Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 119 — National Artificial Intelligence Initiative
§ 9412. National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office
Statutory text
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.
Responsibilities
The Director of the Initiative Office shall—
provide technical and administrative support to the Interagency Committee and the Advisory Committee;
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;
conduct regular public outreach to diverse stakeholders, including civil rights and disability rights organizations; and
promote access to the technologies, innovations, best practices, and expertise derived from Initiative activities to agency missions and systems across the Federal Government.
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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020
Pub. L. 116–283 div. E title LI § 5102 · 134 Stat. 3388
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 9412
(Pub. L. 116–283, div. E, title LI, § 5102, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4526.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 116–283, div. E, title LI, § 5102, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4526.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 5102. 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 5103(c), 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.
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Credits
(Pub. L. 116–283, div. E, title LI, § 5102, , 134 Stat. 4526.)