United States–Israel Artificial Intelligence Center Act
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Latest action (17 Jun 2021): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
What this bill does
S. 2120, the United States–Israel Artificial Intelligence Center Act, would direct the Secretary of State, working with the Secretary of Commerce, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and other relevant federal agency heads, to establish a United States–Israel Artificial Intelligence Center within the United States. The Center's purpose would be to draw on expertise from U.S. and Israeli universities and private-sector entities to strengthen joint research and development in areas such as machine learning, image classification, speech recognition, natural language processing, computer vision, and related fields. The Center would be required to follow federal AI-use principles set out in an existing executive order.
The bill would allow the Secretary of State and other agencies, subject to available funding, to enter cooperative agreements with the Government of Israel and its institutions to support these partnerships, with the U.S. government covering no more than half the cost of any such agreement. It authorizes $10 million per year for fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to fund the Center. The bill would primarily affect federal agencies, U.S. and Israeli research institutions, and private companies engaged in AI research cooperation between the two countries.
The bill was introduced by Senator Marco Rubio, with several cosponsors, on June 17, 2021, and referred to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. It did not receive a vote and did not advance further in the 117th Congress.
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Official summary
United States Israel Artificial Intelligence Center Act
This bill requires the Department of State to establish the United States Israel Artificial Intelligence Center to leverage the experience, knowledge, and expertise of institutions of higher education and private sector entities in the United States and Israel to develop more robust research and development cooperation in specified areas (e.g., machine learning, object detection, and speech recognition).
Timeline
17 Jun 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Common questions
- What does S. 2120 do?
- S. 2120, the United States–Israel Artificial Intelligence Center Act, would direct the Secretary of State, working with the Secretary of Commerce, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and other relevant federal agency heads, to establish a United States–Israel Artificial Intelligence Center within the United States. The Center's purpose would be to draw on expertise from U.S. and Israeli universities and private-sector entities to strengthen joint research and development in areas such as machine learning, image classification, speech recognition, natural language processing, computer vision, and related fields. The Center would be required to follow federal AI-use principles set out in an existing executive order. The bill would allow the Secretary of State and other agencies, subject to available funding, to enter cooperative agreements with the Government of Israel and its institutions to support these partnerships, with the U.S. government covering no more than half the cost of any such agreement. It authorizes $10 million per year for fiscal years 2022 through 2026 to fund the Center. The bill would primarily affect federal agencies, U.S. and Israeli research institutions, and private companies engaged in AI research cooperation between the two countries. The bill was introduced by Senator Marco Rubio, with several cosponsors, on June 17, 2021, and referred to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. It did not receive a vote and did not advance further in the 117th Congress.
- Has S. 2120 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 2120. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 2120?
- S. 2120 was sponsored by Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] (R-FL), with 8 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on S. 2120?
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (17 Jun 2021).
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