Development of framework on detecting, removing, and reporting child pornography in certain datasets

(a) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall, in collaboration with such other Federal agencies and public and private sector organizations as the Director considers appropriate, including the National Science Foundation, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Department of Justice, develop and publish a voluntary framework for detecting, removing, and reporting child pornography in covered datasets. (b) Contents The Director shall ensure that the framework published under subsection (a) provides to artificial intelligence developers and to data collectors guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes— (1) to detect any child pornography in covered datasets; (2) to remove any child pornography from covered datasets; and (3) to regularly report to Federal, State, or local law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children any child pornography detected in covered datasets. (c) Limitation The framework published under subsection (a) shall apply to persons who are artificial intelligence developers and to data collectors, and not to persons who are solely artificial intelligence deployers or artificial intelligence users. (d) Stakeholder outreach In developing the framework issued under subsection (a), the Director shall— (1) solicit input from— (A) institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)); (B) any Federal agency the Director considers relevant; (C) civil society and nonprofit organizations; (D) artificial intelligence developers and artificial intelligence deployers; (E) Federal laboratories (as defined in section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703)); and (F) any other such stakeholder the Director considers appropriate; and (2) provide an opportunity for public comment on the guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes developed as part of the framework. (e) Research The Director of the National Science Foundation, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, as determined by such Director, shall support research into innovative approaches to detecting, removing, and reporting child pornography from covered datasets, including research conducted through the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships.