Artificial intelligence environmental and energy-related impacts consortium

(a) In general The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall, in consultation with the Administrator, the Secretary of Energy, and such others as the Director considers appropriate, convene a consortium of stakeholders, including members from Indian Tribes, units of local government, academia, civil society, and industry, to identify the future measurements, methodologies, standards, and other appropriate needs, in order to measure and report the full range of environmental and energy-related impacts of artificial intelligence. (b) Location The Director may determine the location of the consortium within the National Institute of Standards and Technology. (c) Goals The goals of the consortium shall include the following: (1) Facilitating consistent, comparable reporting on the environmental impacts of the full lifecycle of artificial intelligence models and artificial intelligence systems. (2) According to technical feasibility, the development or cataloging of open-source software and hardware tools and other resources designed to facilitate the measurement of environmental impacts of artificial intelligence models and artificial intelligence systems. (3) Providing recommendations on how to mitigate the negative environmental impacts and deploy the positive use cases, of artificial intelligence. (d) Composition The consortium shall— (1) be composed of representatives with equal representation between each stakeholder group; and (2) include at least 3 representatives each from— (A) geographically distinct Tribal communities within which artificial intelligence data centers reside; and (B) geographically distinct cities or counties within which artificial intelligence data centers reside.