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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4625 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Federal Advisory 
Committee on the Development and Implementation of Artificial Intel-
ligence, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2017 
Mr. DELANEY (for himself, Mr. OLSON, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. DESAULNIER, and Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE 
of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees 
on Science, Space, and Technology, Education and the Workforce, For-
eign Affairs, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Fed-
eral Advisory Committee on the Development and Imple-
mentation of Artificial Intelligence, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Fundamentally Under-
standing The Usability and Realistic Evolution of Artifi-
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cial Intelligence Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘FUTURE of Artifi-
cial Intelligence Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) understanding and preparing for the ongo-
ing development of artificial intelligence is critical to 
the economic prosperity and social stability of the 
United States; 
(2) as artificial intelligence evolves, it can great-
ly benefit society by powering the information econ-
omy, fostering better informed decisions and helping 
unlock answers to questions that, as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, are unanswerable; 
(3) for the reasons set forth in paragraph (2) 
it’s beneficial to better understand artificial intel-
ligence and foster the development of artificial intel-
ligence in a manner that maximizes its benefit to so-
ciety; and 
(4) it is critical that the priorities of the advi-
sory committee established under section 4(a)(1) in-
clude developing guidance or recommendations— 
(A) to promote a climate of investment and 
innovation to ensure the global competitiveness 
of the United States; 
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(B) to optimize the development of artifi-
cial intelligence to address the potential growth, 
restructuring, or other changes in the United 
States workforce that results from the develop-
ment of artificial intelligence; 
(C) to promote and support the unbiased 
development and application of artificial intel-
ligence; and 
(D) to protect the privacy rights of individ-
uals. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), in this Act: 
(1) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘ar-
tificial intelligence’’ includes the following: 
(A) Any artificial systems that perform 
tasks under varying and unpredictable cir-
cumstances, without significant human over-
sight, or that can learn from their experience 
and improve their performance. Such systems 
may be developed in computer software, phys-
ical hardware, or other contexts not yet con-
templated. They may solve tasks requiring 
human-like perception, cognition, planning, 
learning, communication, or physical action. In 
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general, the more human-like the system within 
the context of its tasks, the more it can be said 
to use artificial intelligence. 
(B) Systems that think like humans, such 
as cognitive architectures and neural networks. 
(C) Systems that act like humans, such as 
systems that can pass the Turing test or other 
comparable test via natural language proc-
essing, knowledge representation, automated 
reasoning, and learning. 
(D) A set of techniques, including machine 
learning, that seek to approximate some cog-
nitive task. 
(E) Systems that act rationally, such as in-
telligent software agents and embodied robots 
that achieve goals via perception, planning, rea-
soning, learning, communicating, decision mak-
ing, and acting. 
(2) ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.—The 
term ‘‘artificial general intelligence’’ means a no-
tional future artificial intelligence system that exhib-
its apparently intelligent behavior at least as ad-
vanced as a person across the range of cognitive, 
emotional, and social behaviors. 
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(3) NARROW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The 
term ‘‘narrow artificial intelligence’’ means an artifi-
cial intelligence system that addresses specific appli-
cation areas such as playing strategic games, lan-
guage translation, self-driving vehicles, and image 
recognition. 
(b) MODIFICATIONS.—The Federal Advisory Com-
mittee on the Development and Implementation of Artifi-
cial Intelligence established under section 4(a) may revise 
such definitions under subsection (a) of this section as the 
advisory committee considers appropriate. 
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLE-
MENTATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce 
shall establish a Federal advisory committee to ad-
vise the Secretary on matters relating to the devel-
opment of artificial intelligence. 
(2) DESIGNATION.—The Federal advisory com-
mittee established under paragraph (1) shall be 
known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory Committee on the 
Development and Implementation of Artificial Intel-
ligence’’ (in this section the ‘‘Advisory Committee’’). 
(b) PURPOSES OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
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(1) ADVICE.—The Advisory Committee shall 
provide advice to the Secretary on matters relating 
to the development of artificial general intelligence 
and narrow artificial intelligence, including on the 
following as they relate to artificial intelligence: 
(A) The competitiveness of the United 
States, including matters relating to the pro-
motion of public and private sector investment 
and innovation into the development of artificial 
intelligence. 
(B) Workforce, including matters relating 
to the potential for using artificial intelligence 
for rapid retraining of workers, due to the pos-
sible effect of technological displacement. 
(C) Education, including matters relating 
to science, technology, engineering, and mathe-
matics education to prepare the United States 
workforce as the needs of employers change. 
(D) Ethics training and development for 
technologists working on artificial intelligence. 
(E) Matters relating to open sharing of 
data and the open sharing of research on artifi-
cial intelligence. 
(F) International cooperation and competi-
tiveness, including matters relating to the com-
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petitive international landscape for artificial in-
telligence-related industries. 
(G) Accountability and legal rights, includ-
ing matters relating to the responsibility for 
any violations of laws by an artificial intel-
ligence system and the compatibility of inter-
national regulations. 
(H) Matters relating to machine learning 
bias through core cultural and societal norms. 
(I) Matters relating to how artificial intel-
ligence can serve or enhance opportunities in 
rural communities. 
(J) Government efficiency, including mat-
ters relating to how to promote cost saving and 
streamline operations. 
(2) STUDY.—The Advisory Committee shall 
study and assess the following: 
(A) How to create a climate for public and 
private sector investment and innovation in ar-
tificial intelligence. 
(B) The possible benefits and effects that 
the development of artificial intelligence may 
have on the economy, workforce, and competi-
tiveness of the United States. 
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(C) Whether and how networked, auto-
mated, artificial intelligence applications and 
robotic devices will displace or create jobs and 
how any job related gains relating to artificial 
intelligence can be maximized. 
(D) How bias can be identified and elimi-
nated in the development of artificial intel-
ligence and in the algorithms that support 
them, including with respect to the following: 
(i) The selection and processing of 
data used to train artificial intelligence. 
(ii) Diversity in the development of 
artificial intelligence. 
(iii) The ways and places the systems 
are deployed and the potential harmful 
outcomes. 
(E) Whether and how to incorporate eth-
ical standards in the development and imple-
mentation of artificial intelligence. 
(F) How the Federal Government can en-
courage technological progress in implementa-
tion of artificial intelligence that benefits the 
full spectrum of social and economic classes. 
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(G) How the privacy rights of individuals 
are or will be affected by technological innova-
tion relating to artificial intelligence. 
(H) Whether technological advancements 
in artificial intelligence have or will outpace the 
legal and regulatory regimes implemented to 
protect consumers. 
(I) How existing laws, including those con-
cerning data access and privacy, should be mod-
ernized to enable the potential of artificial intel-
ligence. 
(J) How the Federal Government utilizes 
artificial intelligence to handle large or complex 
data sets. 
(K) How ongoing dialogues and consulta-
tions with multi-stakeholder groups can maxi-
mize the potential of artificial intelligence and 
further development of artificial intelligence 
technologies that can benefit everyone inclu-
sively. 
(L) How the development of artificial intel-
ligence can affect cost savings and streamline 
operations in various areas of government oper-
ations, including health care, cybersecurity, in-
frastructure, and disaster recovery. 
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(M) Such other matters as the Advisory 
Committee considers appropriate. 
(3) REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(A) REPORT BY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
Not later than 540 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Advisory Committee 
shall submit to the Secretary and to Congress 
a report on the findings of the Advisory Com-
mittee and such recommendations as the Advi-
sory Committee may have for administrative or 
legislative action relating to artificial intel-
ligence. 
(B) RECOMMENDATIONS OF SECRETARY.— 
Not later than 90 days after receiving the re-
port submitted under subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary shall review the report and submit to 
Congress such recommendations as the Sec-
retary may have with respect to the matters 
contained in the report submitted under sub-
paragraph (A). 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) VOTING MEMBERS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall be composed of 19 voting members 
who shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
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Commerce, with advisement from the Chair and 
Ranking Member of the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-
ate and the Chair and Ranking Member of the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives, for purposes of the 
Advisory Committee from among individuals 
with expertise in matters relating to workforce 
development, ethics, privacy, artificial intel-
ligence, or computer science. 
(B) REPRESENTATION.—In carrying out 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall ensure 
that voting members are appointed as follows: 
(i) Five members from academic or 
research community. 
(ii) Six members from private indus-
try, at least one of whom shall be from a 
small business concern. 
(iii) Six from civil society, at least two 
of whom shall be from groups that advo-
cate for civil liberties or civil rights. 
(iv) Two from labor organizations or 
groups. 
(C) GEOGRAPHICAL
DIVERSITY.—In car-
rying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
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ensure that the voting members of the Advisory 
Committee come from diverse geographical loca-
tions within the United States. 
(2) 
NONVOTING
MEMBERS.—The 
Advisory 
Committee shall also be composed of such nonvoting 
members as the Secretary considers appropriate, ex-
cept that the Secretary shall appoint at least one 
such member from each of the following: 
(A) The Department of Education. 
(B) The Department of Justice. 
(C) The Department of Labor. 
(D) The Department of Transportation. 
(E) The Federal Trade Commission. 
(F) The National Institute of Standards 
and Technology. 
(G) The National Science Foundation. 
(H) The National Science and Technology 
Council. 
(I) Such other nonvoting members as the 
voting members of the Advisory Committee con-
sider appropriate. 
(3) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary shall ap-
point a chairperson for the Advisory Committee 
from among the members appointed under para-
graph (1). 
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(d) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Committee shall 
meet— 
(1) in person no less frequently than twice each 
year; and 
(2) via telepresence no less frequently than once 
every two months. 
(e) POWERS.—In order to carry out its duties under 
subsection (b), the Advisory Committee may— 
(1) hold such hearings, sit and act at such 
times and places, take such testimony, and receive 
such evidence as the Advisory Committee considers 
appropriate; 
(2) submit to Congress such recommendations 
as the Advisory Committee considers appropriate; 
(3) submit to Federal agencies such rec-
ommendations as the Advisory Committee considers 
appropriate; 
(4) issue reports, guidelines, and memoranda; 
(5) hold or host conferences and symposia; 
(6) enter into cooperative agreements with 
third-party experts to obtain relevant advice or ex-
pertise, and oversee staff; 
(7) establish subcommittees; and 
(8) establish rules of procedure. 
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(f) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the Advi-
sory Committee shall be allowed travel expenses, including 
per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for em-
ployees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 
title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes 
or regular places of business in the performance of services 
for the Advisory Committee. 
(g) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), amounts to carry out this section shall be 
derived from amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Secretary of Commerce. 
(2) DONATIONS.— 
(A) AUTHORIZATION.—The Advisory Com-
mittee may solicit and accept donations from 
private persons and non-Federal entities to 
carry out this section. 
(B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts ex-
pended by the Advisory Committee in a fiscal 
year to carry out this section, not more than 
half may be derived from amounts received 
under subparagraph (A). 
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