,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bcii  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ai1     
#bjbc,mr4 ,markey 7for himself and ,mr4 
,budd7 introduced the following bill2   
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,health1 ,education1     
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
require the ,assistant ,secretary for   
,preparedness and ,response to conduct  
risk assessments and implement strategic
 initiatives or activities to address   
threats to public health and national   
security due to technical advancements  
in artificial intelligence or other     
emerging technology fields4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,artificial ,intelligence and           
,biosecurity ,risk ,assessment ,act4    
#b4 ,assessment of emerging risks of    
artificial intelligence ,section #bhaa  
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;hh-#aj7 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3  7h7
 ,assessment of emerging risks ,in      

carrying out subsection 7b77#d77;,i71   
the ,assistant ,secretary for           
,preparedness and ,response shall       
conduct risk assessments and implement  
strategic initiatives or activities to  
address whether technical advancements  
in artificial intelligence1 such as     
open-source artificial intelligence     
models and large language models1 can be
 used intentionally or unintentionally  
to develop novel pathogens1 viruses1    
bioweapons1 or chemical weapons4 ,such  
initiatives and activities may include--
 7#a7 regularly monitoring and          
researching potential global biological 
catastrophic risks in which biological  
agents could lead to sudden1            
extraordinary loss of life and sustained
 damage to national governments1        
international relationships1 economies1 
societal stability1 or global security2 
and  7#b7 including in the ,national    
,health ,security ,strategy under       
section #bhjb a summary of the risk     
assessment conducted under this         

subsection4  4