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tems and making more efficient use of computing re-
sources. 
(4) Artificial intelligence advances are enabled 
by Federal research and development investments in 
other technology sectors because United States com-
petitiveness will depend on strong capabilities across 
a range of technologies. 
(5) Computing power is essential to progress in 
artificial intelligence development, and the amount 
of computing power required for artificial intel-
ligence training runs is increasing exponentially. 
(6) A new wave of technological advances could 
be fostered by combining and increasing access to 
government-owned and government-funded com-
puting and data resources. 
(7) Narrowing the digital divide will be essen-
tial to creating new job opportunities and stimu-
lating the growth of new technology and innovation 
clusters to support United States leadership in arti-
ficial intelligence. 
(8) Incentivizing research and development 
across the private sector, particularly from smaller 
companies, will further strengthen the United States 
innovation ecosystem. 
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(9) The United States is an attractive research 
and development partner because of its open demo-
cratic society with world-class universities, research 
institutes, and corporations. 
(10) Decades of experience show that joint 
work with foreign researchers can be done with 
great benefit and little detriment to United States 
economic and national security, with the implemen-
tation of proper safeguards. 
(11) Artificial intelligence standards and meas-
urement are essential to fostering artificial intel-
ligence technologies that are safe, secure, reliable, 
and comport with the norms and values of the 
United States. 
(12) Metrics are how the artificial intelligence 
research community guides itself and prioritizes re-
search. 
(13) Benchmark tests are necessary to under-
stand the performance of an artificial intelligence 
system. 
(14) Current tests for measuring artificial intel-
ligence range from vague and conceptual to well-de-
fined and mature. 
(15) Artificial intelligence measurement meth-
odologies are not static and will require periodic re-
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examinations and updates of testing methodologies 
to ensure that artificial intelligence systems are 
functioning optimally. 
(16) United States leadership in global artificial 
intelligence standards-setting will help ensure that 
artificial intelligence implementations are in accord-
ance with United States strengths and comport with 
the interests and values of the United States. 
(17) Public engagement is necessary for devel-
oping voluntary standards frameworks to ensure di-
verse perspectives are considered. 
(b) MATTERS TO CONSIDER.— 
(1) FEDERAL
FUNDING.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Federal Government should in-
crease investments in artificial intelligence research 
and development and related fields. 
(2) COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES.— 
It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Govern-
ment should collaborate— 
(A) with the private sector, civil society, 
and academia— 
(i) to ensure that the United States 
innovation ecosystem leads the world in ar-
tificial intelligence research and develop-
ment; and 
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(ii) to develop a voluntary standards 
framework that will help create shared 
conceptual foundations, terminology, and 
best practices for artificial intelligence fair-
ness and bias mitigation; and 
(B) with science funding organizations in 
allied countries to establish multilateral teams 
of artificial intelligence researchers from the 
public and private sectors to promote talent de-
velopment and foster partnerships on artificial 
intelligence research and development. 
(3) NARROWING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.—It is 
the sense of Congress that the Federal Government 
should— 
(A) expand access to broadband in rural 
and underserved areas; 
(B) expand the availability of affordable 
graphics processing units and high-performance 
computers in rural and underserved areas; 
(C) improve digital infrastructure in the 
United States; and 
(D) make data created by federally-funded 
scientific and technical research publicly avail-
able with appropriate privacy protections to 
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provide artificial intelligence researchers with 
new data sets to train their systems. 
(4) NATIONAL
COMPUTING
AND
DATA
RE-
SOURCE.—It is the sense of Congress that Congress 
should consider establishing a national computing 
and data resource. 
(5) ACCESS TO NATIONAL LABORATORIES.—It 
is the sense of Congress that the existing supercom-
puting labs at the national laboratories and tech-
nology centers of the Department of Energy should 
expand opportunities for academics and researchers 
to access such labs for artificial intelligence research 
and research related to artificial intelligence. 
(6) TAX INCENTIVES.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that Congress should examine whether tar-
geted incentives and reforms to the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 would increase private sector research 
and development, particularly with respect to small 
cap corporations. 
SEC. 6. ETHICS, REDUCED BIAS, FAIRNESS, AND PRIVACY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The rise of artificial intelligence has great 
potential to improve quality of life for individuals in 
the United States, provided it is developed and used 
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