieve consistency with the 

14 memorandum; or 

15 (2) a written determination that the agency 

16 does not use and does not anticipate using artificial 

17 intelligence. 

18 (d) UPDATES.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

19 on which the Director issues the memorandum required 

20 under subsection (a), and every 2 years thereafter for 10 

21 years, the Director shall issue updates to the memo22 randum. 


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1 SEC. 5. UPDATE OF OCCUPATIONAL SERIES FOR ARTIFI2 CIAL INTELLIGENCE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 

4 the date of enactment of this Act, and in accordance with 

5 chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, the Director 

6 of the Office of Personnel Management shall— 

7 (1) identify key skills and competencies needed 

8 for positions related to artificial intelligence; 

9 (2) establish an occupational series, or update 

10 and improve an existing occupational job series, to 

11 include positions the primary duties of which relate 

12 to artificial intelligence; 

13 (3) to the extent appropriate, establish an esti14 mate of the number of Federal employees in posi15 tions related to artificial intelligence, by each agen16 cy; and 

17 (4) using the estimate established in paragraph 

18 (3), prepare a 2-year and 5-year forecast of the 

19 number of Federal employees in positions related to 

20 artificial intelligence that each agency will need to 

21 employ. 

22 (b) PLAN.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

23 of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Per24 sonnel Management shall submit to the Committee on 

25 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen26 ate and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the 


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1 House of Representatives a comprehensive plan with a 

2 timeline to complete requirements described in subsection 

3 (a). 

Passed the House of Representatives September 14, 

2020. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 531 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2575 

AN ACT 

To authorize an AI Center of Excellence within the 

purposes. General Services Administration, and for other 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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