,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fiji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ah1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,vindman 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,pfluger7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,permanent ,select ,committee on        
,intelligence  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the
 ,director of ,national ,intelligence to
 produce a ,national ,intelligence      
,estimate on artificial intelligence    
systems developed or deployed by        
entities in the ,people's ,republic of  
,china4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,china ,,ai ,threat    
,assessment ,act4  #b4 ,findings        
,congress finds the following3 7#a7     
,artificial intelligence systems        
developed by the ,people's ,republic of 
,china may embed strategic1 ideological1
 or discriminatory biases that reflect  
the political or military objectives of 
,china4  7#b7 ,a ,national ,intelligence
 ,estimate is needed to evaluate the    
risks these systems pose to ,united     

,states national security and democratic
 institutions4  #c4 ,national           
,intelligence ,estimate on ,chinese ,,ai
 systems  7a7 ,requirement ,not later   
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of
 ,national ,intelligence shall submit to
 ,congress a ,national ,intelligence    
,estimate on artificial intelligence    
systems developed or deployed by        
entities in the ,people's ,republic of  
,china4  7b7 ,elements ,the ,national   
,intelligence ,estimate required under  
subsection 7a7 shall include-- 7#a7 an  
evaluation of whether and to what extent
 ,china-developed commercial ,,ai       
systems exhibit embedded algorithmic    
bias1 including targeting or            
discriminatory logic based on ethnicity1
 religion1 political views1 or          
nationality2  7#b7 an analysis of the   
training data sources1 model            
architectures1 and intended use cases of
 such systems2  7#c7 an assessment of   
potential use of such ,,ai systems for  

foreign influence operations1           
surveillance1 or information            
manipulation targeting the ,united      
,states or its allies2  7#d7            
identification of risks posed by the    
global proliferation of these systems to
 democratic norms1 civil liberties1 and 
military decision-making2 and  7#e7     
recommendations for how the intelligence
 community and ,united ,states allies   
should monitor1 assess1 and counter     
malign uses of ,chinese ,,ai technology4
  7c7 ,coordination ,in preparing the   
,national ,intelligence ,estimate under 
subsection 7a71 the ,director shall     
coordinate with the heads of relevant   
elements of the intelligence community1 
including the ,director of the ,national
 ,security ,agency and the ,director of 
the ,defense ,intelligence ,agency4  7d7
 ,artificial intelligence defined ,in   
this section1 the terms artificial      
intelligence and ,,ai mean any system1  
algorithm1 software1 or model1 including
 those that are commercially available1 

that performs tasks requiring human-like
 cognition1 including perception1       
prediction1 autonomous decision-making1 
natural language understanding1 or      
control of physical or digital systems4