116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2575 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AI in Government Act 

3 of 2020’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act— 

6 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad7 ministrator of General Services; 

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

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

10 Code; 

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

12 Excellence described in section 3; 

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

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

15 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act 

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

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

18 the Office of Management and Budget; 

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

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

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

22 and 

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

24 organization described in section 501(c)(3)of the In25 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax26 ation under section 501(a) of that Code. 
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1 SEC. 3. AI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is created within the Gen3 eral Services Administration a program to be known as 

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

5 (1) facilitate the adoption of artificial intel6 ligence technologies in the Federal Government; 

7 (2) improve cohesion and competency in the 

8 adoption and use of artificial intelligence within the 

9 Federal Government; and 

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

11 purposes of benefitting the public and enhancing the 

12 productivity and efficiency of Federal Government 

13 operations. 

14 (b) DUTIES.—The duties of the AI CoE shall in15 clude— 

16 (1) regularly convening individuals from agen17 cies, industry, Federal laboratories, nonprofit organi18 zations, institutions of higher education, and other 

19 entities to discuss recent developments in artificial 

20 intelligence, including the dissemination of informa21 tion regarding programs, pilots, and other initiatives 

22 at agencies, as well as recent trends and relevant in23 formation on the understanding, adoption, and use 

24 of artificial intelligence; 

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

26 publicly available website information regarding pro-
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1 grams, pilots, and other initiatives led by other 

2 agencies and any other information determined ap3 propriate by the Administrator; 

4 (3) advising the Administrator, the Director, 

5 and agencies on the acquisition and use of artificial 

6 intelligence through technical insight and expertise, 

7 as needed; 

8 (4) assist agencies in applying Federal policies 

9 regarding the management and use of data in appli10 cations of artificial intelligence; 

11 (5) consulting with agencies, including the De12 partment of Defense, the Department of Commerce, 

13 the Department of Energy, the Department of 

14 Homeland Security, the Office of Management and 

15 Budget, the Office of the Director of National Intel16 ligence, and the National Science Foundation, that 

17 operate programs, create standards and guidelines, 

18 or otherwise fund internal projects or coordinate be19 tween the public and private sectors relating to arti20 ficial intelligence; 

21 (6) advising the Director on developing policy 

22 related to the use of artificial intelligence by agen23 cies; and 

24 (7) advising the Director of the Office of 

25 Science and Technology Policy on developing policy 
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1 related to research and national investment in artifi2 cial intelligence. 

3 (c) STAFF.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall pro5 vide necessary staff, resources, and administrative 

6 support for the AI CoE. 

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

8 practicable, the Administrator shall meet the re9 quirements described under paragraph (1) by using 

10 staff of the General Services Administration, includ11 ing those from other agency centers of excellence, 

12 and detailees, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable 

13 basis, from other agencies. 

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

15 maximum extent practicable, appoint fellows to par16 ticipate in the AI CoE from nonprofit organizations, 

17 think tanks, institutions of higher education, and in18 dustry. 

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

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

21 of this Act. 

22 SEC. 4. GUIDANCE FOR AGENCY USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL23 LIGENCE. 

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

25 date of enactment of this Act, the Director, in coordina-
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1 tion with the Director of the Office of Science and Tech2 nology Policy in consultation with the Administrator and 

3 any other relevant agencies and key stakeholders as deter4 mined by the Director, shall issue a memorandum to the 

5 head of each agency that shall— 

6 (1) inform the development of policies regarding 

7 Federal acquisition and use by agencies regarding 

8 technologies that are empowered or enabled by arti9 ficial intelligence, including an identification of the 

10 responsibilities of agency officials managing the use 

11 of such technology; 

12 (2) recommend approaches to remove barriers 

13 for use by agencies of artificial intelligence tech14 nologies in order to promote the innovative applica15 tion of those technologies while protecting civil lib16 erties, civil rights, and economic and national secu17 rity; 

18 (3) identify best practices for identifying, as19 sessing, and mitigating any discriminatory impact or 

20 bias on the basis of any classification protected 

21 under Federal nondiscrimination laws, or any unin22 tended consequence of the use of artificial intel23 ligence, including policies to identify data used to 

24 train artificial intelligence algorithms as well as the 
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1 data analyzed by artificial intelligence used by the 

2 agencies; and 

3 (4) provide a template of the required contents 

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

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

6 in the applications of artificial intelligence technologies, 

7 the Director shall issue a draft version of the memo8 randum required under subsection (a) for public comment 

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

10 Act. 

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

12 on which the Director issues the memorandum required 

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

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

15 shall submit to the Director and post on a publicly avail16 able page on the website of the agency— 

17 (1) a plan to achieve consistency with the 

18 memorandum; or 

19 (2) a written determination that the agency 

20 does not use and does not anticipate using artificial 

21 intelligence. 

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

23 on which the Director issues the memorandum required 

24 under subsection (a), and every 2 years thereafter for 10 
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1 years, the Director shall issue updates to the memo2 randum. 

3 SEC. 5. UPDATE OF OCCUPATIONAL SERIES FOR ARTIFI4 CIAL INTELLIGENCE. 

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

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

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

8 of the Office of Personnel Management shall— 

9 (1) identify key skills and competencies needed 

10 for positions related to artificial intelligence; 

11 (2) establish an occupational series, or update 

12 and improve an existing occupational job series, to 

13 include positions the primary duties of which relate 

14 to artificial intelligence; 

15 (3) to the extent appropriate, establish an esti16 mate of the number of Federal employees in posi17 tions related to artificial intelligence, by each agen18 cy; and 

19 (4) using the estimate established in paragraph 

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

21 number of Federal employees in positions related to 

22 artificial intelligence that each agency will need to 

23 employ. 

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

25 of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Per-
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1 sonnel Management shall submit to the Committee on 

2 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen3 ate and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the 

4 House of Representatives a comprehensive plan with a 

5 timeline to complete requirements described in subsection 

6 (a). 

Passed the House of Representatives September 14, 

2020. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
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