--- kind: "section" citation: "15 U.S.C. § 9411" title: "15" title_heading: "Commerce and Trade" number: "9411" heading: "National Artificial Intelligence Initiative" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/9411" units: - "Chapter 119 — National Artificial Intelligence Initiative" - "Subchapter I — National Artificial Intelligence Initiative" --- # §9411. National Artificial Intelligence Initiative - (a) **Establishment; purposes—** The President shall establish and implement an [initiative](/usc/15/9401.md?p=5) to be known as the “National [Artificial Intelligence](/usc/15/9401.md?p=3) [Initiative](/usc/15/9401.md?p=5)”. The purposes of the [Initiative](/usc/15/9401.md?p=5) shall be to— - (1) ensure continued United States leadership in [artificial intelligence](/usc/15/9401.md?p=3) research and development; - (2) lead the world in the development and use of trustworthy [artificial intelligence](/usc/15/9401.md?p=3) systems in the public and private sectors; - (3) prepare the present and future United States workforce for the integration of [artificial intelligence](/usc/15/9401.md?p=3) systems across all sectors of the economy and society; and - (4) coordinate ongoing [artificial intelligence](/usc/15/9401.md?p=3) research, development, and demonstration activities among the civilian agencies, the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community to ensure that each informs the work of the others. - (b) **Initiative activities—** In carrying out the [Initiative](/usc/15/9401.md?p=5), the President, acting through the [Initiative Office](/usc/15/9401.md?p=6), the [Interagency Committee](/usc/15/9401.md?p=9), and [agency heads](/usc/15/9401.md?p=2) as the President considers appropriate, shall carry out activities that include the following: - (1) Sustained and consistent support for [artificial intelligence](/usc/15/9401.md?p=3) research and development through grants, cooperative [agreements](/usc/15/7a.md?p=2), testbeds, and access to data and computing resources. - (2) Support for [K-12 education](/usc/15/9401.md?p=10) and postsecondary educational programs, including workforce training and career and technical education programs, and informal education programs to prepare the American workforce and the general public to be able to create, use, and interact with [artificial intelligence](/usc/15/9401.md?p=3) systems. - (3) Support for interdisciplinary research, education, and workforce training programs for students and researchers that promote learning in the methods and systems used in [artificial intelligence](/usc/15/9401.md?p=3) and foster interdisciplinary perspectives and collaborations among subject matter experts in relevant fields, including computer science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, social sciences, health, psychology, behavioral science, ethics, security, legal scholarship, and other disciplines that will be necessary to advance [artificial intelligence](/usc/15/9401.md?p=3) research and development responsibly. - (4) Interagency planning and coordination of Federal [artificial intelligence](/usc/15/9401.md?p=3) research, development, demonstration, standards engagement, and other activities under the [Initiative](/usc/15/9401.md?p=5), as appropriate. - (5) Outreach to diverse stakeholders, including citizen groups, industry, and civil rights and disability rights organizations, to ensure public input is taken into account in the activities of the [Initiative](/usc/15/9401.md?p=5). - (6) Leveraging existing Federal investments to advance objectives of the [Initiative](/usc/15/9401.md?p=5). - (7) Support for a network of interdisciplinary [artificial intelligence](/usc/15/9401.md?p=3) research [institutes](/usc/15/9401.md?p=7), as described in [section 9431(b)(7)(B) of this title](/usc/15/9431.md?p=b-7-B). - (8) Support opportunities for international cooperation with strategic allies, as appropriate, on the research and development, assessment, and resources for trustworthy [artificial intelligence](/usc/15/9401.md?p=3) systems. - (c) **Limitation—** The [Initiative](/usc/15/9401.md?p=5) shall not impact sources and methods, as determined by the Director of National Intelligence. - (d) **Rules of construction—** Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as— - (1) modifying any authority or responsibility, including any operational authority or responsibility of any head of a Federal department or agency, with respect to intelligence or the intelligence community, as those terms are defined in [50 U.S.C. 3003](/usc/50/3003.md);[^1] - (2) authorizing the [Initiative](/usc/15/9401.md?p=5), or anyone associated with its derivative efforts to approve, interfere with, direct or to conduct an intelligence activity, resource, or operation; or - (3) authorizing the [Initiative](/usc/15/9401.md?p=5), or anyone associated with its derivative efforts to modify the classification of intelligence information. - (e) **Sunset—** The [Initiative](/usc/15/9401.md?p=5) established in this chapter shall terminate on the date that is 10 years after January 1, 2021. ## Footnotes [^1]: See References in Text note below. ## Source credit (Pub. L. 116–283, div. E, title LI, § 5101, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4524.) ## Notes ### Editorial Notes ### References in Text This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (d) and (e), was in the original “this division”, meaning div. E of Pub. L. 116–283, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4523, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of div. E to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9401 of this title and Tables. 50 U.S.C. 3003, referred to in subsec. (d)(1), was so in the original, but probably should have been a reference to section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, which is classified to section 3003 of Title 50, War and National Defense.