Senate committee would study artificial intelligence and its risks

The Senate would establish a Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence. The committee could include up to 13 senators, appointed by the Senate president pro tempore, with a chair from the majority party and a ranking member from the minority party. The committee would operate under Senate rules and orders. The committee would be established during the 120th Congress and continue unless the Senate decides otherwise.

The committee could investigate AI and use Senate oversight tools. The committee's inquiries would cover AI development, use, and oversight, including federal agencies, national security, workers, children, consumers, and infrastructure. The committee could consider legislation referred under Senate rules, but this resolution would not take jurisdiction away from standing committees or require legislation to go only to the select committee. Requests for agency information and reports would be subject to applicable law and Senate rules. Classified and other protected information could not be publicly disclosed. The resolution sets no separate start date for these powers; they would be used as the committee carries out its work.

The committee could hire staff and experts and spend Senate funds on its work. Staff could include administrative and technical workers, AI experts, and personnel detailed from federal agencies with the required consents. Spending from the Senate's contingent fund would require approval from the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and would remain subject to Senate rules and applicable law. Personnel funds would be split equally between the chair and ranking member; they would jointly decide how to allocate shared administrative and technical staff. The resolution gives no separate start or end date for staffing or spending.