\u201cThe threats AI poses to our national security, our safety, and our workforce are here and growing by the day,\u201d Trahan said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cThis bipartisan framework is designed to meet the challenges posed by this rapidly advancing technology without smothering American innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n The draft bill would formally codify the Center for AI Standards and Innovation in the Commerce Department, with $100 million per year authorized for fiscal 2027-2029. The center would develop voluntary guidelines, best practices and standards for AI security, as well as evaluate AI systems and monitor AI progress.\u00a0<\/p>\n Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick last June rebranded the U.S. AI Safety Institute<\/a>, launched during the Biden administration, as the Center for AI Standards and Innovation. Despite being established by the executive branch in late 2024, the organization lacks a formal authorization from Congress.<\/p>\n Deemed the \u201cGreat American AI Act,\u201d the bill would also require the Government Accountability Office to evaluate federal AI adoption progress, identify federal statutes and regulations that \u201cdirectly affect AI innovation or unduly burden AI infrastructure (including energy)\u201d and provide legislative and administrative recommendations, according to a bill summary.<\/p>\n \u201cArtificial intelligence is advancing rapidly, which is why Congress must take a thoughtful and bipartisan approach to regulating this critical technology,\u201d Obernolte said.<\/p>\n The bill draft, nearing 270 pages, would also add penalties for using AI to impersonate government officials, require large frontier developers to report critical safety incidents to the government and direct the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics to revise federal surveys to incorporate AI use and adoption questions.\u00a0<\/p>\n A key issue in American AI governance over the last year, the draft also includes provisions that would preempt states from issuing their own laws regulating the development of frontier AI models \u2014 though it would allow for states to pass laws of \u201cgeneral applicability\u201d related to AI and regulate models after they\u2019ve been deployed.<\/p>\n The bill would also require the Energy Department, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Science Foundation to establish a testbed program for public and private sector labs and entities to collaborate on evaluating AI systems.<\/p>\n The Energy Department and NIST would additionally jointly lead the nation\u2019s international AI standards development to \u201cform coalitions with like-minded governments to promote private sector-led standards adoption, advocate for U.S.-developed AI standards internationally, counter foreign adversary influence, facilitate cross-border AI R&D collaboration, and share cybersecurity best practices,\u201d a draft summary<\/a> said, expressly excluding China.<\/p>\n \u201cAmerica should lead the world in artificial intelligence, not regulate ourselves into falling behind China through a patchwork of fifty different state laws,\u201d co-sponsor Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., said in the statement. \u201cThat approach would make it harder for American companies to innovate and compete while doing little to improve consumer protections.\u201d<\/p>\n The draft bill would authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to award grants to maintainers of widely used open-source software for security improvements, including those for patching, maintenance and security audits. The GAO would evaluate security protocols protecting AI model weights and the security of the open-source software ecosystem.<\/p>\n NIST and NSF would establish several grants and prizes, including one to broaden participation in AI research, education and workforce development. The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource, also a product of the Biden administration and housed in NSF,\u00a0would be formally codified by the legislation to procure and provide data, training and resources for AI development for the public and private sectors.<\/p>\n
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