USA Act

This bill directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to support U.S. participation in developing technical standards for artificial intelligence and other critical and emerging technologies. NIST would brief Congress within one year on standards activities and set up a reporting system for federal agencies to report their participation in these activities. NIST would also create a web portal listing international standards efforts and ways to take part. Within 180 days, and if funds are available, NIST would start a pilot grant program, ending after 5 years, to help organizations host standards meetings in the United States, covering up to half of a meeting's costs.

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Sponsors

• Daniel Webster Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors