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Transformational Artificial intelligence to Modernize the Economy against Extreme Weather Act

S. 3888 · 118th Congress · Mar 6, 2024 · Lineage

A BILL

To mandate the use of artificial intelligence by Federal agencies to adapt to extreme weather, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)
Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Transformational Artificial intelligence to Modernize the Economy against Extreme Weather Act” or the “TAME Extreme Weather Act”.
(b)
Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 2 Definitions

In this Act:
(1)
Artificial intelligence—
(A)
In general— The term artificial intelligence means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments, including by using machine-based and human-based inputs—
(i)
to abstract those perceptions into models through analysis in an automated manner; and
(ii)
to use model inferences to formulate options for information or action.
(B)
Inclusions— The term artificial intelligence includes machine learning, neural networks, and natural language processing.
(2)
Curate— The term curate means to collect and maintain a dataset—
(A)
to ensure its quality;
(B)
to provide metadata on its provenance; and
(C)
to update the dataset periodically, as practicable.
(3)
Open license— The term open license has the meaning given that term in section 3502(21) of title 44, United States Code.
(4)
Training dataset— The term training dataset means a dataset used to train an artificial intelligence.

Sec. 3 Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to mandate the use of artificial intelligence by Federal agencies to adapt to extreme weather by—
(1)
improving weather forecasts;
(2)
increasing the resilience of electrical grids and transmission;
(3)
strengthening analytic capacity to guide where to deploy resources to respond to and mitigate harm from extreme weather; and
(4)
strengthening public-private partnerships in highly technical, high-risk, and high-reward fields.