[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4596 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4596
To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a public awareness and
education campaign to provide information regarding the benefits of,
risks relating to, and the prevalence of artificial intelligence in the
daily lives of individuals in the United States, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 20, 2024
Mr. Young (for himself and Mr. Schatz) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a public awareness and
education campaign to provide information regarding the benefits of,
risks relating to, and the prevalence of artificial intelligence in the
daily lives of individuals in the United States, 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 ``Artificial Intelligence Public
Awareness and Education Campaign Act''.
SEC. 2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION
CAMPAIGN.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) AI campaign.--The term ``AI Campaign'' means the public
awareness and education campaign conducted under this section.
(2) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial
intelligence'' has the meaning given the term in section 5002
of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020
(15 U.S.C. 9401).
(3) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the
meaning given the term ``agency'' in section 551 of title 5,
United States Code.
(4) Key performance indicator.--The term ``key performance
indicator'' means a quantifiable metric that demonstrates how
effectively an initiative is at achieving its objectives.
(5) Relevant congressional committees.--The term ``relevant
congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
of the House of Representatives.
(6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Commerce.
(b) AI Campaign.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the heads of
relevant Federal agencies, including the Director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology and the Administrator of the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, shall
conduct a public awareness and education campaign to provide
information regarding the benefits of, risks relating to, and the
prevalence of artificial intelligence in the daily lives of individuals
in the United States.
(c) Outreach.--In carrying out the AI Campaign, the Secretary
shall--
(1) determine the key performance indicators to evaluate
the effectiveness of the AI Campaign and obtain any baseline
data necessary for a comparative measurement of success;
(2) facilitate access to, and the exchange of, information
regarding artificial intelligence in order to promote up-to-
date knowledge regarding artificial intelligence and the rights
of an individual under law with respect to artificial
intelligence;
(3) identify, promote, and encourage the use of best
practices for the detection of provenance information with
respect to digital media by--
(A) including such media that is generated by human
beings and such media that is generated or
significantly modified by algorithms, including
artificial intelligence, including media commonly
referred to as ``deepfakes'' and content created by the
programs commonly referred to as ``chatbots'';
(B) providing resources and guidance on available
tools and methods for detecting or differentiating such
media; and
(C) identifying populations particularly
susceptible to artificial intelligence-enabled
fraudulent activitiy, including senior citizens, and
conducting target outreach to inform such populations
of, and inoculate such populations against, artificial
intelligence-enabled scams and fraud;
(4) conduct outreach to the general public relating to the
prevalence of artificial intelligence in the daily lives of
individuals in the United States, including--
(A) applications that enable increase the
productivity of individuals, such as text-to-speech
functionality, real-time route planning, and predictive
text suggestions; and
(B) applications in use commercially, such as
automated decision-making, fraud detection, and
financial trading; and
(5) conduct outreach about workforce opportunities,
including opportunities to work in the Federal Government, for
technologists and others with experience in the development,
deployment, and use of artificial intelligence, including to
institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101 of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
(d) Expert Consultation.--In conducting the AI Campaign, the
Secretary shall consult with a variety of stakeholders from academic or
research communities, public-private partnerships, and private
industry, including companies with different roles in the use of
artificial intelligence, developers, deployers, users, and community
development organizations with expertise working with artificial
intelligence.
(e) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date on
which the Secretary initiates the AI Campaign, the Secretary
shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a report
on the activities conducted under the AI Campaign.
(2) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1)
shall include--
(A) the key performance indicators determined for
the purpose of evaluating the overall effectiveness of
the AI Campaign; and
(B) recommendations for subsequent actions,
including in any key areas in which the outcomes of the
AI Campaign were identified as insufficient.
(f) No Additional Funds.--No additional funds are authorized to be
appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act.
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