,i #aaeth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #ecef ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,march #bj1 #bjah,ms4 ,stefanik introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 and in addition to the ,committees on ,education and the ,workforce1 ,foreign ,affairs1 ,science1 ,space1 and ,technology1 and ,energy and ,commerce1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,a ,,bill ,to establish the ,national ,security ,commission on ,artificial ,intelligence4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,national ,security ,commission ,artificial ,intelligence ,act of #bjah4 #b4 ,national ,security ,commission on ,artificial ,intelligence 7a7 ,establishment ,there is established in the executive branch an independent commission to be known as the ,national ,security ,commission on ,artificial ,intelligence 7in this subtitle referred to as the ,commission74 ,the ,commission shall be considered an independent establishment of the ,federal ,government as defined by section #ajd of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 and a temporary organization under section #cafa of such title4 7b7 ,responsibilities 7#a7 ,in general ,the ,commission shall carry out a review of the advances in artificial intelligence1 related machine learning developments1 and associated technologies4 ,in carrying out such review1 the ,commission shall consider the methods and means necessary to advance the development of artificial intelligence1 machine learning1 and associated technologies by the ,united ,states to comprehensively address the national security needs of the ,nation1 including economic risk1 and any other needs of the ,department of ,defense or the common defense of the ,nation4 7#b7 ,scope of the review ,in conducting the review under paragraph 7#a77;,a71 the ,commission shall consider-- 7,a7 the competitiveness of the ,united ,states in artificial intelligence1 machine learning1 and other associated technologies1 including matters related to national security1 economic security1 public-private partnerships1 and investments2 7,b7 means and methods for the ,united ,states to maintain a technological advantage in artificial intelligence1 machine learning1 and other associated technologies1 including quantum computing and high performance computing2 7,c7 developments and trends in international cooperation and competitiveness1 including foreign investments in artificial intelligence1 machine learning1 and computer science fields2 7,d7 means by which to foster greater emphasis and investments in basic and advanced research to stimulate private1 public1 academic and combined initiatives in artificial intelligence1 machine learning1 and other associated technologies1 including quantum computing and high performance computing2 7,e7 workforce and education incentives to attract and recruit leading talent in artificial intelligence and machine learning1 including science1 technology1 engineering1 and math programs2 7,f7 risks associated with ,united ,states and foreign country advances in military employment of artificial intelligence and machine learning1 including under the international law of armed conflict1 international humanitarian law1 and escalation dynamics2 7,g7 associated ethical considerations related to artificial intelligence and machine learning as it will be used for future applications2 7,h7 means to establish data standards and provide incentives for the sharing of open training data within related data-driven industries2 7,i7 development of privacy- and security-protecting measures for data in artificial intelligence1 machine learning1 and associated technologies2 and 7,j7 any other matters the ,commission deems relevant to the common defense of the ,nation4 7c7 ,membership 7#a7 ,number and appointment ,the ,commission shall be composed of #aa members appointed as follows3 7,a7 ,the ,secretary of ,defense shall appoint #c members4 7,b7 ,the ,chairman of the ,committee on ,armed ,services of the ,senate shall appoint #b members4 7,c7 ,the ranking minority member of the ,committee on ,armed ,services of the ,senate shall appoint #b members4 7,d7 ,the ,chairman of the ,committee on ,armed ,services of the ,house of ,representatives shall appoint #b members4 7,e7 ,the ranking minority member of the ,committee on ,armed ,services of the ,house of ,representatives shall appoint #b members4 7#b7 ,deadline for appointment ,members shall be appointed to the ,commission under paragraph 7#a7 not later than #ij days after the date of the enactment of this ,act4 7#c7 ,effect of lack of appointment by appointment date ,if one or more appointments under paragraph 7#a7 is not made by the date specified in paragraph 7#b71 the authority to make such appointment or appointments shall expire1 and the number of members of the ,commission shall be reduced by the number equal to the number of appointments so not made4 7d7 ,chair and ,vice ,chair ,the ,commission shall elect a ,chair and ,vice ,chair from among its members4 7e7 ,terms ,members shall be appointed for the life of the ,commission4 ,a vacancy in the ,commission shall not affect its powers and shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made4 7f7 ,status as ,federal employees ,notwithstanding the requirements of section #baje of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 including the required supervision under subsection 7a77#c7 of such section1 the members of the ,commission shall be deemed to be ,federal employees4 7g7 ,funding ,of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year #bjai for the ,department of ,defense1 not more than #aj1jjj1jjj shall be made available to the ,commission to carry out its duties under this section4 ,funds made available to the ,commission under the preceding sentence shall remain available until expended4 7h7 ,reports 7#a7 ,initial report ,not later than #ahj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,commission shall submit to the ,president and ,congress an initial report on the findings of the ,commission and such recommendations that the ,commission may have for action by the executive branch and the ,congress related to artificial intelligence and machine learning and associated technologies1 including recommendations to more effectively organize the ,federal ,government4 7#b7 ,comprehensive report ,not later than one year after the date of this enactment of this ,act1 and annually thereafter until the date specified in subsection 7j71 the ,commission shall submit to the ,president and to ,congress a comprehensive report on the review required under subsection 7b74 7i7 ,definition of artificial intelligence ,in this section1 the term artificial intelligence includes each of the following3 7#a7 ,any artificial system that performs tasks under varying and unpredictable circumstances without significant human oversight1 or that can learn from experience and improve performance when exposed to data sets4 7#b7 ,an artificial system developed in computer software1 physical hardware1 or other context that solves tasks requiring human-like perception1 cognition1 planning1 learning1 communication1 or physical action4 7#c7 ,an artificial system designed to think or act like a human1 including cognitive architectures and neural networks4 7#d7 ,a set of techniques1 including machine learning1 that is designed to approximate a cognitive task4 7#e7 ,an artificial system designed to act rationally1 including an intelligent software agent or embodied robot that achieves goals using perception1 planning1 reasoning1 learning1 communicating1 decisionmaking1 and acting4 7j7 ,termination ,the ,commission shall terminate on ,october #a1 #bjbj4