119-s1633

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1633 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1633

 To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
 Technology to establish a pilot program that uses testbeds to develop 
 measurement standards for the evaluation of artificial intelligence 
 systems, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 7, 2025

Mr. Lujan (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Risch, and Mr. 
Welch) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
 to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
 Technology to establish a pilot program that uses testbeds to develop 
 measurement standards for the evaluation of artificial intelligence 
 systems, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Testing and Evaluation Systems for 
Trusted Artificial Intelligence Act of 2025'' or the ``TEST AI Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Artificial intelligence system.--The term ``artificial 
 intelligence system'' has the meaning given the term 
 ``artificial intelligence'' in 

section 5002 of the National 
 Artificial Intelligence Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).

    (2) Covered foreign country.--The term ``covered foreign 
 country'' means--
        (A) the People's Republic of China;
        (B) the Russian Federation;
            (C) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; and
            (D) the Islamic Republic of Iran.

    (3) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
 the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

    (4) Institute.--The term ``Institute'' means the National 
 Institute of Standards and Technology.

    (5) Testbed.--The term ``testbed'' means a facility or 
 mechanism equipped for conducting rigorous, transparent, and 
 replicable testing of tools or technologies to evaluate the 
 functionality, performance, and security of those tools or 
 technologies.

    (6) Working group.--The term ``Working Group'' means the 
 working group established under 

section 3
            (c) (1) .

SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM ON TESTBEDS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MEASUREMENT 
 STANDARDS FOR EVALUATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 
 SYSTEMS.

    (a) Pilot Program Required.--

    (1) In general.--The Director shall, in coordination with 
 the Secretary of Energy and after consultation with the Working 
 Group, carry out a pilot program of testbeds to assess the 
 feasibility and advisability of developing measurement 
 standards for the evaluation of artificial intelligence systems 
 used by Federal agencies through the use of testbeds.

    (2) Process.--The Director shall carry out the pilot 
 program required by paragraph

    (1) by building and demonstrating 
 an iterative process whereby measurement science is advanced 
 and standards are developed using testbeds in accordance with 
 subsection
            (d) , and the results of the tests are reviewed by 
 stakeholders from government, the private sector, and academia.

    (b) Memorandum of Understanding.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce and the 
 Secretary of Energy shall enter into a memorandum of 
 understanding to implement the coordination between the 
 Secretary of Energy and the Director required by paragraph

    (2) .

    (2) Requirements.--The memorandum shall be sufficient to 
 ensure the Institute and other Federal agencies have access, as 
 may be necessary and as determined by the Secretary of Energy, 
 to the resources, personnel, and facilities at the Department 
 of Energy, including the cross-cutting research and development 
 programs to support the activities of the pilot program require 
 by subsection

    (a)

    (1) .

    (3) Renegotiations.--Not later than 2 years after the 
 establishment of the pilot program required by subsection

    (a)

    (1) , and every 2 years thereafter, Secretary of Commerce and 
 the Secretary of Energy shall reassess the memorandum of 
 understanding to ensure that it meets the needs of the agencies 
 and adequately supports the activities of the pilot program.
            (c) Artificial Intelligence Testing Working Group.--

    (1) Establishment.--
        (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
 memorandum of understanding required by subsection

    (b)

    (1) is signed, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
 establish a working group to provide advice to the 
 Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Energy on 
 the development of measurement standards for the 
 evaluation of artificial intelligence systems under the 
 pilot program required by subsection

    (a) .
        (B) Designation.--The working group established 
 under subparagraph
        (A) shall be known as the 
 ``Artificial Intelligence Testing Working Group''.

    (2) Membership.--
        (A) In general.--The Working Group shall be 
 comprised of not more than 10 members that include the 
 following:
            (i) The Secretary of Commerce or a designee 
 of the Secretary of Commerce from the 
 Department of Commerce.
            (ii) The Secretary of Energy or a designee 
 of the Secretary of Energy from the Department 
 of Energy.
            (iii) The Director or a designee of the 
 Director from the Institute.
            (iv) Representatives from the private 
 sector, as the members described in clauses
            (i) through
            (iii) consider appropriate.
            (v) Representatives from academic 
 institutions, as the members described in 
 clauses
            (i) through
            (iii) consider appropriate.
        (B) Prohibition.--No citizen of a covered foreign 
 country may serve as a member of the Working Group.

    (3) Strategy for measurement standards.--
        (A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the 
 date on which the Working Group is established under 
 paragraph

    (1) , the Working Group shall develop a 
 strategy for the development of measurement standards 
 for the evaluation of artificial intelligence systems.
        (B) Elements.--The strategy required by 
 subparagraph
        (A) shall--
            (i) identify measurement standards that the 
 members of the Working Group consider 
 necessary, including standards with respect to 
 an artificial intelligence system for--
            (I) reliability;
            (II) performance;
            (III) capability;
            (IV) interpretability;
            (V) security, including the 
 propensity of the system for leaking 
 data;
            (VI) privacy;
            (VII) data bias; and
            (VIII) bounds for applicability and 
 use cases;
            (ii) include a proposed blueprint for 
 developing the measurement standards;
            (iii) identify the applications or 
 artificial intelligence systems to which the 
 standards should initially apply; and
            (iv) identify metrics for the assessment of 
 the pilot program.
            (C) Publication.--The Secretary of Commerce shall 
 publish on a publicly accessible website of the 
 Department of Commerce the strategy for measurement 
 standards required by subparagraph
        (A) to provide the 
 information contained in the strategy to stakeholders, 
 including code and model developers, researchers, and 
 industrial users of artificial intelligence systems.
            (d) Development of Testbeds for Measurement Standards.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Director shall, in collaboration 
 with the Secretary of Energy and in coordination with the 
 Working Group, develop, in accordance with the strategy 
 developed under subsection
            (c) (3)
        (A) , testbeds on which to 
 demonstrate the development of measurement standards for the 
 evaluation of artificial intelligence systems to be used by 
 Federal agencies.

    (2) Experts.--In carrying out paragraph

    (1) , the Director 
 may hire any expert the Director considers necessary, including 
 experts from academia, industry, and standards development 
 organizations.

    (e) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which the 
Director completes the first testbed demonstration and development of 
measurement standards under subsection
            (d) (1) , the Director shall 
submit to Congress a report that--

    (1) reviews the findings of the Director with respect to 
 the initial demonstration carried out under this section;

    (2) recommends revisions to the pilot program plan, 
 including by identifying any resources, funding, or personnel 
 that is needed to improve and continue the development of 
 testbeds and measurement standards for the evaluation of 
 artificial intelligence systems for multiple applications; and

    (3) makes recommendations for legislative or administrative 
 action to advance the development of measurement standards for 
 the evaluation of artificial intelligence systems.
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