S.Amdt. 6465

1. Adds SEC. 1214. UNITED STATES - ISRAEL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER at the end of subtitle A of title XII

   Adds a section

   In S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed

   (b) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2022, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the findings of the assessment required by subsection (a).

   Inserted: SEC. 1214. UNITED STATES - ISRAEL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER.

   Inserted: (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the "United States - Israel Artificial Intelligence Center Act".

   Inserted: (b) Defined Term.--The term "foreign country of concern" means the People's Republic of China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and any other country that the Secretary of State determines to be a country of concern.

   Inserted: (c) Establishment of Center.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall establish the United States - Israel Artificial Intelligence Center (referred to in this section as the "Center") in the United States.

   Inserted: (d) Purpose.--The purpose of the Center shall be to leverage the experience, knowledge, and expertise of institutions of higher education and private sector entities in the United States and the State of Israel (referred to in this section as "Israel") to develop more robust research and development cooperation in the areas of--

   Inserted: (1) machine learning;

   Inserted: (2) image classification;

   Inserted: (3) object detection;

   Inserted: (4) speech recognition;

   Inserted: (5) natural language processing;

   Inserted: (6) data labeling;

   Inserted: (7) computer vision; and

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   Inserted: (8) model explainability and interpretability.

   Inserted: (e) Artificial Intelligence Principles.--In carrying out the purpose described in subsection (d), the Center shall adhere to the principles for the use of artificial intelligence in the Federal Government set forth in section 3 of Executive Order 13960 (85 Fed. Reg. 78939).

   Inserted: (f) International Partnerships.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The Secretary of State and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, subject to the availability of appropriations, may enter into agreements supporting and enhancing dialogue and planning involving international partnerships between the Department of State or such agencies and the Government of Israel and its ministries, offices, and institutions.

   Inserted: (2) Federal share.--Not more than 50 percent of the costs of implementing the agreements entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) may be paid by the United States Government.

   Inserted: (g) Limitations.--The Center is prohibited from receiving any investment from or contracting with--

   Inserted: (1) any individual or entity with ties to any entity affiliated (officially or unofficially) with the Chinese Communist Party, the People's Liberation Army, or the government of a foreign country of concern;

   Inserted: (2) any entity owned, controlled by, or affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party or the People's Republic of China, or in which the government of a foreign country of concern has an ownership interest; or

   Inserted: (3) any entity on the Entity List that is maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations.

   Inserted: (h) Counterintelligence Screening.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than each December 31 thereafter, Director of National Intelligence, in collaboration with the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall--

   Inserted: (1) assess--

   Inserted: (A) whether the Center or its participant institutions pose a counterintelligence threat to the United States;

   Inserted: (B) what specific measures the Center has implemented to ensure that intellectual property developed with the assistance of the Center has sufficient protections in place to preclude misuse of United States intellectual property, research and development, and innovation efforts; and

   Inserted: (C) other threats from a foreign country of concern and other entities; and

   Inserted: (2) submit a report to Congress containing the results of the assessment described in paragraph (1).

   Inserted: (i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated for the Center $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this section.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

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