AI Leadership Training Act

Subjects: Government Operations and Politics, Advanced technology and technological innovations, Employment and training programs, Performance measurement


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1564 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1564

   To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to 
establish, or otherwise ensure the provision of, a training program on 
     artificial intelligence for Federal management officials and 
                  supervisors, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 11, 2023

 Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Braun) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to 
establish, or otherwise ensure the provision of, a training program on 
     artificial intelligence for Federal management officials and 
                  supervisors, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Artificial Intelligence Leadership 
Training Act'' or the ``AI Leadership Training Act''.

SEC. 2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) AI.--The term ``AI'' has the meaning given the term 
        ``artificial intelligence'' in section 238(g) of the John S. 
        McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2019 
        (10 U.S.C. 2358 note).
            (2) Covered employee.--The term ``covered employee'' 
        means--
                    (A) a management official;
                    (B) a supervisor; or
                    (C) any other employee of an executive agency--
                            (i) as determined appropriate by the 
                        Director for the purposes of this section; or
                            (ii) who is designated by the head of that 
                        executive agency to participate in the Program.
            (3) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Office of Personnel Management.
            (4) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United 
        States Code.
            (5) Management official; supervisor.--The terms 
        ``management official'' and ``supervisor'' have the meanings 
        given those terms in section 7103(a) of title 5, United States 
        Code.
            (6) Program.--The term ``Program'' means the AI leadership 
        training program established and implemented (or the provision 
        of which is otherwise ensured) by the Director under subsection 
        (b)(1).
    (b) Program.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Establishment of program.--Not later than 1 
                year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
                Director, in consultation with any other person 
                determined relevant by the Director, shall develop and 
                implement (or otherwise ensure the provision of) an AI 
                leadership training program for covered employees, 
                under which training in accordance with the 
                requirements of this section shall be provided to 
                covered employees on an annual basis.
                    (B) Incorporation of existing training permitted.--
                For the purposes of subparagraph (A), the Director may 
                include executive agency or other training that the 
                Director determines is relevant to providing the 
                information required under paragraph (3).
            (2) Purpose.--The purpose of the Program shall be to ensure 
        that covered employees have knowledge regarding--
                    (A) the capabilities and risks associated with AI;
                    (B) safety and ethical issues relating to AI;
                    (C) Federal Government requirements and best 
                practices with respect to AI, such as with respect to 
                the procurement, use, testing, evaluation, and auditing 
                of AI capabilities; and
                    (D) other matters relating to requirements for the 
                development and use of AI within and by the Federal 
                Government.
            (3) Topics.--At a minimum, the Program shall include 
        information relating to--
                    (A) what AI is and how AI works;
                    (B) introductory concepts regarding, and features 
                of, different types of AI;
                    (C) the benefits offered, and the risks posed, by 
                AI;
                    (D) the role of data in AI systems and the risks of 
                not using sufficiently representative training data in 
                those systems;
                    (E) the ways in which AI can fail;
                    (F) the need for continuous refinement of AI as 
                part of the development and deployment of AI;
                    (G) ways to mitigate the risks of AI, including 
                through efforts to create and identify AI that is 
                reliable, safe, trustworthy, and fair; and
                    (H) organizational considerations for the 
                development and deployment of AI, including necessary 
                norms and practices, workforce training, and specific 
                use cases.
            (4) Updates.--Not less frequently than once every 2 years 
        after the date on which the Director develops and implements 
        (or otherwise ensures the provision of) the Program under 
        paragraph (1), the Director shall update the Program to--
                    (A) incorporate new information relating to AI; and
                    (B) ensure that the Program continues to satisfy 
                the requirements under paragraph (3) and any other 
                requirements determined by the Director.
            (5) Metrics.--The Director shall establish a means by which 
        to--
                    (A) understand and measure the participation of 
                covered employees in the Program; and
                    (B) receive and consider feedback from participants 
                in the Program so as to improve the Program through 
                updates implemented under paragraph (4).
            (6) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
        the Director should ensure that training provided under the 
        Program includes interactions with technologists, scholars, and 
        other experts from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors.
            (7) Sunset.--Effective on the date that is 10 years after 
        the date of enactment of this Act, this section shall have no 
        force or effect.
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