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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2385 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource, and for |
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| 6 | 6 | | other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH26, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. O |
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| 10 | 10 | | BERNOLTE(for himself and Mr. BEYER) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research |
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| 14 | 14 | | Resource, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Creating Resources 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | for Every American To Experiment with Artificial Intel-5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | ligence Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘CREATE AI Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Congress finds the following: 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) Cutting-edge artificial intelligence research 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | relies on access to computational resources and large 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | datasets. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) Access to the computational resources and 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | datasets necessary for artificial intelligence research 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | and development is often limited to very large tech-6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | nology companies. 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) The lack of access to computational and 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | data resources has resulted in insufficient diversity 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | in the artificial intelligence research and develop-10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ment community. 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (4) Engaging the full and diverse talent of the 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | United States is critical for maintaining United 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | States leadership in artificial intelligence and ensur-14 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ing that artificial intelligence is developed in a man-15 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ner that benefits all people of the United States. 16 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (5) The National Artificial Intelligence Re-17 |
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| 43 | 43 | | search Resource Task Force, authorized under sec-18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | tion 5106 of the National Artificial Intelligence Ini-19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | tiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.), rec-20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ommended the establishment of a National Artificial 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Intelligence Research Resource in a report entitled 22 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘Strengthening and Democratizing the U.S. Artifi-23 |
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| 49 | 49 | | cial Intelligence Innovation Ecosystem: An Imple-24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | mentation Plan for a National Artificial Intelligence 1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Research Resource’’, issued on January 24, 2023. 2 |
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| 55 | 55 | | SEC. 3. NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH 3 |
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| 56 | 56 | | RESOURCE. 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (a) NAIRR S |
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| 58 | 58 | | TEERINGSUBCOMMITTEE.—Section 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | 5103 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De-6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 U.S.C. 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 9413) is amended— 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | section (f); and 10 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-11 |
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| 65 | 65 | | lowing: 12 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(e) NAIRR S |
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| 67 | 67 | | TEERINGSUBCOMMITTEE.— 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(1) D |
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| 69 | 69 | | EFINITION.—In this subsection, the 14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | terms ‘NAIRR’, ‘National Artificial Intelligence Re-15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | search Resource’, ‘Operating Entity’, ‘Program 16 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Management Office’, and ‘resources of the NAIRR’ 17 |
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| 73 | 73 | | have the meanings given the terms in section 5601. 18 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 75 | 75 | | STABLISHMENT.—There is established 19 |
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| 76 | 76 | | within the Interagency Committee a Steering Sub-20 |
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| 77 | 77 | | committee for the National Artificial Intelligence Re-21 |
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| 78 | 78 | | search Resource (referred to in this section as the 22 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘NAIRR Steering Subcommittee’). 23 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(3) C |
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| 81 | 81 | | HAIR AND ASSISTANT CHAIRS .—The 24 |
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| 82 | 82 | | NAIRR Steering Subcommittee shall be chaired by 25 |
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| 86 | 86 | | the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 1 |
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| 87 | 87 | | Policy. The Director of the Office of Science and 2 |
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| 88 | 88 | | Technology Policy may establish assistant chairs of 3 |
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| 89 | 89 | | the NAIRR Steering Subcommittee based on mem-4 |
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| 90 | 90 | | bers of the NAIRR Steering Subcommittee rotating 5 |
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| 91 | 91 | | into the assistant chair positions on a predetermined 6 |
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| 92 | 92 | | schedule. 7 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ‘‘(4) M |
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| 94 | 94 | | EMBERSHIP.—The Director of the Office 8 |
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| 95 | 95 | | of Science and Technology Policy shall select mem-9 |
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| 96 | 96 | | bers of the Interagency Committee to serve on the 10 |
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| 97 | 97 | | NAIRR Steering Subcommittee that the Director de-11 |
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| 98 | 98 | | termines— 12 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ‘‘(A) have substantial expertise; 13 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ‘‘(B) have substantially funded or con-14 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ducted artificial intelligence research and devel-15 |
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| 102 | 102 | | opment; or 16 |
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| 103 | 103 | | ‘‘(C) have some other significant relation-17 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ship with the NAIRR. 18 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ‘‘(5) C |
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| 106 | 106 | | HANGES TO NAIRR STEERING SUB -19 |
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| 107 | 107 | | COMMITTEE COMPOSITION .—Not less frequently 20 |
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| 108 | 108 | | than once a year, the Director of the Office of 21 |
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| 109 | 109 | | Science and Technology Policy shall review the com-22 |
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| 110 | 110 | | position of the NAIRR Steering Subcommittee and 23 |
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| 111 | 111 | | update such composition, which may include adding 24 |
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| 115 | 115 | | or removing members from the NAIRR Steering 1 |
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| 116 | 116 | | Subcommittee, if necessary. 2 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ‘‘(6) S |
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| 118 | 118 | | UBCOMMITTEES AND WORKING 3 |
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| 119 | 119 | | GROUPS.—The NAIRR Steering Subcommittee may 4 |
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| 120 | 120 | | establish subcommittees, working groups, or other 5 |
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| 121 | 121 | | permanent or temporary bodies of certain members 6 |
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| 122 | 122 | | of the NAIRR Steering Subcommittee. 7 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ‘‘(7) D |
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| 124 | 124 | | UTIES.—The NAIRR Steering Sub-8 |
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| 125 | 125 | | committee shall— 9 |
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| 126 | 126 | | ‘‘(A) coordinate with the National Science 10 |
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| 127 | 127 | | Foundation and the Program Management Of-11 |
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| 128 | 128 | | fice to— 12 |
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| 129 | 129 | | ‘‘(i) oversee and approve the operating 13 |
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| 130 | 130 | | plan for the NAIRR; 14 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ‘‘(ii) review the budget for the 15 |
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| 132 | 132 | | NAIRR; 16 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ‘‘(iii) develop and release a request for 17 |
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| 134 | 134 | | proposals to solicit bids for the Operating 18 |
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| 135 | 135 | | Entity, including establishing the terms 19 |
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| 136 | 136 | | and conditions and functions of the Oper-20 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ating Entity; and 21 |
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| 138 | 138 | | ‘‘(iv) develop and release funding op-22 |
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| 139 | 139 | | portunities for resources of the NAIRR; 23 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ‘‘(B) work with the Program Management 24 |
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| 141 | 141 | | Office to establish criteria for the Operating 25 |
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| 145 | 145 | | Entity, review candidates, and select an entity 1 |
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| 146 | 146 | | to act as the Operating Entity; 2 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ‘‘(C) identify resources that could be fed-3 |
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| 148 | 148 | | erated, participate in resource provider selection 4 |
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| 149 | 149 | | and funding, and provide direction to the Oper-5 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ating Entity about resource allocation and how 6 |
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| 151 | 151 | | those resources should be made accessible via 7 |
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| 152 | 152 | | the NAIRR; 8 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ‘‘(D) define key performance indicators for 9 |
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| 154 | 154 | | the NAIRR, in conjunction with the Program 10 |
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| 155 | 155 | | Management Office and any relevant Advisory 11 |
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| 156 | 156 | | Committees established under section 5602(c); 12 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ‘‘(E) evaluate NAIRR performance against 13 |
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| 158 | 158 | | the key performance indicators defined under 14 |
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| 159 | 159 | | subparagraph (D) on a periodic basis and not 15 |
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| 160 | 160 | | less frequently than once every year; 16 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ‘‘(F) develop an annual report, transmitted 17 |
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| 162 | 162 | | to the Director of the Office of Science and 18 |
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| 163 | 163 | | Technology Policy and publicly released, on the 19 |
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| 164 | 164 | | progress of the National Artificial Intelligence 20 |
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| 165 | 165 | | Research Resource that includes— 21 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ‘‘(i) a summary of the results of the 22 |
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| 167 | 167 | | evaluation conducted under subparagraph 23 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (E); and 24 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ‘‘(ii) any recommendations for 1 |
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| 173 | 173 | | changes to the NAIRR; and 2 |
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| 174 | 174 | | ‘‘(G) oversee a periodic independent assess-3 |
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| 175 | 175 | | ment of the NAIRR. 4 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ‘‘(8) P |
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| 177 | 177 | | ROVISION OF RESOURCES OF THE 5 |
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| 178 | 178 | | NAIRR.—Each agency comprising the NAIRR Steer-6 |
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| 179 | 179 | | ing Subcommittee is authorized to provide the Oper-7 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ating Entity with resources of the NAIRR or fund-8 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ing for resources of the NAIRR.’’. 9 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (b) I |
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| 183 | 183 | | NGENERAL.—The National Artificial Intel-10 |
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| 184 | 184 | | ligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.) 11 |
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| 185 | 185 | | is amended by adding at the end the following: 12 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘TITLE LVI—NATIONAL ARTIFI-13 |
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| 187 | 187 | | CIAL INTELLIGENCE RE-14 |
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| 188 | 188 | | SEARCH RESOURCE 15 |
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| 189 | 189 | | ‘‘Sec. 5601. Definitions. |
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| 190 | 190 | | ‘‘Sec. 5602. Establishment; governance. |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘Sec. 5603. Resources of the NAIRR. |
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| 192 | 192 | | ‘‘Sec. 5604. NAIRR processes and procedures. |
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| 193 | 193 | | ‘‘Sec. 5605. NAIRR funding. |
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| 194 | 194 | | ‘‘SEC. 5601. DEFINITIONS. |
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| 195 | 195 | | 16 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ‘‘In this title: 17 |
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| 197 | 197 | | ‘‘(1) A |
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| 198 | 198 | | DVISORY COMMITTEE .—The term ‘Advi-18 |
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| 199 | 199 | | sory Committee’ means any Advisory Committee es-19 |
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| 200 | 200 | | tablished under section 5602(c). 20 |
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| 201 | 201 | | ‘‘(2) AI |
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| 202 | 202 | | TESTBED.—The term ‘AI testbed’ 21 |
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| 203 | 203 | | means a testbed described in section 22A(g) of the 22 |
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| 207 | 207 | | National Institute of Standards and Technology Act 1 |
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| 208 | 208 | | (15 U.S.C. 278h–1(g)). 2 |
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| 209 | 209 | | ‘‘(3) E |
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| 210 | 210 | | XECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘Execu-3 |
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| 211 | 211 | | tive agency’ has the meaning given such term in sec-4 |
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| 212 | 212 | | tion 105 of title 5, United States Code. 5 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ‘‘(4) N |
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| 214 | 214 | | ATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RE -6 |
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| 215 | 215 | | SEARCH RESOURCE ; NAIRR.—The terms ‘National 7 |
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| 216 | 216 | | Artificial Intelligence Research Resource’ and 8 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ‘NAIRR’ have the meaning given the term ‘National 9 |
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| 218 | 218 | | Artificial Intelligence Research Resource’ in section 10 |
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| 219 | 219 | | 5601(g). 11 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ‘‘(5) O |
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| 221 | 221 | | PERATING ENTITY.—The term ‘Oper-12 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ating Entity’ means the Operating Entity selected 13 |
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| 223 | 223 | | by the Program Management Office as described in 14 |
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| 224 | 224 | | section 5602(b)(3)(A). 15 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ‘‘(6) P |
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| 226 | 226 | | ROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE .—The 16 |
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| 227 | 227 | | term ‘Program Management Office’ means the Pro-17 |
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| 228 | 228 | | gram Management Office established under section 18 |
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| 229 | 229 | | 5602(b). 19 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(7) R |
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| 231 | 231 | | ESOURCE OF THE NAIRR .—The term ‘re-20 |
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| 232 | 232 | | source of the NAIRR’ means a resource described in 21 |
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| 233 | 233 | | section 5603(b). 22 |
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| 234 | 234 | | ‘‘(8) NAIRR |
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| 235 | 235 | | STEERING SUBCOMMITTEE .—The 23 |
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| 236 | 236 | | term ‘NAIRR Steering Subcommittee’ means the 24 |
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| 240 | 240 | | NAIRR Steering Subcommittee established under 1 |
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| 241 | 241 | | section 5103(e). 2 |
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| 242 | 242 | | ‘‘(9) STEM.—The term ‘STEM’ means science, 3 |
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| 243 | 243 | | technology, engineering, and mathematics, including 4 |
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| 244 | 244 | | computer science. 5 |
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| 245 | 245 | | ‘‘SEC. 5602. ESTABLISHMENT; GOVERNANCE. 6 |
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| 246 | 246 | | ‘‘(a) E |
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| 247 | 247 | | STABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year 7 |
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| 248 | 248 | | after the date of the enactment of the Creating Resources 8 |
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| 249 | 249 | | for Every American To Experiment with Artificial Intel-9 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ligence Act of 2025, the Director of the National Science 10 |
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| 251 | 251 | | Foundation, in coordination with the NAIRR Steering 11 |
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| 252 | 252 | | Subcommittee, shall establish the National Artificial Intel-12 |
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| 253 | 253 | | ligence Research Resource to— 13 |
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| 254 | 254 | | ‘‘(1) spur innovation and advance the develop-14 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ment of artificial intelligence to stimulate cutting- 15 |
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| 256 | 256 | | edge research and propel the strategic development 16 |
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| 257 | 257 | | of artificial intelligence capabilities; 17 |
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| 258 | 258 | | ‘‘(2) improve access to artificial intelligence re-18 |
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| 259 | 259 | | sources for researchers and students of artificial in-19 |
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| 260 | 260 | | telligence; 20 |
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| 261 | 261 | | ‘‘(3) improve capacity for artificial intelligence 21 |
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| 262 | 262 | | research in the United States; and 22 |
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| 263 | 263 | | ‘‘(4) support the testing, benchmarking, and 23 |
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| 264 | 264 | | evaluation of artificial intelligence systems developed 24 |
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| 265 | 265 | | and deployed in the United States. 25 |
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| 269 | 269 | | ‘‘(b) PROGRAMMANAGEMENTOFFICE.— 1 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ‘‘(1) E |
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| 271 | 271 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Director of the 2 |
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| 272 | 272 | | National Science Foundation shall establish within 3 |
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| 273 | 273 | | the National Science Foundation a Program Man-4 |
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| 274 | 274 | | agement Office to oversee the day-to-day functions 5 |
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| 275 | 275 | | of the NAIRR and shall appoint an individual to 6 |
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| 276 | 276 | | head the Program Management Office. 7 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ‘‘(2) S |
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| 278 | 278 | | TAFF.— 8 |
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| 279 | 279 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 280 | 280 | | N GENERAL.—The head of the Pro-9 |
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| 281 | 281 | | gram Management Office may identify staff 10 |
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| 282 | 282 | | and direct all employees of the Program Man-11 |
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| 283 | 283 | | agement Office, in accordance with the applica-12 |
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| 284 | 284 | | ble provisions of title 5, United States Code. 13 |
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| 285 | 285 | | ‘‘(B) R |
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| 286 | 286 | | EPRESENTATION AND REQUIRE -14 |
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| 287 | 287 | | MENTS.—The staff of the Program Manage-15 |
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| 288 | 288 | | ment Office— 16 |
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| 289 | 289 | | ‘‘(i) may include representation from 17 |
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| 290 | 290 | | other Federal agencies providing support 18 |
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| 291 | 291 | | for NAIRR resources; and 19 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ‘‘(ii) shall include not fewer than 20 |
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| 293 | 293 | | three full-time employees. 21 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ‘‘(3) D |
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| 295 | 295 | | UTIES.—The duties of the Program 22 |
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| 296 | 296 | | Management Office shall include— 23 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ‘‘(A) in coordination with the NAIRR 1 |
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| 301 | 301 | | Steering Subcommittee and any relevant Advi-2 |
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| 302 | 302 | | sory Committee as appropriate— 3 |
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| 303 | 303 | | ‘‘(i) developing the funding oppor-4 |
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| 304 | 304 | | tunity and soliciting bids for the Operating 5 |
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| 305 | 305 | | Entity, which will be responsible for oper-6 |
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| 306 | 306 | | ation of the National Artificial Intelligence 7 |
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| 307 | 307 | | Research Resource; 8 |
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| 308 | 308 | | ‘‘(ii) selecting, through a competitive 9 |
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| 309 | 309 | | and transparent process, a nongovern-10 |
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| 310 | 310 | | mental organization, which may be an 11 |
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| 311 | 311 | | independent legal entity or a consortium of 12 |
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| 312 | 312 | | 1 or more partners (which may include 13 |
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| 313 | 313 | | federally funded research and development 14 |
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| 314 | 314 | | centers), to be designated the Operating 15 |
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| 315 | 315 | | Entity; 16 |
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| 316 | 316 | | ‘‘(iii) overseeing compliance with the 17 |
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| 317 | 317 | | contractual obligations of the Operating 18 |
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| 318 | 318 | | Entity; 19 |
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| 319 | 319 | | ‘‘(iv) establishing evaluation criteria 20 |
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| 320 | 320 | | for the NAIRR; 21 |
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| 321 | 321 | | ‘‘(v) overseeing asset allocation and 22 |
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| 322 | 322 | | utilization; 23 |
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| 323 | 323 | | ‘‘(vi) identifying an external inde-24 |
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| 324 | 324 | | pendent evaluation entity; 25 |
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| 328 | 328 | | ‘‘(vii) assessing the performance of 1 |
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| 329 | 329 | | the Operating Entity on not less than an 2 |
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| 330 | 330 | | annual basis and, if such performance is 3 |
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| 331 | 331 | | unsatisfactory, ending the agreement with 4 |
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| 332 | 332 | | such Operating Entity and selecting a new 5 |
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| 333 | 333 | | Operating Entity in accordance with clause 6 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (ii); 7 |
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| 335 | 335 | | ‘‘(viii) developing multi-agency fund-8 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ing opportunities for the selection of 9 |
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| 337 | 337 | | NAIRR resources; and 10 |
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| 338 | 338 | | ‘‘(ix) coordinating resource contribu-11 |
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| 339 | 339 | | tions from participating Federal agencies; 12 |
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| 340 | 340 | | and 13 |
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| 341 | 341 | | ‘‘(B) delegating, with appropriate over-14 |
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| 342 | 342 | | sight, operational tasks to the Operating Enti-15 |
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| 343 | 343 | | ty, including— 16 |
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| 344 | 344 | | ‘‘(i) coordinating the provisioning of 17 |
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| 345 | 345 | | resources of the NAIRR; 18 |
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| 346 | 346 | | ‘‘(ii) maintaining a portal and associ-19 |
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| 347 | 347 | | ated services for users to access resources 20 |
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| 348 | 348 | | of the NAIRR; 21 |
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| 349 | 349 | | ‘‘(iii) developing policies and proce-22 |
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| 350 | 350 | | dures for the NAIRR; 23 |
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| 351 | 351 | | ‘‘(iv) hiring and managing a staff (in-24 |
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| 352 | 352 | | cluding experts in cyber infrastructure 25 |
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| 357 | 357 | | sign, privacy, ethics, and legal and policy 2 |
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| 358 | 358 | | matters) to support the operations of the 3 |
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| 359 | 359 | | NAIRR; 4 |
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| 360 | 360 | | ‘‘(v) continually modernizing NAIRR 5 |
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| 361 | 361 | | infrastructure; 6 |
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| 362 | 362 | | ‘‘(vi) recommending key performance 7 |
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| 363 | 363 | | indicators for the NAIRR, in coordination 8 |
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| 364 | 364 | | with the NAIRR Steering Subcommittee 9 |
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| 365 | 365 | | and any relevant Advisory Committee; 10 |
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| 366 | 366 | | ‘‘(vii) publishing publicly available an-11 |
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| 367 | 367 | | nual reports reviewing the performance of 12 |
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| 368 | 368 | | the NAIRR, the resources of the NAIRR, 13 |
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| 369 | 369 | | and the NAIRR governance structures; 14 |
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| 370 | 370 | | ‘‘(viii) establishing and administering 15 |
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| 371 | 371 | | training to new users on accessing a re-16 |
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| 372 | 372 | | source of the NAIRR, research design, and 17 |
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| 373 | 373 | | issues related to privacy, ethics, safety, and 18 |
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| 374 | 374 | | trustworthiness of artificial intelligence 19 |
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| 375 | 375 | | systems; 20 |
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| 376 | 376 | | ‘‘(ix) facilitating connections to AI 21 |
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| 377 | 377 | | testbeds; and 22 |
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| 378 | 378 | | ‘‘(x) making educational resources of 23 |
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| 379 | 379 | | the NAIRR available to other Federal 24 |
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| 380 | 380 | | agencies, and to Congress, for the purpose 25 |
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| 384 | 384 | | of educating Federal Government officials 1 |
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| 385 | 385 | | and employees about artificial intelligence. 2 |
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| 386 | 386 | | ‘‘(c) A |
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| 387 | 387 | | DVISORYCOMMITTEES.—The head of the Pro-3 |
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| 388 | 388 | | gram Management Office, acting through the Director of 4 |
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| 389 | 389 | | the Operating Entity, shall establish Advisory Committees 5 |
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| 390 | 390 | | to provide advice to the Operating Entity and the Program 6 |
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| 391 | 391 | | Management Office. Any such Advisory Committees shall 7 |
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| 392 | 392 | | be comprised of members from government agencies, the 8 |
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| 393 | 393 | | private sector, academia, and public interest groups. 9 |
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| 394 | 394 | | Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply 10 |
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| 395 | 395 | | to any such Advisory Committee. 11 |
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| 396 | 396 | | ‘‘SEC. 5603. RESOURCES OF THE NAIRR. 12 |
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| 397 | 397 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 398 | 398 | | NGENERAL.—The head of the Program Man-13 |
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| 399 | 399 | | agement Office, acting through the Director of the Oper-14 |
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| 400 | 400 | | ating Entity and in coordination with the NAIRR Steering 15 |
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| 401 | 401 | | Subcommittee and any relevant Advisory Committee, 16 |
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| 402 | 402 | | shall— 17 |
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| 403 | 403 | | ‘‘(1) coordinate and provision resources of the 18 |
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| 404 | 404 | | NAIRR; 19 |
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| 405 | 405 | | ‘‘(2) establish processes to manage the procure-20 |
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| 406 | 406 | | ment of new resources of the NAIRR, and intake of 21 |
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| 407 | 407 | | in-kind contribution of resources of the NAIRR, 22 |
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| 408 | 408 | | from Federal agencies or other entities; 23 |
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| 412 | 412 | | ‘‘(3) establish policies on and review resources 1 |
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| 413 | 413 | | of the NAIRR for concerns related to ethics and pri-2 |
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| 414 | 414 | | vacy; 3 |
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| 415 | 415 | | ‘‘(4) retire resources of the NAIRR no longer 4 |
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| 416 | 416 | | available or needed; and 5 |
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| 417 | 417 | | ‘‘(5) publicly report a summary of categories of 6 |
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| 418 | 418 | | available resources of the NAIRR, categories of 7 |
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| 419 | 419 | | sources of such resources of the NAIRR, and issues 8 |
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| 420 | 420 | | related to resources of the NAIRR. 9 |
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| 421 | 421 | | ‘‘(b) R |
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| 422 | 422 | | ESOURCES OF THE NAIRR.—The NAIRR 10 |
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| 423 | 423 | | shall offer resources that include, at a minimum, all of 11 |
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| 424 | 424 | | the following, subject to the availability of appropriations: 12 |
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| 425 | 425 | | ‘‘(1) A mix of computational resources, includ-13 |
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| 426 | 426 | | ing— 14 |
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| 427 | 427 | | ‘‘(A) on-premises, cloud-based, hybrid, and 15 |
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| 428 | 428 | | emergent resources; 16 |
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| 429 | 429 | | ‘‘(B) public cloud providers providing ac-17 |
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| 430 | 430 | | cess to popular computational and storage serv-18 |
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| 431 | 431 | | ices for NAIRR users; 19 |
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| 432 | 432 | | ‘‘(C) an open source software environment 20 |
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| 433 | 433 | | for the NAIRR; 21 |
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| 434 | 434 | | ‘‘(D) an application programming interface 22 |
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| 435 | 435 | | providing structured access to artificial intel-23 |
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| 436 | 436 | | ligence models; and 24 |
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| 440 | 440 | | ‘‘(E) other types of computational re-1 |
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| 441 | 441 | | sources. 2 |
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| 442 | 442 | | ‘‘(2) Data, including by— 3 |
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| 443 | 443 | | ‘‘(A)(i) in coordination with the National 4 |
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| 444 | 444 | | Institute of Standards and Technology and con-5 |
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| 445 | 445 | | sistent with the guidance of the National 6 |
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| 446 | 446 | | Science and Technology Council titled ‘Desir-7 |
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| 447 | 447 | | able Characteristics of Data Repositories for 8 |
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| 448 | 448 | | Federally Funded Data,’ dated May 2022, or 9 |
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| 449 | 449 | | any successor document, publishing interoper-10 |
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| 450 | 450 | | ability standards for data repositories based on 11 |
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| 451 | 451 | | the data sharing and documentation standards 12 |
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| 452 | 452 | | and guidelines produced under section 22A of 13 |
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| 453 | 453 | | the National Institute of Standards and Tech-14 |
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| 454 | 454 | | nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278h–1); and 15 |
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| 455 | 455 | | ‘‘(ii) selecting and developing, through a 16 |
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| 456 | 456 | | competitive bidding process, data repositories to 17 |
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| 457 | 457 | | be available to NAIRR users; 18 |
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| 458 | 458 | | ‘‘(B) establishing acceptable criteria for 19 |
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| 459 | 459 | | datasets used as resources of the NAIRR; 20 |
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| 460 | 460 | | ‘‘(C) identifying and providing access to 21 |
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| 461 | 461 | | existing curated datasets of value and interest 22 |
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| 462 | 462 | | to the NAIRR user community; 23 |
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| 466 | 466 | | ‘‘(D) establishing an artificial intelligence 1 |
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| 467 | 467 | | open data commons to facilitate community 2 |
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| 468 | 468 | | sharing and curation of data, code, and models; 3 |
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| 469 | 469 | | ‘‘(E) coordinating with the Interagency 4 |
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| 470 | 470 | | Council on Statistical Policy to explore options 5 |
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| 471 | 471 | | to make Federal statistical data available to 6 |
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| 472 | 472 | | NAIRR users, including through the standard 7 |
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| 473 | 473 | | application process established under section 8 |
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| 474 | 474 | | 3583(a) of title 44, United States Code; and 9 |
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| 475 | 475 | | ‘‘(F) other types of computational re-10 |
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| 476 | 476 | | sources. 11 |
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| 477 | 477 | | ‘‘(3) Educational tools and services, including 12 |
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| 478 | 478 | | by— 13 |
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| 479 | 479 | | ‘‘(A) facilitating and curating educational 14 |
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| 480 | 480 | | and training materials; 15 |
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| 481 | 481 | | ‘‘(B) providing technical training and user 16 |
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| 482 | 482 | | support; and 17 |
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| 483 | 483 | | ‘‘(C) providing targeted outreach and pro-18 |
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| 484 | 484 | | gramming strategies to increase participation in 19 |
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| 485 | 485 | | STEM fields. 20 |
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| 486 | 486 | | ‘‘(4) AI testbeds, including by— 21 |
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| 487 | 487 | | ‘‘(A) in coordination with the National In-22 |
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| 488 | 488 | | stitute of Standards and Technology, facili-23 |
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| 489 | 489 | | tating access to artificial intelligence testbeds 24 |
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| 490 | 490 | | through which researchers can measure, bench-25 |
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| 495 | 495 | | rithmic developments; and 2 |
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| 496 | 496 | | ‘‘(B) developing a comprehensive catalog of 3 |
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| 497 | 497 | | open AI testbeds. 4 |
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| 498 | 498 | | ‘‘SEC. 5604. NAIRR PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES. 5 |
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| 499 | 499 | | ‘‘(a) U |
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| 500 | 500 | | SERELIGIBILITY.— 6 |
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| 501 | 501 | | ‘‘(1) E |
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| 502 | 502 | | LIGIBLE USERS.—Subject to paragraph 7 |
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| 503 | 503 | | (3), the following users shall be eligible for access to 8 |
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| 504 | 504 | | the NAIRR: 9 |
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| 505 | 505 | | ‘‘(A) A researcher, educator, or student 10 |
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| 506 | 506 | | based in the United States that is affiliated 11 |
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| 507 | 507 | | with an entity described in paragraph (2). 12 |
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| 508 | 508 | | ‘‘(B) An employee of an entity described in 13 |
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| 509 | 509 | | clause (iii) or (iv) of paragraph (2)(B) with a 14 |
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| 510 | 510 | | demonstrable mission-need. 15 |
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| 511 | 511 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 512 | 512 | | NTITIES DESCRIBED .—An entity de-16 |
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| 513 | 513 | | scribed in this paragraph is an entity that satisfies 17 |
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| 514 | 514 | | the following: 18 |
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| 515 | 515 | | ‘‘(A) Is based in the United States. 19 |
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| 516 | 516 | | ‘‘(B) Is one of the following: 20 |
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| 517 | 517 | | ‘‘(i) An institution of higher edu-21 |
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| 518 | 518 | | cation. 22 |
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| 519 | 519 | | ‘‘(ii) A nonprofit institution (as such 23 |
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| 520 | 520 | | term is defined in section 4 of the Steven-24 |
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| 525 | 525 | | 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703)). 2 |
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| 526 | 526 | | ‘‘(iii) An Executive agency. 3 |
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| 527 | 527 | | ‘‘(iv) A federally funded research and 4 |
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| 528 | 528 | | development center. 5 |
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| 529 | 529 | | ‘‘(v) A small business concern (as 6 |
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| 530 | 530 | | such term is defined in section 3 of the 7 |
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| 531 | 531 | | Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632), not-8 |
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| 532 | 532 | | withstanding section 121.103 of title 13, 9 |
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| 533 | 533 | | Code of Federal Regulations) that has re-10 |
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| 534 | 534 | | ceived funding from an Executive agency, 11 |
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| 535 | 535 | | including through the Small Business In-12 |
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| 536 | 536 | | novation Research Program or the Small 13 |
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| 537 | 537 | | Business Technology Transfer Program 14 |
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| 538 | 538 | | (as described in section 9 of the Small 15 |
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| 539 | 539 | | Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638)). 16 |
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| 540 | 540 | | ‘‘(vi) A category of entity that the Di-17 |
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| 541 | 541 | | rector of the National Science Foundation 18 |
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| 542 | 542 | | and the Director of the Office of Science 19 |
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| 543 | 543 | | and Technology Policy, after consultation 20 |
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| 544 | 544 | | with the NAIRR Steering Subcommittee 21 |
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| 545 | 545 | | and any relevant Advisory Committee, de-22 |
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| 546 | 546 | | termine shall be eligible. 23 |
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| 547 | 547 | | ‘‘(vii) A consortium composed of enti-24 |
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| 548 | 548 | | ties described in clauses (i) through (vi). 25 |
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| 553 | 553 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 554 | 554 | | N GENERAL.—No individual is au-2 |
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| 555 | 555 | | thorized to be an eligible user under paragraph 3 |
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| 556 | 556 | | (1) if the individual is employed by a foreign 4 |
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| 557 | 557 | | country that is listed in section 4872(d)(2) of 5 |
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| 558 | 558 | | title 10, United States Code, or is otherwise au-6 |
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| 559 | 559 | | thorized by such country to act for or on its be-7 |
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| 560 | 560 | | half. 8 |
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| 561 | 561 | | ‘‘(B) E |
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| 562 | 562 | | NFORCEMENT.—The Director of the 9 |
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| 563 | 563 | | National Science Foundation shall ensure that 10 |
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| 564 | 564 | | individuals authorized as eligible users meet the 11 |
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| 565 | 565 | | requirements of subparagraph (A). 12 |
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| 566 | 566 | | ‘‘(b) P |
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| 567 | 567 | | RIVACY, ETHICS, CIVILRIGHTS ANDCIVIL 13 |
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| 568 | 568 | | L |
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| 569 | 569 | | IBERTIES, SAFETY, ANDTRUSTWORTHINESS.— 14 |
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| 570 | 570 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 571 | 571 | | N GENERAL.— 15 |
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| 572 | 572 | | ‘‘(A) R |
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| 573 | 573 | | EQUIREMENTS.—The head of the 16 |
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| 574 | 574 | | Program Management Office, acting through 17 |
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| 575 | 575 | | the Director of the Operating Entity and in 18 |
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| 576 | 576 | | consultation with any relevant Advisory Com-19 |
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| 577 | 577 | | mittee, shall establish requirements, a review 20 |
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| 578 | 578 | | process for applications, and a process for au-21 |
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| 579 | 579 | | diting resources of the NAIRR and research 22 |
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| 580 | 580 | | conducted using resources of the NAIRR on 23 |
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| 581 | 581 | | matters related to privacy, ethics, safety, secu-24 |
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| 582 | 582 | | rity, and trustworthiness of artificial intel-25 |
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| 587 | 587 | | NAIRR. 2 |
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| 588 | 588 | | ‘‘(B) F |
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| 589 | 589 | | EDERAL STATISTICAL DATA .—Any 3 |
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| 590 | 590 | | auditing process required under subparagraph 4 |
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| 591 | 591 | | (A) for Federal statistical data included in a re-5 |
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| 592 | 592 | | source of the NAIRR shall be completed by the 6 |
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| 593 | 593 | | head of a designated statistical agency (as de-7 |
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| 594 | 594 | | fined in section 3576(e) of title 44, United 8 |
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| 595 | 595 | | States Code), in coordination with the Chief 9 |
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| 596 | 596 | | Statistician of the United States, consistent 10 |
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| 597 | 597 | | with relevant law. 11 |
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| 598 | 598 | | ‘‘(2) C |
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| 599 | 599 | | ONSISTENCY.—The head of the Program 12 |
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| 600 | 600 | | Management Office shall ensure the requirements 13 |
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| 601 | 601 | | and processes described in paragraph (1) are con-14 |
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| 602 | 602 | | sistent with the policies of the Office of Management 15 |
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| 603 | 603 | | and Budget policy and relevant policies of other Ex-16 |
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| 604 | 604 | | ecutive agencies. The head of the Program Manage-17 |
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| 605 | 605 | | ment Office shall coordinate with the Senior Agency 18 |
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| 606 | 606 | | Official for Privacy and the General Counsel of the 19 |
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| 607 | 607 | | National Science Foundation in ensuring compliance 20 |
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| 608 | 608 | | with applicable privacy law and policy and Federal 21 |
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| 609 | 609 | | laws and regulations. 22 |
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| 610 | 610 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 611 | 611 | | VAILABILITY.—The head of the Program 23 |
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| 612 | 612 | | Management Office, acting through the Director of 24 |
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| 613 | 613 | | the Operating Entity, shall— 25 |
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| 618 | 618 | | tional resources of the NAIRR, take into con-2 |
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| 619 | 619 | | sideration the extent to which the access relates 3 |
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| 620 | 620 | | to privacy, ethics, safety, security, risk mitiga-4 |
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| 621 | 621 | | tion, and trustworthiness of artificial intel-5 |
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| 622 | 622 | | ligence systems, or other topics that dem-6 |
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| 623 | 623 | | onstrate that a project is in the public interest; 7 |
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| 624 | 624 | | ‘‘(B) ensure that a significant percentage 8 |
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| 625 | 625 | | of the annual allotment of computational re-9 |
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| 626 | 626 | | sources of the NAIRR is provided to projects 10 |
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| 627 | 627 | | the primary focus of which is related to any of 11 |
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| 628 | 628 | | the topics described in subparagraph (A); and 12 |
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| 629 | 629 | | ‘‘(C) to the extent that demand for access 13 |
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| 630 | 630 | | to computational resources of the NAIRR ex-14 |
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| 631 | 631 | | ceeds availability, consider, on a priority basis, 15 |
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| 632 | 632 | | projects focusing on any of the topics described 16 |
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| 633 | 633 | | in subparagraph (A) when ranking applications 17 |
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| 634 | 634 | | for such access. 18 |
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| 635 | 635 | | ‘‘(c) S |
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| 637 | 637 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 638 | 638 | | N GENERAL.—The head of the Program 20 |
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| 639 | 639 | | Management Office, acting through the Director of 21 |
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| 640 | 640 | | the Operating Entity and in consultation with any 22 |
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| 641 | 641 | | relevant Advisory Committee, shall develop guidance 23 |
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| 642 | 642 | | for— 24 |
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| 647 | 647 | | ters of scientific integrity, including matters re-2 |
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| 648 | 648 | | lated to the effects or impacts of research and 3 |
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| 649 | 649 | | potential research enabled by the NAIRR; and 4 |
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| 650 | 650 | | ‘‘(B) mechanisms for an employee of the 5 |
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| 651 | 651 | | Operating Entity, an employee of the Program 6 |
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| 652 | 652 | | Management Office, a member of the NAIRR 7 |
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| 653 | 653 | | Steering Subcommittee or an Advisory Com-8 |
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| 654 | 654 | | mittee, a researcher or student affiliated with a 9 |
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| 655 | 655 | | NAIRR user described in subsection (a)(1), an 10 |
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| 656 | 656 | | employee of a provider of a resource of the 11 |
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| 657 | 657 | | NAIRR, an employee of a NAIRR funding 12 |
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| 658 | 658 | | agency, or a member of the public to report vio-13 |
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| 659 | 659 | | lations of the guidance developed under this 14 |
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| 660 | 660 | | paragraph, including by confidential and anony-15 |
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| 661 | 661 | | mous means. 16 |
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| 662 | 662 | | ‘‘(2) C |
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| 663 | 663 | | ONSISTENCY WITH GOVERNMENT POLI -17 |
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| 664 | 664 | | CIES ON SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY .—The guidance de-18 |
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| 665 | 665 | | veloped under paragraph (1)(A) shall be published in 19 |
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| 666 | 666 | | a publicly accessible location on the website of the 20 |
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| 667 | 667 | | NAIRR. Such policies shall, to the degree prac-21 |
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| 668 | 668 | | ticable, be consistent with— 22 |
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| 669 | 669 | | ‘‘(A) the Presidential memorandum enti-23 |
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| 670 | 670 | | tled ‘Restoring Trust in Government Through 24 |
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| 671 | 671 | | Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policy-25 |
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| 675 | 675 | | making’, dated January 27, 2021, or successor 1 |
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| 676 | 676 | | document; and 2 |
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| 677 | 677 | | ‘‘(B) reports produced pursuant to such 3 |
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| 678 | 678 | | Presidential memorandum (including the re-4 |
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| 679 | 679 | | ports entitled ‘Protecting the Integrity of Gov-5 |
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| 680 | 680 | | ernment Science’, dated January 2022, and ‘A 6 |
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| 681 | 681 | | Framework for Federal Scientific Integrity Pol-7 |
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| 682 | 682 | | icy and Practice’, dated January 2023, pub-8 |
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| 683 | 683 | | lished by the National Science and Technology 9 |
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| 684 | 684 | | Council, or successor documents). 10 |
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| 685 | 685 | | ‘‘(d) S |
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| 686 | 686 | | YSTEMSECURITY AND USERACCESSCON-11 |
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| 687 | 687 | | TROLS.—The head of the Program Management Office, 12 |
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| 688 | 688 | | acting through the Director of the Operating Entity and 13 |
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| 689 | 689 | | in consultation with the NAIRR Steering Subcommittee, 14 |
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| 690 | 690 | | the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the 15 |
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| 691 | 691 | | Director of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-16 |
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| 692 | 692 | | nology, and the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infra-17 |
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| 693 | 693 | | structure Security Agency— 18 |
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| 694 | 694 | | ‘‘(1) shall establish minimum security require-19 |
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| 695 | 695 | | ments for all persons interacting with the NAIRR, 20 |
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| 696 | 696 | | consistent with the most recent version of the Cyber-21 |
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| 697 | 697 | | security Framework, or successor document, main-22 |
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| 698 | 698 | | tained by the National Institute of Standards and 23 |
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| 699 | 699 | | Technology; and 24 |
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| 703 | 703 | | ‘‘(2) may establish tiers of security require-1 |
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| 704 | 704 | | ments and user access controls beyond the minimum 2 |
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| 705 | 705 | | requirements relative to security risks. 3 |
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| 706 | 706 | | ‘‘(e) F |
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| 707 | 707 | | EESCHEDULE.—The head of the Program 4 |
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| 708 | 708 | | Management Office, acting through the Director of the 5 |
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| 709 | 709 | | Operating Entity, may establish a fee schedule for access 6 |
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| 710 | 710 | | to the NAIRR. Fees charged under this subsection may 7 |
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| 711 | 711 | | be retained and used for the purposes of this title. The 8 |
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| 712 | 712 | | Operating Entity may only charge fees in such fee sched-9 |
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| 713 | 713 | | ule. Such fee schedule— 10 |
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| 714 | 714 | | ‘‘(1) may differ by type of eligible user and type 11 |
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| 715 | 715 | | of affiliated entity described in subsection (a); 12 |
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| 716 | 716 | | ‘‘(2) shall include a free tier of access based on 13 |
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| 717 | 717 | | appropriated funds and anticipated costs and de-14 |
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| 718 | 718 | | mand; 15 |
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| 719 | 719 | | ‘‘(3) may include cost-based charges for eligible 16 |
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| 720 | 720 | | users to purchase resources of the NAIRR beyond 17 |
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| 721 | 721 | | the resources included in a free or subsidized tier; 18 |
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| 722 | 722 | | and 19 |
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| 723 | 723 | | ‘‘(4) shall ensure that the primary purpose of 20 |
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| 724 | 724 | | the NAIRR is to support research. 21 |
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| 725 | 725 | | ‘‘(f) R |
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| 726 | 726 | | ESEARCHSECURITY.—The head of the Pro-22 |
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| 727 | 727 | | gram Management Office, acting through the Director of 23 |
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| 728 | 728 | | the Operating Entity and in consultation with the NAIRR 24 |
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| 732 | 732 | | Steering Subcommittee and the Director of the Office of 1 |
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| 733 | 733 | | Science and Technology Policy, shall— 2 |
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| 734 | 734 | | ‘‘(1) ensure conformance with the requirements 3 |
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| 735 | 735 | | of National Security Presidential Memorandum–33 4 |
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| 736 | 736 | | (relating to supported research and development na-5 |
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| 737 | 737 | | tional policy), issued January 2021, and its imple-6 |
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| 738 | 738 | | mentation guidance on research security and re-7 |
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| 739 | 739 | | search integrity, or any successor policy document or 8 |
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| 740 | 740 | | guidance, by establishing NAIRR operating prin-9 |
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| 741 | 741 | | ciples that emphasize the research integrity prin-10 |
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| 742 | 742 | | ciples of openness, reciprocity, and transparency; 11 |
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| 743 | 743 | | and 12 |
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| 744 | 744 | | ‘‘(2) designate a member of the leadership team 13 |
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| 745 | 745 | | for the Operating Entity as a research security point 14 |
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| 746 | 746 | | of contact with responsibility for overseeing conform-15 |
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| 747 | 747 | | ance with the National Security Presidential Memo-16 |
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| 748 | 748 | | randum–33 and its implementation guidance, or any 17 |
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| 749 | 749 | | successor policy document or guidance. 18 |
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| 750 | 750 | | ‘‘SEC. 5605. NAIRR FUNDING. 19 |
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| 751 | 751 | | ‘‘To carry out this title, to the maximum extent prac-20 |
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| 752 | 752 | | ticable, the NAIRR is authorized to accept and use dona-21 |
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| 753 | 753 | | tions of cash, services, and personal property from the pri-22 |
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| 754 | 754 | | vate sector.’’. 23 |
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| 755 | 755 | | (c) C |
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| 756 | 756 | | ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—The table of con-24 |
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| 757 | 757 | | tents in section 2(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 25 |
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| 761 | 761 | | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 1 |
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| 762 | 762 | | (Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 3388) is amended by in-2 |
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| 763 | 763 | | serting after the items relating to title LV the following: 3 |
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| 764 | 764 | | ‘‘TITLE LVI—NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH |
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| 765 | 765 | | RESOURCE |
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| 766 | 766 | | ‘‘Sec. 5601. Definitions. |
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| 767 | 767 | | ‘‘Sec. 5602. Establishment; governance. |
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| 768 | 768 | | ‘‘Sec. 5603. Resources of the NAIRR. |
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| 769 | 769 | | ‘‘Sec. 5604. NAIRR processes and procedures. |
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| 770 | 770 | | ‘‘Sec. 5605. NAIRR funding.’’. |
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