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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8348 
To establish in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of 
the Department of Homeland Security a task force on artificial intel-
ligence, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2024 
Mr. CARTER of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To establish in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
Agency of the Department of Homeland Security a task 
force on artificial intelligence, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘CISA Securing AI 
Task Force Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TASK FORCE ON SECURING ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
LIGENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cyberse-
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curity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security shall establish within the 
Agency a Task Force comprised of personnel from across 
its offices and divisions to coordinate the execution of di-
rectives pursuant to Executive Order 14110, or a subse-
quent Executive order, future Agency activities related to 
the safety and security of artificial intelligence, and the 
Agency’s contributions to Department-wide initiatives re-
lated to the safety and security of artificial intelligence. 
Such Task Force shall— 
(1) ensure coordination, cohesion, and align-
ment of Agency efforts to improve the safe and se-
cure design, development, adoption, and deployment 
of artificial intelligence; 
(2) ensure coordination, cohesion, and align-
ment of Agency input into Department-led, inter-
agency, and nongovernment working groups or col-
laborations related to artificial intelligence; 
(3) assess and evaluate relevant Agency safety 
and security initiatives, guidance, and programs to 
ensure the unique safety and security challenges re-
lated to artificial intelligence are contemplated and 
addressed and recommend updates to such initia-
tives, guidance, and programs, as appropriate; 
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(4) ensure the full expertise from across the 
Agency is leveraged to identify how artificial intel-
ligence can be used to defend against traditional and 
emerging cyber threats; 
(5) ensure coordination of Agency efforts to ad-
vise stakeholders of potential cyber risks associated 
with the deployment of artificial intelligence-based 
software; 
(6) identify artificial intelligence workforce gaps 
at the Agency and ways to address them; 
(7) coordinate the Agency’s efforts to promote 
the adoption of secure artificial intelligence-based 
software; 
(8) recommend to the Director new Agency ini-
tiatives to improve the safe and secure design, devel-
opment, adoption, and deployment of artificial intel-
ligence; 
(9) ensure the Agency’s efforts related to artifi-
cial intelligence meet appropriate privacy, civil 
rights, and civil liberties standards; and 
(10) support the publication of the Agency’s ar-
tificial intelligence use inventory, including devel-
oping processes to ensure the accuracy of artificial 
intelligence inventory submissions and the reliability 
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of data used in artificial intelligence systems used by 
the Agency. 
(b) BIANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of the establishment of the Task Force 
under subsection (a), and every 6 months thereafter until 
such time as this Act ceases to be in effect in accordance 
with subsection (c), the Task Force shall report to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate on the activities 
of such Task Force during the preceding 6-month period. 
(c) SUNSET.—This Act shall cease to be in effect on 
the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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