---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 18937"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "18937"
heading: "Artificial intelligence"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/18937"
units:
  - "Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation"
  - "Subchapter II — National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Future"
  - "Part A — Measurement Research"
---

# §18937. Artificial intelligence


The [Director](/usc/42/18921.md?p=1) shall continue to support the development of [artificial intelligence](/usc/42/18901.md?p=1) and data science, and carry out the activities of the National [Artificial Intelligence](/usc/42/18901.md?p=1) Initiative Act of 2020 authorized in division E of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), including through—

- (1) expanding the [Institute](/usc/42/18921.md?p=4)’s capabilities, including scientific staff and research infrastructure;
- (2) supporting measurement research and development for advanced computer chips and hardware designed for [artificial intelligence](/usc/42/18901.md?p=1) systems;
- (3) supporting the development of [technical standards](/usc/42/18901.md?p=29) and guidelines that promote safe and trustworthy [artificial intelligence](/usc/42/18901.md?p=1) systems, such as enhancing the accuracy, explainability, privacy, reliability, robustness, safety, security, and mitigation of harmful bias in [artificial intelligence](/usc/42/18901.md?p=1) systems;
- (4) creating a [framework](/usc/42/18921.md?p=3) for managing risks associated with [artificial intelligence](/usc/42/18901.md?p=1) systems; and
- (5) developing and publishing cybersecurity tools, encryption methods, and best [practices](/usc/42/17061.md?p=19) for [artificial intelligence](/usc/42/18901.md?p=1) and data science.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title II, § 10232(a), Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1484.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020, referred to in introductory provisions of subsec. (a), is div. E of Pub. L. 116–283, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4523, which is classified principally to chapter 119 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of div. E to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9401 of Title 15 and Tables.

Division E of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, referred to in introductory provisions of subsec. (a), is div. E of Pub. L. 116–283, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3388, also known as the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.