Responsibilities and duties

(a) Responsibilities The Commission shall— (1) defend the inherent dignity of the human person understood as unique, embodied, and endowed with a rational and moral nature, without regard to capability or condition, within Federal science and technology policy; and (2) cultivate humility in Federal science and technology policy regarding technological mastery over human nature amid geopolitical competition. (b) Duties The Commission shall carry out its responsibilities described in subsection (a) by carrying out the following duties: (1) Creating and updating materials, such as statements and principles to inform Federal science and technology policy. (2) Undertaking ongoing inquiry into the bioethical implications of the following developments in science and technology: (A) Robotics. (B) Artificial intelligence. (C) Biotechnologies. (D) Neurotechnologies. (E) Emerging clinical technologies. (3) Monitoring Federal science and technology programs, supported research, regulatory proposals, and emerging scientific and technological developments for threats to the inherent dignity of the human person. (4) Holding public hearings and receiving testimony from philosophers, ethicists, religious leaders, social scientists, scientists, technologists, medical professionals, legal scholars, and affected members of the public on Federal science and technology policy. (5) Annually issuing a report to the President and appropriate congressional committees with findings, policy options, and recommendations, with the opportunity for individual members of the Commission to offer dissenting views, to inform how Federal science and technology policy should align with the Commission’s responsibilities under subsection (a). (6) Producing additional targeted reports or advisory opinions, as warranted, in line with the responsibilities set forth in subsection (a).