H.R. 10180

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10180 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10180
  To amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to
  authorize certain assessments by the Director of the Institute and
impose requirements on certain memorandums of understanding relating to
            artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.
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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                            August 27, 2026
Mr. Whitesides (for himself and Mr. Harrigan) introduced the following
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and
                               Technology
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                                 A BILL
  To amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to
  authorize certain assessments by the Director of the Institute and
impose requirements on certain memorandums of understanding relating to
            artificial intelligence, 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 ``Self-Improving AI Monitoring Act''.
SEC. 2. ASSESSMENTS AND MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING WITH RESPECT TO
              CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
    Section 22A of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Act (15 U.S.C. 278h-1) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' after the
                semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period and
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new
                paragraph:
            ``(6) assess, based on the information, if any, disclosed
        pursuant to subsection (h)(1) and other information, trends
        regarding the capabilities of artificial intelligence systems,
        including such a capability to autonomously facilitate or
        conduct research on or development of an artificial
        intelligence system, that might contribute to scientific
        research and development breakthroughs.'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new
        subsection:
    ``(h) Requirements for Memorandums of Understanding.--In carrying
out subsection (b), the Director may not enter into with the developer
of a frontier artificial intelligence system (as determined by the
Director) a memorandum of understanding to conduct pre-deployment
evaluation of such frontier artificial intelligence system unless the
following requirements are satisfied:
            ``(1) Such memorandum includes a requirement for such
        developer, in carrying out such evaluation, to disclose to the
        Director upon request of the Director information relating to
        the extent to which an artificial intelligence system was
        utilized to facilitate or conduct research on or development of
        such frontier artificial intelligence system, such as any of
        the following information:
                    ``(A) A metric maintained by such developer in the
                ordinary course of business relating to such
                utilization.
                    ``(B) An estimate of the extent to which an
                artificial intelligence system was so utilized without
                human review.
                    ``(C) A description of the methodology utilized to
                develop such estimate.
            ``(2) Such evaluation includes an evaluation of the
        capabilities, if any, of such frontier artificial intelligence
        system to autonomously facilitate or conduct research on or
        development of an artificial intelligence system.''.
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