CISA Securing AI Task Force Act

Summary

Establishes a Task Force within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to coordinate efforts related to AI safety and security.

Requires coordination of Agency efforts to improve the safe and secure design, development, adoption, and deployment of AI.

Ensures Agency collaboration in interagency and nongovernment AI-related initiatives.

Mandates assessment and evaluation of Agency safety initiatives to address AI challenges.

Leverages expertise to use AI in defending against cyber threats.

Coordinates efforts to advise stakeholders on AI-related cyber risks.

Identifies AI workforce gaps and proposes solutions.

Promotes secure adoption of AI-based software.

Recommends new initiatives for AI safety and security.

Ensures AI efforts meet privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties standards.

Supports publication and accuracy of the Agency’s AI use inventory.

Mandates biannual briefings to Congress on Task Force activities.

Sunsets the Act 5 years after enactment.

Cites the Act as the “CISA Securing AI Task Force Act”.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “CISA Securing AI Task Force Act”.

Establishes a Task Force to coordinate AI safety, security, and agency-wide initiatives per Executive Order 14110.

SEC. 2. TASK FORCE ON SECURING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. (a) In General.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security shall establish within the Agency a Task Force comprised of personnel from across its offices and divisions to coordinate the execution of directives pursuant to Executive Order 14110, or a subsequent Executive order, future Agency activities related to the safety and security of artificial intelligence, and the Agency’s contributions to Department-wide initiatives related to the safety and security of artificial intelligence. Such Task Force shall— (1) ensure coordination, cohesion, and alignment of Agency efforts to improve the safe and secure design, development, adoption, and deployment of artificial intelligence; (2) ensure coordination, cohesion, and alignment of Agency input into Department-led, interagency, and nongovernment working groups or collaborations related to artificial intelligence; (3) assess and evaluate relevant Agency safety and security initiatives, guidance, and programs to ensure the unique safety and security challenges related to artificial intelligence are contemplated and addressed and recommend updates to such initiatives, guidance, and programs, as appropriate; (4) ensure the full expertise from across the Agency is leveraged to identify how artificial intelligence can be used to defend against traditional and emerging cyber threats; (5) ensure coordination of Agency efforts to advise stakeholders of potential cyber risks associated with the deployment of artificial intelligence-based software; (6) identify artificial intelligence workforce gaps at the Agency and ways to address them; (7) coordinate the Agency’s efforts to promote the adoption of secure artificial intelligence-based software; (8) recommend to the Director new Agency initiatives to improve the safe and secure design, development, adoption, and deployment of artificial intelligence; (9) ensure the Agency’s efforts related to artificial intelligence meet appropriate privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties standards; and (10) support the publication of the Agency’s artificial intelligence use inventory, including developing processes to ensure the accuracy of artificial intelligence inventory submissions and the reliability of data used in artificial intelligence systems used by the Agency.

Requires the Task Force to report biannually on its activities to specified congressional committees.

(b) Biannual Briefings.—Not later than 6 months after the date of the establishment of the Task Force under subsection (a), and every 6 months thereafter until such time as this Act ceases to be in effect in accordance with subsection (c), the Task Force shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate on the activities of such Task Force during the preceding 6-month period.

Ceases the Act's effect five years post-enactment.

(c) Sunset.—This Act shall cease to be in effect on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.