How Is This Bill Enforced
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This Act may be cited as the ''HBCU AI Research Leadership Act''.
Establishes the short title of the Act as the HBCU AI Research Leadership Act.
(a) 1 Paragraph (1) of section 5201(b) of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9431(b)) is amended— (1) by striking ''Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this purpose, the Secretary of Energy,'' and inserting the following: ''(A) AWARDS.—Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this purpose, the Secretary of Energy,''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ''(B) SPECIAL ALLOCATION FOR HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.—In awarding financial assistance under subparagraph (A), the agency head shall designate not less than ten percent of such assistance for the Institutes to eligible historically Black colleges or universities (or consortia thereof), which may include partnerships with other institutions of higher education, to establish and support Institutes.''.
This section amends Section 5201(b)(1) of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. § 9431(b)) to require that federal agency heads designate not less than ten percent of financial assistance awarded for national AI research institutes to eligible historically Black colleges and universities, or consortia thereof. HBCUs may include partnerships with other institutions of higher education to establish and support such institutes.
This provision directs federal spending allocation and does not create private-sector compliance obligations. The obligation falls on federal agency heads distributing AI research institute funding.
(b) Section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (11) as paragraphs (6) through (12), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: ''(5) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITYhistorically Black college and universityThe term 'historically Black college and university' has the meaning given the term 'part B institution' in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).15 U.S.C. § 9401(5).—The term 'historically Black college and universityhistorically Black college and universityThe term 'historically Black college and university' has the meaning given the term 'part B institution' in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).15 U.S.C. § 9401(5)' has the meaning given the term 'part B institution' in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).''.
This section amends Section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. § 9401) to insert a definition of historically Black college and university, cross-referencing the meaning of 'part B institution' in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). The amendment also redesignates existing paragraphs to accommodate the new definition.