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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2202 

To establish a coordinated Federal initiative to accelerate artificial intelligence 

research and development for the economic and national security of 

the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2019 

Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself and Mr. REED) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To establish a coordinated Federal initiative to accelerate 

artificial intelligence research and development for the 

economic and national security of the United States, 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Growing Artificial Intelligence Through Research Act’’ 

6 or the ‘‘GrAITR Act’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INITIATIVE 

Sec. 101. National Artificial Intelligence Initiative. 

Sec. 102. National Artificial Intelligence Coordination Office. 

Sec. 103. Interagency Committee. 

Sec. 104. Advisory Committee. 

TITLE II—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND 

TECHNOLOGY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 

Sec. 201. In general. 

TITLE III—NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY CENTERS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH 

AND EDUCATION 

Sec. 301. Artificial intelligence research and education program. 

Sec. 302. Multidisciplinary centers for artificial intelligence research and education. 

TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 

RESEARCH PROGRAM 

Sec. 401. In general. 

1 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress that— 

3 (1) there is a need for a National Artificial In4 telligence Initiative, including a comprehensive artifi5 cial intelligence research and development strategy 

6 and coordination across agencies; 

7 (2) there are currently several committees 

8 working on related tasks with respect to artificial in9 telligence and many agency representatives serve on 

10 multiple such committees with similar goals with re11 spect to artificial intelligence; and 


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1 (3) the reporting structure of such committees 

2 could be simplified to address efficiently the goals of 

3 the Initiative. 

4 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘ar7 tificial intelligence’’— 

8 (A) means intelligent machines that use al9 gorithms, computer programs, and other tech10 niques to behave in ways commonly thought to 

11 require intelligence; and 

12 (B) includes forms such as machine learn13 ing, computer vision, and natural language 

14 processing. 

15 (2) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advi16 sory Committee’’ means the committee established 

17 or designated under section 104. 

18 (3) EMERGING RESEARCH INSTITUTION.—The 

19 term ‘‘emerging research institution’’ means an in20 stitution of higher education that— 

21 (A) receives less than $20,000,000 in Fed22 eral research funding annually; and 

23 (B) may grant a doctoral degree. 


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1 (4) INDUSTRY.—The term ‘‘industry’’ means 

2 entities in industries relevant to artificial intel3 ligence. 

4 (5) INITIATIVE.—The term ‘‘Initiative’’ means 

5 the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative estab6 lished under section 101. 

7 (6) INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

8 The term ‘‘institutions of higher education’’ has the 

9 meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 

10 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

11 (7) INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.—The term 

12 ‘‘Interagency Committee’’ means the committee es13 tablished or designated under section 104(a). 

14 (8) K–12 EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘K–12 edu15 cation’’ means elementary school and secondary edu16 cation, as such terms are defined in section 8101 of 

17 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

18 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

19 (9) MACHINE LEARNING.—The term ‘‘machine 

20 learning’’ means a subfield of artificial intelligence 

21 that is characterized by giving computers the auton22 omous ability to progressively optimize performance 

23 of a specific task based on data without being explic24 itly programmed. 


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1 TITLE I—NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL 

2 INTELLIGENCE INITIATIVE 

3 SEC. 101. NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INITIA4 TIVE. 

5 The President shall establish and implement an ini6 tiative with respect to artificial intelligence, to be known 

7 as the ‘‘National Artificial Intelligence Initiative’’. In car8 rying out the Initiative, the President shall, acting through 

9 appropriate Federal entities, including the Networking 

10 and Information Technology Research and Development 

11 Program— 

12 (1) establish the objectives, priorities, and 

13 metrics for the strategic plans under section 103 to 

14 accelerate development of artificial intelligence 

15 science and technology applications in the United 

16 States; 

17 (2) invest in artificial intelligence science and 

18 technology research, development, demonstration, 

19 application to analysis and modeling, and other ac20 tivities; 

21 (3) support the development of an artificial in22 telligence science and technology workforce pipeline 

23 by making strategic investments to— 

24 (A) expand the number of researchers, 

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1 cial intelligence science and technology to de2 velop a workforce pipeline; 

3 (B) increase the number of skilled and 

4 trained workers from underrepresented groups 

5 who can contribute to the development of artifi6 cial intelligence technologies, diversify the work7 force, and expand the workforce pipeline; 

8 (C) promote the development and inclusion 

9 of multidisciplinary curricula and research op10 portunities for artificial intelligence science and 

11 engineering, including advanced technological 

12 education, during the primary, secondary, un13 dergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, adult 

14 learning, and career retraining stages of edu15 cation; and 

16 (D) equip workers with the knowledge and 

17 skill sets required to operate effectively in occu18 pations and workplaces that will be increasingly 

19 influenced by artificial intelligence; 

20 (4) facilitate coordination of efforts and collabo21 ration with respect to artificial intelligence among 

22 Government, Federal and national laboratories, non23 profit organizations, institutions of higher education, 

24 and industry; 


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1 (5) leverage existing Federal investments, and 

2 partner with industry and institutions of higher edu3 cation to leverage knowledge and resources, to ad4 vance objectives and priorities of the Initiative; 

5 (6) strengthen research, development, dem6 onstration, and application in the fields of artificial 

7 intelligence science and technology by— 

8 (A) addressing basic research knowledge 

9 gaps with respect to artificial intelligence 

10 through research; 

11 (B) promoting the further development of 

12 facilities and centers available for artificial in13 telligence science and technology research, test14 ing, and education; 

15 (C) stimulating research on, and pro16 moting more rapid development and commer17 cialization of, artificial intelligence-based tech18 nologies; 

19 (D) promoting research into the effects of 

20 artificial intelligence and applications of artifi21 cial intelligence on society, the workforce and 

22 workplace, and individuals, including those from 

23 underrepresented groups; 

24 (E) promoting data sharing among the 

25 Federal Government, academic researchers, the 


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1 private sector, and other practitioners of artifi2 cial intelligence; 

3 (F) identifying and minimizing inappro4 priate bias in data sets, algorithms, and other 

5 aspects of artificial intelligence; and 

6 (G) supporting efforts to create metrics to 

7 assess safety, security, and reliability of applica8 tions of artificial intelligence science and tech9 nology; and 

10 (7) ensure that artificial intelligence research, 

11 development, demonstration, and application efforts 

12 create measurable benefits for all individuals in the 

13 United States, including members of disadvantaged 

14 and underrepresented groups. 

15 SEC. 102. NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COORDI16 NATION OFFICE. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 

18 Science and Technology Policy, in consultation with the 

19 Director of the National Science Foundation, the Sec20 retary of Energy, and the Secretary of Commerce shall 

21 establish or designate, and appoint a director of, an office 

22 to be known as the ‘‘National Artificial Intelligence Co23 ordination Office’’. 

24 (b) DUTIES.—The National Artificial Intelligence Co25 ordination Office shall— 


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1 (1) provide technical and administrative support 

2 to the Advisory Committee; 

3 (2) serve as the point of contact on Federal ar4 tificial intelligence activities for government organi5 zations, academia, industry, professional societies, 

6 State artificial intelligence programs, interested cit7 izen groups, and others to exchange technical and 

8 programmatic information; 

9 (3) conduct public outreach, including dissemi10 nation of findings and recommendations of the Advi11 sory Committee, as appropriate; and 

12 (4) promote access to and early application of 

13 the technologies, innovations, and expertise derived 

14 from Initiative activities to agency missions and sys15 tems across the Federal Government, and to United 

16 States industry, including startup companies. 

17 (c) FUNDING.—The National Artificial Intelligence 

18 Coordination Office shall be funded through interagency 

19 funding. 

20 (d) REPORT.—Within 90 days after the date of en21 actment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science 

22 and Technology Policy shall report to the Senate Com23 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and 

24 the House of Representatives Committee on Science, 


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1 Space, and Technology on the funding of the Artificial In2 telligence Coordination Office. The report shall include— 

3 (1) the amount of funding required to ade4 quately fund the Office; 

5 (2) the adequacy of existing mechanisms to 

6 fund this Office; and 

7 (3) the actions taken by the Director to ensure 

8 stable funding of this Office. 

9 SEC. 103. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 

11 Science and Technology Policy shall establish or designate 

12 an Interagency Committee on Artificial Intelligence. 

13 (b) DUTIES.—The Interagency Committee, in con14 sultation with the Advisory Committee, shall— 

15 (1) coordinate the artificial intelligence and 

16 technology research and education activities and pro17 grams of the Federal agencies; 

18 (2) establish objectives and priorities of the Ini19 tiative, consistent with the goals in section 3, based 

20 on identified knowledge and workforce gaps and 

21 other national needs; 

22 (3) assess and recommend Federal infrastruc23 ture needs to support the Initiative; and 


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1 (4) evaluate opportunities for international co2 operation with strategic allies on research and devel3 opment in artificial intelligence and technology. 

4 (c) CHAIRS.—The Interagency Committee shall be 

5 jointly chaired by the Director of the National Institute 

6 of Standards and Technology, the Director of the National 

7 Science Foundation, and the Secretary of Energy. 

8 (d) STRATEGIC PLAN.—Not later than 1 year after 

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Advisory Committee 

10 shall develop a 5-year strategic plan, and 6 years after 

11 enactment of the Act develop an additional 5-year stra12 tegic plan, with periodic updates as appropriate to guide 

13 the activities of the Initiative, meet Initiative goals and 

14 priorities, and anticipate outcomes at the participating 

15 agencies. In carrying out this subsection, the Interagency 

16 Committee should take in to consideration the reports 

17 from the Advisory Committee, as described below. 

18 (e) COMPOSITION.—The Interagency Committee shall 

19 be comprised of representatives from— 

20 (1) the National Institute of Standards and 

21 Technology; 

22 (2) the National Science Foundation; 

23 (3) the Department of Energy; 

24 (4) the National Aeronautics and Space Admin25 istration; 


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1 (5) the Department of Defense; 

2 (6) the Office of the Director of National Intel3 ligence; 

4 (7) the Office of Management and Budget; 

5 (8) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; 

6 (9) the National Institutes of Health; and 

7 (10) any other Federal agency as considered 

8 appropriate by the Director of the Office of Science 

9 and Technology Policy. 

10 SEC. 104. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 

12 Science and Technology Policy (in this section referred to 

13 as the ‘‘Director’’) shall establish or designate an National 

14 Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee. 

15 (b) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director shall appoint 

16 members to the Advisory Committee who are qualified to 

17 provide advice and information on artificial intelligence 

18 and technology research, development, demonstrations, 

19 education, infrastructure, technology transfer, commercial 

20 applications, or concerns of a national security, social, or 

21 economic nature. The set of appointees shall collectively 

22 have expertise on a wide range of defense and non-defense 

23 Artificial Intelligence applications. 

24 (c) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall advise 

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1 icy on matters relating to the Initiative, including assess2 ing— 

3 (1) trends and developments in artificial intel4 ligence, including the current and near future state 

5 of artificial intelligence systems and forecasting; 

6 (2) progress made in implementing the Initia7 tive; 

8 (3) the need to revise the Initiative; 

9 (4) the balance among the components of the 

10 Initiative, including funding levels for the Initiative 

11 component areas; 

12 (5) whether the Initiative component areas, pri13 orities, and technical goals are helping to maintain 

14 United States leadership in artificial intelligence and 

15 technology; 

16 (6) the management, coordination, implementa17 tion, and activities of the Initiative; and 

18 (7) whether societal, ethical, legal, environ19 mental, and workforce concerns are adequately ad20 dressed by the Initiative. 

21 (d) REPORTS.—Not later than 4 years after the date 

22 of the most recent assessment under subsection (c), and 

23 quadrennially thereafter, the Advisory Committee shall 

24 submit to the Director of the Office of Science and Tech25 nology Policy, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 


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1 Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 

2 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep3 resentatives a report of its assessments under subsection 

4 (c) and its recommendations for ways to improve the Ini5 tiative. 

6 (e) TRAVEL EXPENSES OF NON-FEDERAL MEM7 BERS.—Non-Federal members of the Advisory Committee, 

8 while attending meetings of the Advisory Committee or 

9 while otherwise serving at the request of the head of the 

10 Advisory Committee away from their homes or regular 

11 places of business, may be allowed travel expenses, includ12 ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by sec13 tion 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for individuals 

14 in the government serving without pay. Nothing in this 

15 subsection shall be construed to prohibit members of the 

16 Advisory Committee who are officers or employees of the 

17 United States from being allowed travel expenses, includ18 ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with ex19 isting law. 

20 (f) EXEMPTION FROM SUNSET.—Section 14 of the 

21 Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the 

22 Advisory Committee. 


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1 TITLE II—NATIONAL INSTITUTE 

2 OF STANDARDS AND TECH3 NOLOGY ARTIFICIAL INTEL4 LIGENCE ACTIVITIES 

5 SEC. 201. IN GENERAL. 

6 (a) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

7 TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES.—As part of the Initiative, the 

8 Director of the National Institute of Standards and Tech9 nology (in this section, referred to as the ‘‘Director’’) 

10 shall— 

11 (1) carry out the Initiative, as appropriate; 

12 (2) support the development of measurements 

13 and standards necessary to advance commercial de14 velopment of artificial intelligence applications, in15 cluding by— 

16 (A) developing measurements and stand17 ards; and 

18 (B) supporting the efforts to develop meas19 urements and consensus standards by stand20 ards development organizations; 

21 (3) establish and support collaborative ventures 

22 or consortia with public or private sector entities, in23 cluding institutions of higher education, National 

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1 vancing fundamental and applied artificial intel2 ligence research and development; and 

3 (4) use existing authorities to award contracts 

4 as necessary to carry out the Initiative, including co5 operative agreements and other similar transactions. 

6 (b) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OUTREACH.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall conduct 

8 outreach— 

9 (A) to receive input from stakeholders on 

10 the development of a plan to address future 

11 measurements and standards related to artifi12 cial intelligence; and 

13 (B) to provide an opportunity for public 

14 comment on any such measurements or stand15 ards. 

16 (2) MEETINGS.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

19 a periodic basis thereafter, as the Director de20 termines appropriate, the Director shall convene 

21 one or more meetings of stakeholders, including 

22 technical expert representatives from govern23 ment organizations, industry, and institutions 

24 of higher education to discuss topics described 

25 in subparagraph (B). 


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1 (B) TOPICS.—Meetings under subpara2 graph (A) may cover topics that the Director 

3 determines to be important to the development 

4 of standards and measurements with respect to 

5 artificial intelligence, including— 

6 (i) cybersecurity; 

7 (ii) algorithm accountability; 

8 (iii) algorithm explainability; 

9 (iv) algorithm trustworthiness; and 

10 (v) the establishment of a common 

11 lexicon of artificial intelligence. 

12 (C) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the meet13 ings under this subsection shall be— 

14 (i) to assess the contemporary re15 search on the topic determined by the Di16 rector under subparagraph (B); 

17 (ii) to evaluate the research gaps re18 lating to such topic; and 

19 (iii) to provide an opportunity for 

20 stakeholders to provide recommendations 

21 on what the current research needs are 

22 that the National Institute of Standards 

23 and Technology and the Initiative may ad24 dress. 


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1 (3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 

2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

3 Director shall transmit to the Committee on Science, 

4 Space, and Technology of the House of Representa5 tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

6 Transportation of the Senate a summary report con7 taining a description of the results of outreach and 

8 meetings conducted under this section. 

9 (c) APPROPRIATION.—There are authorized to be ap10 propriated $90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

11 through 2024 to carry out this section. 

12 TITLE III—NATIONAL SCIENCE 

13 FOUNDATION AND MULTI14 DISCIPLINARY CENTERS FOR 

15 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 

16 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 

17 SEC. 301. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH AND EDU18 CATION PROGRAM. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the Initiative, the Di20 rector of the National Science Foundation (in this section, 

21 referred to as the ‘‘Director’’) shall establish and imple22 ment a research and education program on artificial intel23 ligence and engineering. 


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1 (b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—In carrying out the 

2 program required under subsection (a), the Director shall 

3 carry out the Initiative as appropriate and shall— 

4 (1) continue to support interdisciplinary re5 search on, and human resources development in, all 

6 aspects of artificial intelligence science and engineer7 ing, including— 

8 (A) algorithm accountability; 

9 (B) minimization of inappropriate bias in 

10 training data sets or algorithmic feature selec11 tion; 

12 (C) qualitative and quantitative forecasting 

13 of future capabilities and applications; and 

14 (D) the societal and ethical implications of 

15 artificial intelligence; 

16 (2) use existing authorities and programs and 

17 collaborate with other Federal agencies— 

18 (A) to improve the teaching and learning 

19 of artificial intelligence science and engineering 

20 during the primary, secondary, undergraduate, 

21 graduate, postgraduate, adult learning, and ca22 reer retraining stages of education; 

23 (B) to increase participation in the artifi24 cial intelligence fields, including by individuals 

25 identified in sections 33 and 34 of the Science 


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1 and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 1885a; 42 U.S.C. 1885b); 

3 (C) to formulate goals for education activi4 ties related to artificial intelligence engineering 

5 and research to be supported by the National 

6 Science Foundation related to topics important 

7 to the Initiative, including— 

8 (i) algorithm accountability; 

9 (ii) algorithm explainability; 

10 (iii) consumer data privacy; 

11 (iv) the assessment and minimization 

12 of inappropriate bias in training data and 

13 output; 

14 (v) the societal and ethical implica15 tions of the use of artificial intelligence; 

16 (vi) algorithm trustworthiness; and 

17 (vii) algorithmic forecasting; 

18 (D) to engage with institutions of higher 

19 education, research communities, potential 

20 users of information produced under this sec21 tion, entities in the private sector, and non-Fed22 eral entities— 

23 (i) to leverage the collective body of 

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1 ligence and engineering research and edu2 cation activities; and 

3 (ii) to support partnerships among in4 stitutions of higher education and industry 

5 that facilitate collaborative research, per6 sonnel exchanges, and workforce develop7 ment; 

8 (E) to coordinate research efforts funded 

9 through existing programs across the direc10 torates of the National Science Foundation; and 

11 (F) to ensure adequate access to artificial 

12 intelligence and engineering research and edu13 cation infrastructure, including through devel14 opment of hardware and facilitation of the use 

15 of computing resources, including cloud-based 

16 computing services. 

17 (c) GRADUATE TRAINEESHIPS.—In carrying out the 

18 program required under subsection (a), the Director may 

19 provide traineeships to graduate students at institutions 

20 of higher education who— 

21 (1) are United States nationals or aliens law22 fully admitted for permanent residence in the United 

23 States; and 

24 (2) who choose to pursue masters or doctoral 

25 degrees in artificial intelligence. 


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1 SEC. 302. MULTIDISCIPLINARY CENTERS FOR ARTIFICIAL 

2 INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 

4 Science Foundation (in this section, referred to as the 

5 ‘‘Director’’), in consultation with other Federal agencies 

6 as appropriate, shall award grants to eligible entities to 

7 establish up to 5 research and education centers (in this 

8 section, referred to as ‘‘Centers’’) to conduct research and 

9 education activities in support of the Initiative, to be 

10 known as ‘‘Multidisciplinary Centers for Artificial Intel11 ligence Research and Education’’. 

12 (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—In this section, the term 

13 ‘‘eligible entity’’ means— 

14 (1) an institution of higher education; 

15 (2) a relevant nonprofit or private sector orga16 nization; 

17 (3) a State or local government; and 

18 (4) a consortium of entities that consists of en19 tities described in paragraphs (1) through (3). 

20 (c) K–12 EDUCATION.—Not less than 1 grant under 

21 this section must be for a Center with the primary purpose 

22 of integrating artificial intelligence into K–12 education. 

23 (d) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity seeking funding 

24 under this section shall submit an application to the Direc25 tor at such time, in such manner, and containing such 


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1 information as the Director may require. The application 

2 shall include— 

3 (1) a plan for the proposed Center— 

4 (A) to work with other research institu5 tions, emerging research institutions, and in6 dustry to leverage expertise in artificial intel7 ligence, education and curricula development, 

8 and technology transfer; 

9 (B) to promote active collaboration among 

10 researchers in multiple disciplines and across 

11 multiple institutions involved in artificial intel12 ligence research including physics, engineering, 

13 mathematical sciences, computer and informa14 tion science, biological and cognitive sciences, 

15 material science, education, social and behav16 ioral sciences, such as industrial-organizational 

17 psychology; 

18 (C) to integrate into the activities of the 

19 Center consideration of the ethics of artificial 

20 intelligence development, technology usage, and 

21 data collection, storage, and sharing, including 

22 training data sets; 

23 (D) to support long-term and short-term 

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1 ligence field, including broadening participation 

2 of underrepresented groups; and 

3 (E) to support an innovation ecosystem to 

4 work with industry to translate Center research 

5 into applications and products; and 

6 (2) a description of the anticipated long-term 

7 impact of the Center beyond the termination of sup8 port under this section. 

9 (e) SELECTION AND DURATION.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—A Center established using a 

11 grant under this section may receive funding under 

12 this section for a period of 5 years. 

13 (2) EXTENSION.—Such a Center may apply for, 

14 and the Director may grant, an extension of a grant 

15 under this section for an additional 5-year period. 

16 (3) TERMINATION.—The Director may termi17 nate funding under this section for an underper18 forming Center for cause. 

19 (f) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap20 propriated $10,000,000 for each Center established under 

21 this section for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 


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1 TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF EN2 ERGY ARTIFICIAL INTEL3 LIGENCE RESEARCH PRO4 GRAM 

5 SEC. 401. IN GENERAL. 

6 (a) PROGRAM.—As a part of the Initiative, the Sec7 retary of Energy (in this section, referred to as the ‘‘Sec8 retary’’) shall carry out a research program on artificial 

9 intelligence. 

10 (b) COMPONENTS.—In carrying out the program re11 quired under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 

12 (1) formulate objectives for artificial intelligence 

13 research to be supported by the Department of En14 ergy that are consistent with the Initiative; 

15 (2) leverage the collective body of knowledge 

16 from existing artificial intelligence research; 

17 (3) coordinate research efforts funded through 

18 existing programs across the Office of Science; 

19 (4) engage with other Federal agencies, re20 search communities, and potential users of informa21 tion produced under this section; and 

22 (5) build, maintain, and, to the extent prac23 ticable, make available for use by academic, govern24 ment, and private sector researchers, the computing 


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1 hardware and software necessary to carry out a re2 search program in artificial intelligence science. 

3 (c) RESEARCH CENTERS.— 

4 (1) GRANTS.—In carrying out this section, the 

5 Secretary may award grants to eligible entities to es6 tablish and operate up to 5 artificial intelligence re7 search centers (in this section, referred to as ‘‘Cen8 ters’’) for the purpose described in paragraph (3). 

9 (2) SELECTION.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Such grants shall be 

11 awarded through a competitive, merit-reviewed 

12 process, and consider applications from Na13 tional Laboratories, institutions of higher edu14 cation including emerging research institutions, 

15 research centers, multi-institutional collabora16 tions, and other appropriate entities. 

17 (B) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—In this section, 

18 the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means— 

19 (i) an institution of higher education; 

20 (ii) a relevant nonprofit or private sec21 tor organization; 

22 (iii) a State or local government; 

23 (iv) a National Laboratory or a feder24 ally funded research and development cen25 ter; and 


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1 (v) a consortium of entities that con2 sists of entities described in clauses (i) 

3 through (iv). 

4 (3) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Centers es5 tablished under this section is— 

6 (A) to serve the needs of the Department 

7 of Energy and academic, educational, and pri8 vate sector entities that the Secretary deter9 mines appropriate; 

10 (B) to advance research and education in 

11 artificial intelligence and improving the com12 petitiveness of the United States; and 

13 (C) to provide access to computing re14 sources to promote scientific progress and en15 able users from institutions of higher education, 

16 educational institutions, the National Labora17 tories, and industry— 

18 (i) to make scientific discoveries rel19 evant to artificial intelligence research; 

20 (ii) to conduct research to accelerate 

21 scientific breakthroughs in artificial intel22 ligence science and technology; 

23 (iii) to support research conducted 

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1 (iv) to increase the distribution of re2 search infrastructure and broaden the 

3 spectrum of students exposed to the artifi4 cial intelligence research at institutions of 

5 higher education, including emerging re6 search institutions. 

7 (4) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall en8 sure the coordination of, and avoid unnecessary du9 plication of, the activities of each Center with the ac10 tivities of— 

11 (A) other research entities of the Depart12 ment, including the Nanoscale Science Research 

13 Centers, the Energy Frontier Research Centers, 

14 and the Energy Innovation Hubs; and 

15 (B) industry. 

16 (5) DURATION.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Any center selected and 

18 established under this section is authorized to 

19 carry out activities for a period of 5 years. 

20 (B) EXTENSION.—Such a Center may 

21 apply for, and the Director may grant, an ex22 tension of a grant under this section for an ad23 ditional 5-year period. 

24 (C) TERMINATION.—Consistent with the 

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1 retary may terminate an underperforming Cen2 ter for cause during the performance period. 

3 (d) APPROPRIATIONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

5 appropriated $225,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

6 2020 through 2024 to the Office of Science of the 

7 Department of Energy to carry out this section. 

8 (2) LIMIT.—Not less than $100,000,000 of 

9 funds appropriated under paragraph (1) shall be 

10 used to carry out subsections (a) and (b). 

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