mentation Plan for a National Artificial Intelligence 
Research Resource’’, issued on January 24, 2023. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH 
RESOURCE. 
(a) NAIRR STEERING
SUBCOMMITTEE.—Section 
5103 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 U.S.C. 
9413) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) NAIRR STEERING SUBCOMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the 
terms ‘NAIRR’, ‘National Artificial Intelligence Re-
search Resource’, ‘Operating Entity’, ‘Program 
Management Office’, and ‘resources of the NAIRR’ 
have the meanings given the terms in section 5601. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
within the Interagency Committee a Steering Sub-
committee for the National Artificial Intelligence Re-
search Resource (referred to in this section as the 
‘NAIRR Steering Subcommittee’). 
‘‘(3) CHAIR
AND
ASSISTANT
CHAIRS.—The 
NAIRR Steering Subcommittee shall be chaired by 
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the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy. The Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy may establish assistant chairs of 
the NAIRR Steering Subcommittee based on mem-
bers of the NAIRR Steering Subcommittee rotating 
into the assistant chair positions on a predetermined 
schedule. 
‘‘(4) MEMBERSHIP.—The Director of the Office 
of Science and Technology Policy shall select mem-
bers of the Interagency Committee to serve on the 
NAIRR Steering Subcommittee that the Director de-
termines— 
‘‘(A) have substantial expertise; 
‘‘(B) have substantially funded or con-
ducted artificial intelligence research and devel-
opment; or 
‘‘(C) have some other significant relation-
ship with the NAIRR. 
‘‘(5) CHANGES
TO
NAIRR
STEERING
SUB-
COMMITTEE
COMPOSITION.—Not less frequently 
than once a year, the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall review the com-
position of the NAIRR Steering Subcommittee and 
update such composition, which may include adding 
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or removing members from the NAIRR Steering 
Subcommittee, if necessary. 
‘‘(6) 
SUBCOMMITTEES
AND
WORKING 
GROUPS.—The NAIRR Steering Subcommittee may 
establish subcommittees, working groups, or other 
permanent or temporary bodies of certain members 
of the NAIRR Steering Subcommittee. 
‘‘(7) DUTIES.—The NAIRR Steering Sub-
committee shall— 
‘‘(A) coordinate with the National Science 
Foundation and the Program Management Of-
fice to— 
‘‘(i) oversee and approve the operating 
plan for the NAIRR; 
‘‘(ii) review the budget for the 
NAIRR; 
‘‘(iii) develop and release a request for 
proposals to solicit bids for the Operating 
Entity, including establishing the terms 
and conditions and functions of the Oper-
ating Entity; and 
‘‘(iv) develop and release funding op-
portunities for resources of the NAIRR; 
‘‘(B) work with the Program Management 
Office to establish criteria for the Operating 
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Entity, review candidates, and select an entity 
to act as the Operating Entity; 
‘‘(C) identify resources that could be fed-
erated, participate in resource provider selection 
and funding, and provide direction to the Oper-
ating Entity about resource allocation and how 
those resources should be made accessible via 
the NAIRR; 
‘‘(D) define key performance indicators for 
the NAIRR, in conjunction with the Program 
Management Office and any relevant Advisory 
Committees established under section 5602(c); 
‘‘(E) evaluate NAIRR performance against 
the key performance indicators defined under 
subparagraph (D) on a periodic basis and not 
less frequently than once every year; 
‘‘(F) develop an annual report, transmitted 
to the Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy and publicly released, on the 
progress of the National Artificial Intelligence 
Research Resource that includes— 
‘‘(i) a summary of the results of the 
evaluation conducted under subparagraph 
(E); and 
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‘‘(ii) 
any 
recommendations 
for 
changes to the NAIRR; and 
‘‘(G) oversee a periodic independent assess-
ment of the NAIRR. 
‘‘(8) PROVISION
OF
RESOURCES
OF
THE 
NAIRR.—Each agency comprising the NAIRR Steer-
ing Subcommittee is authorized to provide the Oper-
ating Entity with resources of the NAIRR or fund-
ing for resources of the NAIRR.’’. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The National Artificial Intel-
ligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE LVI—NATIONAL ARTIFI-
CIAL 
INTELLIGENCE 
RE-
SEARCH RESOURCE 
‘‘Sec. 5601. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 5602. Establishment; governance. 
‘‘Sec. 5603. Resources of the NAIRR. 
‘‘Sec. 5604. NAIRR processes and procedures. 
‘‘Sec. 5605. NAIRR funding. 
‘‘SEC. 5601. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘Advi-
sory Committee’ means any Advisory Committee es-
tablished under section 5602(c). 
‘‘(2) AI TESTBED.—The term ‘AI testbed’ 
means a testbed described in section 22A(g) of the 
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National Institute of Standards and Technology Act 
(15 U.S.C. 278h–1(g)). 
‘‘(3) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘Execu-
tive agency’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 105 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(4) NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RE-
SEARCH
RESOURCE; NAIRR.—The terms ‘National 
Artificial 
Intelligence 
Research 
Resource’ 
and 
‘NAIRR’ have the meaning given the term ‘National 
Artificial Intelligence Research Resource’ in section 
5601(g). 
‘‘(5) OPERATING
ENTITY.—The term ‘Oper-
ating Entity’ means the Operating Entity selected 
by the Program Management Office as described in 
section 5602(b)(3)(A). 
‘‘(6) PROGRAM
MANAGEMENT
OFFICE.—The 
term ‘Program Management Office’ means the Pro-
gram Management Office established under section 
5602(b). 
‘‘(7) RESOURCE OF THE NAIRR.—The term ‘re-
source of the NAIRR’ means a resource described in 
section 5603(b). 
‘‘(8) NAIRR STEERING SUBCOMMITTEE.—The 
term ‘NAIRR Steering Subcommittee’ means the 
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