Opening Statement:
Full Committee Markup of:
H.R. 9197, the Small Business Artificial Intelligence Advancement Act - Favorably reported to the House by voice vote as amendedTo require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop resources for small businesses in utilizing artificial intelligence.
- Amendment #069 to H.R. 9197, Offered by Ms. Sykes (D-OH) - Passed by Voice Vote
The amendment extends the directive to include NIST's Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program.
H.R. 9194, the Nucleic Acid Screening for Biosecurity Act - Favorably reported to the House by voice vote
To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to support nucleic acid screening.
To improve educational efforts related to artificial intelligence literacy at the K through 12 level.
- Amendment #112 to H.R. 9211, Offered by Ms. Bonamici (D-OR) Passed by Voice Vote
Includes superintendents as groups with whom to engage in AI literacy. Includes responsible AI use, AI bias and ethical learning, and digital privacy as eligible professional learning opportunities.
To facilitate a workforce of trained experts to build trustworthy AI systems.
H.R. 9402, the NSF AI Education Act of 2024 - Favorably reported to the House by voice vote as amended
To support National Science Foundation education and professional development relating to artificial intelligence.
- Amendment #090 to H.R. 9402, Offered by Ms. Lee(D- PA) - Passed by voice vote
Adds minority-serving institutions (MSIs) including HBCUs. - Amendment #113 to H.R. 9402, Offered by Ms. Bonamici (D-OR) - Passed by voice vote
Authorizes the Director of the NSF to support student AI competitions and hackathons using prize authority under the America COMPETES Act.
H.R. 9403, the Expanding AI Voices Act - Favorably reported to the House by voice vote as amended
To support a broad and diverse interdisciplinary research community for the advancement of AI and AI-powered innovation through partnerships and capacity building at certain institutions of higher education and other institutions to expand AI capacity in populations historically underrepresented in STEM.
- Amendment #148 to H.R. 9403, Offered by Mr. Casten (D-IL) - Passed by voice vote
Adds labor organizations to AI research community.
To establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR).
- Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 5077, Offered by Ms. Lofgren (D-CA) - Passed by voice vote
Makes Technical changes. - Amendment #111 to the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R 5077, Offered by Ms. Bonamici (D-OR) - Passed by voice vote
Makes non-substantive technical changes to the CREATE AI Act, consistent with feedback from OSTP.
To amend the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 to establish a center on artificial intelligence to ensure continued United States leadership in research, development, and evaluation of the robustness, resilience, and safety of artificial intelligence systems.
- Amendment #149 to H.R. 9497, Offered by Mr. Casten (D-IL) - Passed by voice vote
Adds labor organizations to collaborators of Center for AI Advancement and Reliability. - Amendment #067 to H.R. 9497, Offered by Ms. Stevens (D-MI) - Passed by voice vote
Adds "privacy and confidentiality" to the Center's focus. - Amendment #068 to H.R. 9497, Offered by Ms. Stevens - Withdrawn
Strikes the authorization level for Fiscal Year 2025.
H.R. 9466, the AI Development Practices Act - Favorably reported to the House by voice vote
To direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology to catalog and evaluate emerging practices and norms for communicating certain characteristics of artificial intelligence systems, including relating to transparency, robustness, resilience, security, safety, and usability.