(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 3502 of title 44, 
United States Code. 
(2) COVERED
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘covered 
agency’’ means an agency that— 
(A) uses, funds, or procures a covered al-
gorithm, or funds or otherwise participates in 
the development of a covered algorithm; or 
(B) oversees, regulates, or advises on the 
development or use of a covered algorithm. 
(3) COVERED ALGORITHM.—The term ‘‘covered 
algorithm’’ means a process that— 
(A) is— 
(i) a computational process that uses 
machine learning, natural language proc-
essing, artificial intelligence techniques, or 
other computational processing techniques 
of similar or greater complexity; or 
(ii) a computational process derived 
from a process described in clause (i); and 
(B) has the potential to have a material ef-
fect on the impact of, access to, availability of, 
eligibility for, cost of, terms of, or conditions 
of— 
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(i) a program operated or funded by 
an agency; 
(ii) an economic opportunity regulated 
by an agency; or 
(iii) rights protected by an agency. 
SEC. 3. CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICES AND REPORTING ON AI 
BIAS, DISCRIMINATION, AND OTHER HARMS. 
(a) OFFICES OF CIVIL RIGHTS.—The head of each 
covered agency shall ensure that the covered agency has 
an office of civil rights that employs experts and tech-
nologists focused on bias, discrimination, and other harms 
resulting from covered algorithms. 
(b) BIAS, DISCRIMINATION, AND OTHER HARMS RE-
PORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, each office of 
civil rights of a covered agency established under sub-
section (a) shall submit to each congressional committee 
with jurisdiction over the covered agency a report that de-
tails— 
(1) the state of the field and technology of cov-
ered algorithms with respect to jurisdiction of the 
covered agency, including risks relating to bias, dis-
crimination, and other harms; 
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(2) any relevant steps the covered agency has 
taken to mitigate harms from covered algorithms 
due to bias, discrimination, and other harms; 
(3) actions the covered agency has taken to en-
gage with relevant stakeholders, including industry 
representatives, businesses, civil rights advocates, 
consumer protection organizations, other relevant 
civil society organizations, academic experts, individ-
uals with technical expertise, organizations rep-
resenting workers, and affected populations, regard-
ing bias, discrimination, and other harms from cov-
ered algorithms; and 
(4) any relevant recommendations for legisla-
tion or administrative action to mitigate bias, dis-
crimination, and other harms from covered algo-
rithms, as determined appropriate by the head of the 
office. 
(c) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assist-
ant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Rights Divi-
sion of the Department of Justice shall establish an inter-
agency working group on covered algorithms and civil 
rights, of which each office of civil rights of a covered 
agency established under subsection (a) shall be a mem-
ber. 
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(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to each covered agency 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. 
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