If enacted, the proposal would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to form a staff team within one year to coordinate artificial intelligence safety and security.
A federal cybersecurity task force would coordinate AI safety and security work and ensure the agency’s AI efforts meet privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties standards.
The task force would report to two congressional committees every six months, starting within six months of its formation. The measure would expire five years after enactment.
The group would coordinate AI safety work, identify staffing gaps, and recommend improvements to agency programs. Staff from across the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency would coordinate its own work and its contributions to Homeland Security initiatives. The group would ensure the agency’s AI efforts meet privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties standards. The agency would have to establish the task force within one year after enactment.
The task force would report on its activities during the previous six months. Reports would go to the House Homeland Security Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Reports would continue every six months until the measure expires.
No hearings or votes scheduled.