---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 9441"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "9441"
heading: "Stakeholder outreach"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/9441"
units:
  - "Chapter 119 — National Artificial Intelligence Initiative"
  - "Subchapter III — Department of Commerce Artificial Intelligence Activities"
---

# §9441. Stakeholder outreach


In carrying out the activities under [section 278h–1 of this title](/usc/15/278h–1.md) as amended by title III of this Act,[^1] the Director shall—

- (1) solicit input from university researchers, private sector experts, relevant Federal agencies, Federal laboratories, [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2), Tribal, and [local governments](/usc/15/34.md?p=1), civil society groups, and other relevant stakeholders;
- (2) solicit input from experts in relevant fields of social science, technology ethics, and law; and
- (3) provide opportunity for public comment on guidelines and best practices developed as part of the [Initiative](/usc/15/9401.md?p=5), as appropriate.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–283, div. E, title LIII, § 5302, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4539.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 278h–1 of this title as amended by title III of this Act, referred to in text, probably means section 278h–1 of this title as added by title LIII of Pub. L. 116–283, div. E, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4536.