,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gfif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #be1       
#bjbf,mr4 ,hernndez 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,liccardo1 and ,mrs4 ,grijalva7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish a  
grant program to provide awards to      
,national ,laboratories and institutions
 of higher education to develop secure  
artificial intelligence 7,,ai7          
cyber-physical testbeds to simulate     
grid-scale cyberattacks1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,,ai ,cyber ,grid   
,protection ,resilient ,development ,act
 of #bjbf4  #b4 ,grant program to secure
 artificial intelligence 7,,ai7         
cyber-physical testbeds to simulate     
grid-scale cyberattacks  7a7 ,in general
 ,not later than #ahj days after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act1 the 
,director of the ,cybersecurity and     
,infrastructure ,security ,agency of the

 ,department of ,homeland ,security and 
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security   
shall jointly establish a grant program 
to provide awards for each of fiscal    
years #bjbf through #bjcj to eligible   
entities to develop secure artificial   
intelligence 7,,ai7 cyber-physical      
testbeds to simulate grid-scale         
cyberattacks and train ,,ai models      
safely4  7b7 ,reports ,not later than   
one year after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act and annually thereafter   
through #bjca1 the ,director of the     
,cybersecurity and ,infrastructure      
,security ,agency of the ,department of 
,homeland ,security and the ,secretary  
of ,homeland ,security shall jointly    
submit to ,congress a report detailing  
evolving threats1 ,,ai mitigation       
progress1 and recommendations for       
further legislative or regulatory action
 relating to grid-scale cyberattacks4   
7c7 ,authorization of appropriations    
,there is authorized to be appropriated 
#ajj1jjj1jjj for fiscal years #bjbf     

through #bjcj to make grants under      
subsection 7a74  7d7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3  7#a7 ,,ai2 artificial    
intelligence ,the terms ,,ai and        
artificial intelligence have the meaning
 given the term artificial intelligence 
in section #bch7;g7 of the ,john ,s4    
,mc,cain ,national ,defense             
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjai 7,public ,law #aae-bcb74  7#b7    
,eligible entity ,the term eligible     
entity means any of the following3  7,a7
 ,an institution of higher education 7as
 such term is defined in section        
#aja7;a7 of the ,higher ,education ,act 
of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja7;a7771    
including any of the following3  7i7 ,a 
public college or university4  7ii7 ,a  
community college4  7iii7 ,a            
,hispanic-serving institution 7as such  
term is defined in section #ejb of the  
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja;a774  7,b7 ,a ,national 
,laboratory 7as such term is defined in 
section #b of the ,energy ,policy ,act  

of #bjje 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aehja774  7,c7 
,a consortium comprised of one or more  
entities specified in subparagraphs 7,a7
 and 7,b74