15 U.S.C. § 9412

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 9412 - National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office

(a) In general

The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish or designate, and appoint a director of, an office to be known as the "National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office" to carry out the responsibilities described in subsection (b) with respect to the Initiative. The Initiative Office shall have sufficient staff to carry out such responsibilities, including staff detailed from the Federal departments and agencies described in section 9413(c) of this title, as appropriate.

(b) Responsibilities

The Director of the Initiative Office shall-

(1) provide technical and administrative support to the Interagency Committee and the Advisory Committee;

(2) serve as the point of contact on Federal artificial intelligence activities for Federal departments and agencies, industry, academia, nonprofit organizations, professional societies, State governments, and such other persons as the Initiative Office considers appropriate to exchange technical and programmatic information;

(3) conduct regular public outreach to diverse stakeholders, including civil rights and disability rights organizations; and

(4) promote access to the technologies, innovations, best practices, and expertise derived from Initiative activities to agency missions and systems across the Federal Government.

(c) Funding estimate

The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in coordination with each participating Federal department and agency, as appropriate, shall develop and annually update an estimate of the funds necessary to carry out the activities of the Initiative Coordination Office and submit such estimate with an agreed summary of contributions from each agency to Congress as part of the President's annual budget request to Congress.

15 U.S.C. § 9412

Pub. L. 116-283, div. E, title LI, §51025102,, 134 Stat. 4526.

Advisory Committee: The term "Advisory Committee" means the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee established under section 9414(a) of this title.
Initiative Office: The term "Initiative Office" means the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office established under section 9412(a) of this title.
Initiative: The term "Initiative" means the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative established under section 9411(a) of this title.
Interagency Committee: The term "Interagency Committee" means the interagency committee established under section 9413(a) of this title.
artificial intelligence: The term "artificial intelligence" means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments. Artificial intelligence systems use machine and human-based inputs to-(A) perceive real and virtual environments;(B) abstract such perceptions into models through analysis in an automated manner; and(C) use model inference to formulate options for information or action.