S.Amdt. 4611

SA 4611. Mr. HICKENLOOPER submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory
Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON CLASSIFICATION AS SUPPLY CHAIN RISK
DUE TO SAFETY AND ETHICAL USAGE REQUIREMENTS
ALIGNED WITH RECOMMENDATION FROM NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY.

Section 4713(i) of title 41, United States Code, is amended
by striking ``based solely'' and all that follows through the
period and inserting ``against a potential procurement source
that is otherwise qualified to enter into procurement
contracts with the Federal Government, based on--
``(1) the foreign ownership of such source; or
``(2) the safety, data privacy, and ethical usage
requirements of such source, if the source is headquartered
in the United States and such requirements align with the
privacy and security recommendations or frameworks of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology, including the
Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework and any
successor framework.''.
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