The CREATE AI Act would add a new Title to the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act to establish a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR). The National Science Foundation (NSF) must create the NAIRR within one year after the law is signed. The NAIRR would be run by a Program Management Office inside NSF’s Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure. The Program Management Office would have a head who makes the NAIRR budget, can delegate operations through a competitive process, coordinates resource contributions, and sets policies. The NAIRR would connect U.S. researchers and educators to computational resources, data, software, models, testbeds, and educational resources that come from federal agencies, state governments, or nongovernmental groups. The NSF must publish an annual report on NAIRR progress.
The bill defines who can use the NAIRR: U.S.-based researchers, educators, or students who are affiliated with eligible entities (for example, colleges, nonprofit research institutions, certain federal centers, small businesses that received federal research funding, or consortia). Some employees of eligible entities may get access if they have a clear mission need. The bill excludes individuals employed by certain foreign countries listed in federal law. The NAIRR must follow research security guidance in National Security Presidential Memorandum-33, designate a research security point of contact, and encourage open-source software for NAIRR administration and software developed using NAIRR resources.
The head of the Program Management Office may set a fee schedule to recover costs. The fee plan must include a free tier based on funds and demand, may charge cost-based fees for some users, and must keep research as the primary purpose. Fees collected may be retained by the NAIRR office and used for NAIRR activities without further appropriation. The bill also establishes an Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Advisory Committee to advise NSF on the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure and NAIRR management. The committee is formed with membership requirements from an existing statute and is not subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
No publicly available information on total program cost or appropriations is provided in the bill text. The bill does require the NSF to develop a NAIRR budget. It authorizes the Program Management Office to set a fee schedule (including a free tier) and to retain fees collected. Fees retained would remain available until spent and could be used for NAIRR purposes without further appropriation.
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