Fundamentally Understanding The Usability and Realistic Evolution of Artificial Intelligence Act of 2017 or the FUTURE of Artificial Intelligence Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to establish the Federal Advisory Committee on the Development and Implementation of Artificial Intelligence to advise Commerce on matters relating to the development of artificial intelligence, including:
[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4625 Introduced in House (IH)]
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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
Intelligence, and for other purposes.
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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, Foreign
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
committee concerned
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Federal Advisory
Committee on the Development and Implementation of Artificial
Intelligence, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fundamentally Understanding The
Usability and Realistic Evolution of Artificial Intelligence Act of
2017'' or the ``FUTURE of Artificial Intelligence Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) understanding and preparing for the ongoing development
of artificial intelligence is critical to the economic
prosperity and social stability of the United States;
(2) as artificial intelligence evolves, it can greatly
benefit society by powering the information economy, 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 intelligence and
foster the development of artificial intelligence in a manner
that maximizes its benefit to society; and
(4) it is critical that the priorities of the advisory
committee established under section 4(a)(1) include developing
guidance or recommendations--
(A) to promote a climate of investment and
innovation to ensure the global competitiveness of the
United States;
(B) to optimize the development of artificial
intelligence to address the potential growth,
restructuring, or other changes in the United States
workforce that results from the development of
artificial intelligence;
(C) to promote and support the unbiased development
and application of artificial intelligence; and
(D) to protect the privacy rights of individuals.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), in this Act:
(1) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial
intelligence'' includes the following:
(A) Any artificial systems that perform tasks under
varying and unpredictable circumstances, without
significant human oversight, or that can learn from
their experience and improve their performance. Such
systems may be developed in computer software, physical
hardware, or other contexts not yet contemplated. They
may solve tasks requiring human-like perception,
cognition, planning, learning, communication, or
physical action. In 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 processing, knowledge
representation, automated reasoning, and learning.
(D) A set of techniques, including machine
learning, that seek to approximate some cognitive task.
(E) Systems that act rationally, such as
intelligent software agents and embodied robots that
achieve goals via perception, planning, reasoning,
learning, communicating, decision making, and acting.
(2) Artificial general intelligence.--The term ``artificial
general intelligence'' means a notional future artificial
intelligence system that exhibits apparently intelligent
behavior at least as advanced as a person across the range of
cognitive, emotional, and social behaviors.
(3) Narrow artificial intelligence.--The term ``narrow
artificial intelligence'' means an artificial intelligence
system that addresses specific application areas such as
playing strategic games, language translation, self-driving
vehicles, and image recognition.
(b) Modifications.--The Federal Advisory Committee on the
Development and Implementation of Artificial 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 COMMITTEE ON THE DEVELOPMENT
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall establish
a Federal advisory committee to advise the Secretary on matters
relating to the development of artificial intelligence.
(2) Designation.--The Federal advisory committee
established under paragraph (1) shall be known as the ``Federal
Advisory Committee on the Development and Implementation of
Artificial Intelligence'' (in this section the ``Advisory
Committee'').
(b) Purposes of the Advisory Committee.--
(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 promotion 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 possible effect of
technological displacement.
(C) Education, including matters relating to
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
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 artificial
intelligence.
(F) International cooperation and competitiveness,
including matters relating to the competitive
international landscape for artificial intelligence-
related industries.
(G) Accountability and legal rights, including
matters relating to the responsibility for any
violations of laws by an artificial intelligence system
and the compatibility of international regulations.
(H) Matters relating to machine learning bias
through core cultural and societal norms.
(I) Matters relating to how artificial intelligence
can serve or enhance opportunities in rural
communities.
(J) Government efficiency, including matters
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 artificial
intelligence.
(B) The possible benefits and effects that the
development of artificial intelligence may have on the
economy, workforce, and competitiveness of the United
States.
(C) Whether and how networked, automated,
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 eliminated in
the development of artificial intelligence 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 ethical
standards in the development and implementation of
artificial intelligence.
(F) How the Federal Government can encourage
technological progress in implementation of artificial
intelligence that benefits the full spectrum of social
and economic classes.
(G) How the privacy rights of individuals are or
will be affected by technological innovation 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 concerning
data access and privacy, should be modernized to enable
the potential of artificial intelligence.
(J) How the Federal Government utilizes artificial
intelligence to handle large or complex data sets.
(K) How ongoing dialogues and consultations with
multi-stakeholder groups can maximize the potential of
artificial intelligence and further development of
artificial intelligence technologies that can benefit
everyone inclusively.
(L) How the development of artificial intelligence
can affect cost savings and streamline operations in
various areas of government operations, including
health care, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and
disaster recovery.
(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 Committee and such recommendations as the
Advisory Committee may have for administrative or
legislative action relating to artificial intelligence.
(B) Recommendations of secretary.--Not later than
90 days after receiving the report submitted under
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall review the report
and submit to Congress such recommendations as the
Secretary may have with respect to the matters
contained in the report submitted under subparagraph
(A).
(c) Membership.--
(1) Voting members.--
(A) In general.--The Advisory Committee shall be
composed of 19 voting members who shall be appointed by
the Secretary of Commerce, with advisement from the
Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate 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 intelligence, 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 industry, 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 advocate for
civil liberties or civil rights.
(iv) Two from labor organizations or
groups.
(C) Geographical diversity.--In carrying out
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall ensure that the
voting members of the Advisory Committee come from
diverse geographical locations within the United
States.
(2) Nonvoting members.--The Advisory Committee shall also
be composed of such nonvoting members as the Secretary
considers appropriate, except 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 consider appropriate.
(3) Chairperson.--The Secretary shall appoint a chairperson
for the Advisory Committee from among the members appointed
under paragraph (1).
(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 recommendations 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 expertise, and oversee
staff;
(7) establish subcommittees; and
(8) establish rules of procedure.
(f) Travel Expenses.--The members of the Advisory Committee shall
be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence,
at rates authorized for employees 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 paragraph (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 Committee may
solicit and accept donations from private persons and
non-Federal entities to carry out this section.
(B) Limitation.--Of the amounts expended 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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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Education and the Workforce, Foreign 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 committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Education and the Workforce, Foreign 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 committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Education and the Workforce, Foreign 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 committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Education and the Workforce, Foreign 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 committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Education and the Workforce, Foreign 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 committee concerned.
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Education and the Workforce, Foreign 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 committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.