HR 6304 AI for America Act 2025

Summary

Codifies a national strategy to promote American leadership in artificial intelligence, addressing regulatory barriers and ensuring data security and impartiality.

Directs the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in coordination with relevant agencies, to submit and update an AI action plan by specified deadlines to congressional committees.

Includes provisions for AI leadership, workforce development, partnerships, and risk and bias measures.

Instructs the Director, alongside other officials, to identify regulatory barriers to AI adoption in sectors like healthcare and transportation within one year.

Requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to report on measures to detect and prevent AI-related security risks and ideological bias, outlining internal reviews, audits, and public disclosures, with criteria and corrective measures used by federal agencies.

Defines artificial intelligence as specified in the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020.

Establishes a national AI strategy promoting leadership, removing barriers, and ensuring security and impartiality in data.

A BILL

To codify a national strategy for artificial intelligence that promotes American leadership, removes regulatory barriers, and ensures data are free from security risks and ideological bias, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``AI for America Act''.

Requires the Director of OSTP to submit an AI action plan addressing leadership, infrastructure, and partnerships.

SEC. 2. ACTION PLAN RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; NIST REPORT ON SECURITY RISKS RELATING TO, AND IDEOLOGICAL BIAS IN, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

(a) Action Plan.--

(1) In general.--Not later than July 31, 2027, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate an action plan relating to artificial intelligence (in this subsection referred to as the ``Action Plan''). The Action Plan shall include measurable milestones relating to the matters described in paragraph (2). The Director, in coordination with such heads, shall not less often than biennially update the Action Plan and submit to such Committees each such update.

(2) Matters described.--The matters described in this paragraph are the following:

(A) Artificial intelligence leadership, workforce development, public-private partnerships, and measures against security risks and ideological bias.

(B) Development and modernization of civilian artificial intelligence research infrastructure.

(C) Public-private partnerships relating to artificial intelligence, with the following:

(i) The Department of Energy.

(ii) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

(iii) The National Institute of Standards and Technology.

(iv) The National Science Foundation.

Requires the OSTP Director to identify regulatory barriers to AI adoption in healthcare, research, and transportation.

(b) Identification of Certain Regulatory Barriers.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Transportation, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall identify regulatory barriers to the adoption of artificial intelligence in the following sectors:

(1) Healthcare.

(2) Scientific research.

(3) Transportation.

(4) Any other sector the Director determines relevant.

Requires the NIST Director to report on detecting and preventing AI security risks and ideological bias.

(c) NIST Report.--

(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on measures, including internal review protocols, third-party audits, and public disclosure requirements, as appropriate, to detect and prevent security risks and ideological bias in data, training methods, or decision outcomes relating to artificial intelligence. The report shall include information relating to the criteria utilized in Federal agencies to assess such risks and bias, and any corrective measures taken relating thereto.

(2) Means of submission.--The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology may submit the report under paragraph (1) as part of an update to the framework under subsection (c) of section 22A of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278h-1) or another report the Director is to submit.

Defines "artificial intelligence" using the definition in the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020.

(d) Artificial Intelligence Defined.--In this section, the term ``artificial intelligence'' has the meaning given such term in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).