Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110

§9412 National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office

Title 15 › CHAPTER 119 — NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INITIATIVE › SUBCHAPTER I — NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INITIATIVE › § 9412

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy must set up or name and appoint a director for a new National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office. That office must have enough staff, including people detailed from the federal departments and agencies listed in section 9413(c). The office will help the Interagency Committee and the Advisory Committee, act as the federal contact on AI for other agencies, businesses, schools, nonprofits, states, and others, do regular public outreach (including to civil rights and disability groups), and share AI tools and best practices across the government. The OSTP head, working with participating agencies, must make and update each year a cost estimate for running the office and send it to Congress with the President’s annual budget, including a summary of each agency’s contributions.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §9412

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(a)In general

The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish or designate, and appoint a director of, an office to be known as the “National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office” to carry out the responsibilities described in subsection (b) with respect to the Initiative. The Initiative Office shall have sufficient staff to carry out such responsibilities, including staff detailed from the Federal departments and agencies described in section 9413(c) of this title, as appropriate.

(b)Responsibilities

The Director of the Initiative Office shall—

(1)provide technical and administrative support to the Interagency Committee and the Advisory Committee;

(2)serve as the point of contact on Federal artificial intelligence activities for Federal departments and agencies, industry, academia, nonprofit organizations, professional societies, State governments, and such other persons as the Initiative Office considers appropriate to exchange technical and programmatic information;

(3)conduct regular public outreach to diverse stakeholders, including civil rights and disability rights organizations; and

(4)promote access to the technologies, innovations, best practices, and expertise derived from Initiative activities to agency missions and systems across the Federal Government.

(c)Funding estimate

The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in coordination with each participating Federal department and agency, as appropriate, shall develop and annually update an estimate of the funds necessary to carry out the activities of the Initiative Coordination Office and submit such estimate with an agreed summary of contributions from each agency to Congress as part of the President’s annual budget request to Congress.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 9412

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110