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H.R. 1736 — what changed

Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 2 sections amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Sec. 2 Sense of Congress regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence applications for terrorist activity

It is the sense of Congress that—

(1)
changed the heightened terrorism threat landscape and the increasing utilization of generative artificial intelligence applications by foreign terrorist organizations represent a national security threat, and the challenges posed by such threat are not well understood; and
(2)
the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, must take steps to recognize, assess, and address such threat, thereby reducing risks to the people of the United States.

Sec. 3 Annual assessments on terrorism threats to the United States posed by the use of generative artificial intelligence for terrorism

(a)
Assessments—
(1)
changed In general— Not later than 180 days one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment of terrorism threats to the United States posed by terrorist organizations utilizing the use of generative artificial intelligence applications.for terrorism.
(2)
Contents— Each terrorism threat assessment under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A)
changed An analysis of incidents during the immediately preceding calendar year in which a foreign terrorist organizations have utilized organization or individual has used or attempted to utilize use generative artificial intelligence applications to carry out the following:
(i)
Spread violent extremist messaging and facilitate the ability to radicalize and recruit individuals to violence.
(ii)
Enhance their ability to develop or deploy chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons.
(B)
changed Recommendations on appropriate measures to counter terrorism threats to the United States posed by such terrorist organizations.organization or individual.
(3)
Coordination— Each terrorism threat assessment under paragraph (1)—
(A)
changed shall be coordinated with the Office of the General Counsel, the Privacy Office, and the Office of for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of by the Department Secretary of Homeland Security prior to release outside the Department to ensure each such assessment complies compliance with applicable law and protects protections relating to individuals’ privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties, and
(B)
changed may be informed by existing products, products of the Department of Homeland Security, as appropriate.
(4)
changed Form— Each terrorism threat assessment under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex only for the protection of intelligence sources and methods relating to the matters contained in such assessment. annex. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall post on a publicly available website of the Department of Homeland Security the unclassified portion of each such assessment.assessment. Each such unclassified portion shall not contain information that is designated as For Official Use Only, or otherwise would not be publicly available pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States Code (popularly referred to as the “Freedom of Information Act” (FOIA)), or other applicable law.
(5)
Briefing— Not later than 30 days after the submission of each terrorism threat assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding each such assessment. The head of any other relevant Federal department or agency shall join the Secretary for any such briefing if any such committee, in consultation with the Secretary, determines such is appropriate.
(b)
added Information sharing—
(1)
added In general— The Secretary of Homeland Security shall review information relating to terrorism threats to the United States posed by the use of generative artificial intelligence for terrorism that is gathered by State and major urban area fusion centers and the National Network of Fusion Centers, and incorporate such information, as appropriate, into the Department of Homeland Security’s own information relating to such. The Secretary shall ensure the dissemination to State and major urban area fusion centers and the National Network of Fusion Centers of such information.
(2)
added Coordination— In carrying out paragraph (1), the entities specified in paragraph (3) shall share with the Secretary of Homeland Security information regarding terrorism threats to the United States posed by the use of generative artificial intelligence for terrorism.
(3)
added Entitles specified— The entities specified in this paragraph are the following:
(A)
added The Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
(B)
added The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(C)
added Members of the intelligence community.
(D)
added Any other relevant Federal department or agency the Secretary of Homeland Security determines necessary.
(6)
removed Appropriate congressional committees— In this subsection, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Homeland Security, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
(b)
removed Information sharing— The Secretary of Homeland Security shall review information relating to terrorism threats to the United States posed by terrorist organizations utilizing generative artificial intelligence applications that is gathered by State and local fusion centers and the National Network of Fusion Centers, and incorporate such information, as appropriate, into the Department of Homeland Security’s own information relating to such. The Secretary shall ensure the dissemination to State and local fusion centers and the National Network of Fusion Centers of such information.
(c)
Definitions— In this section:
(1)
changed Generative artificial intelligence applications—Appropriate congressional committees— The term “generative artificial intelligence applications” “appropriate congressional committees” means the class of artificial intelligence models that emulate Committee on Homeland Security, the structure Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and characteristics the Committee on Energy and Commerce of input data in order to generate derived synthetic content, including images, videos, audio, text, the House of Representatives and other digital content.the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
(2)
added Artificial intelligence— The term “artificial intelligence” has the meaning given such term in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).
(3)
added Generative artificial intelligence— The term “generative artificial intelligence” means the class of artificial intelligence models that emulate the structure and characteristics of input data in order to generate derived synthetic content, including images, videos, audio, text, and other digital content.
(4)
added Foreign terrorist organization— The term “terrorist organization” means any entity designated as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
(5)
renumbered was (4)(4) Fusion center— The term “fusion center” has the meaning given such term in subsection (k) of section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h).
(6)
added Intelligence community— The term “intelligence community” has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
(7)
renumbered was (4)(5) National Network of Fusion Centers— The term “National Network of Fusion Centers” means a decentralized arrangement of fusion centers intended to enhance the ability of individual State and local fusion centers to leverage the capabilities and expertise of all such fusion centers for the purpose of enhancing analysis and homeland security information sharing nationally.
(8)
added Terrorism— The term “terrorism” has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101).
(4)
removed Terrorist organization— The term “terrorist organization” means—
(A)
removed any entity designated as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or
(B)
removed any entity engaged in terrorism, as such term is defined in section 2(18) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(18)).