Text of Senate Amendment 6110

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Record: Senate Floor
Section type: Amendments
Chamber: Senate
Date: June 24, 2026
Congress: 119th Congress
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SA 6110. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Rounds) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title , insert the

following:

SEC. __. ECONOMY OF THE FUTURE COMMISSION.

(a) Definitions.—In this section:

(1) Artificial intelligence.—The term “artificial

intelligence” has the meaning given the term in section 5002

of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of

2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).

(2) Commission.—The term “Commission” means the Economy

of the Future Commission established under subsection (b).

(3) Congressional leader.—The term “congressional

leader” means the majority leader of the Senate, the Speaker

of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the

Senate, or the minority leader of the House of

Representatives.

(4) NAICS.—The term “NAICS” means the North American

Industry Classification System.

(b) In General.—There is established in the legislative

branch a commission to develop consensus legislative

recommendations addressing economic changes caused by the

adoption of artificial intelligence, to be known as the

“Economy of the Future Commission”.

(1) In general.—The Commission shall be composed of the

following members:

(A) 12 members appointed by Congress in accordance with

paragraph (2), of whom—

(i) the majority leader of the Senate and the Speaker of

the House of Representatives shall each appoint 3 members;

and

(ii) the minority leader of the Senate and the minority

leader of the House of Representatives shall each appoint 3

members.

(B) Four persons appointed by the President, as nonvoting

members.

(2) Congressional appointees.—Each congressional leader

making appointments under paragraph (1)(A) shall—

(A) appoint 1 member who is serving as a Member of the

house of Congress in which the congressional leader serves;

and

(B) for any remaining appointments, appoint an individual

who is not serving in Congress and who is nationally

recognized for expertise, knowledge, or experience in—

(i) artificial intelligence technology;

(ii) education;

(iii) workforce retraining; or

(iv) taxation.

(3) Appointment.—Members of the Commission shall be

appointed not later than 45 days after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

(4) Ethics.—A congressional leader who appoints members of

the Commission may not appoint an individual as a member of

the Commission if such individual possesses any personal or

financial interest in the discharge of any of the duties of

the Commission.

(d) Co-Chairs.—

(1) In general.—The Commission shall have 2 co-chairs,

selected jointly by the congressional leaders from among the

members of the Commission in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) Co-chair requirements.—One co-chair of the Commission

shall be a member of the Democratic Party, and one co-chair

shall be a member of the Republican Party. One co-chair of

the Commission shall be a Member of the House of

Representatives and one co-chair shall be a Senator.

(e) Meetings; Quorum; Vacancies.—

(1) Initial meeting.—The Commission shall hold its initial

meeting on or before the date that is 60 days after the date

of the enactment of this Act.

(2) Additional meetings.—After its initial meeting, the

Commission shall meet upon the call of the co-chairs of the

Commission.

(3) Quorum.—7 members of the Commission shall constitute a

quorum for purposes of conducting business, except that 2

members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for

purposes of receiving testimony.

(4) Vacancies.—Any vacancy in the Commission shall not

affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in

which the original appointment was made.

(5) Quorum with vacancies.—If vacancies in the Commission

occur on any day after 45 days after the date of the

enactment of this Act, a quorum shall consist of a majority

of the members of the Commission as of such day.

(f) Actions of Commission.—

(1) In general.—The Commission shall act by resolution

agreed to by a majority of the members of the Commission

voting and present.

(2) Panels.—The Commission may establish panels composed

of less than the full membership of the Commission for

purposes of carrying out the duties of the Commission under

this section. The actions of any such panel shall be subject

to the review and control of the Commission. Any findings and

determinations made by such a panel shall not be considered

the findings and determinations of the Commission unless

approved by the Commission.

(3) Delegation.—Any member, agent, or staff of the

Commission may, if authorized by the co-chairs of the

Commission, take any action which the Commission is

authorized to take pursuant to this section.

(g) Duties.—The duties of the Commission are—

(1) in general, to develop consensus legislative

recommendations addressing economic changes caused by the

adoption of artificial intelligence;

(2) to evaluate the effectiveness of, and develop consensus

legislative recommendations that address and respond to the

economic changes caused by, the adoption of artificial

intelligence, including the effectiveness and economic

changes of that adoption for—

(A) government data, research, and measurement;

(B) workforce development programs;

and technical education, and higher education; and

(D) social safety net programs and worker support;

(3) to develop consensus legislative recommendations

addressing—

(A) the development of standards and metrics to evaluate

and address artificial intelligence adoption across the

Federal Government, including standards and metrics to

identify and address artificial intelligence-specific skill

and training needs across the Federal workforce;

(B) the relative merits of open-source and open-weight

models of artificial intelligence for suitability for small-

and medium-sized businesses and the use of open-source and

open-weight models to improve the efficiency of government

operations;

intelligence research investment strategy;

(D) public and private sector partnerships to increase

research access by academic institutions and small businesses

to private sector computing, models, data, and software

resources related to artificial intelligence;

(E) developing and scaling foundational manufacturing

technologies related to artificial intelligence through

government programs and public-private partnerships such as

the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Program established

under section 25(b) of the National Institute of Standards

and Technologies Act (15 U.S.C. 278k);

(F) supply chain and manufacturing challenges to developing

emerging technologies that are projected to heavily utilize

artificial intelligence, such as robotics;

(G) the need for public and private sector collaboration in

developing cloud computing-based laboratories for furthering

research into key technology focus areas, as defined in

section 10387(c) of the Research and Development,

Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 19107(c)),

utilizing artificial intelligence;

(H) changes to transportation safety policies and

regulations caused by the adoption of artificial intelligence

in land-, air-, and sea-based autonomous vehicles;

(I) energy generation, storage, and transmission demands

caused by the development of the artificial intelligence

industry and the construction and operation of domestic data

centers; and

(J) the use of artificial intelligence-enabled robotics in

government (other than in the Department of Defense) and

industry; and

(4) to prepare the reports required under subsection (k).

(h) Powers of Commission.—

(1) In general.—The Commission or, on the authorization of

the Commission, any subcommittee or member of, the Commission

may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this

section—

(A) hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and

places, take such testimony, receive such evidence, and

administer such oaths; and

(B) require the attendance and testimony of such witnesses

and the production of such books, records, correspondence,

memoranda, papers, and documents, as the Commission or such

designated subcommittee or designated member considers

necessary.

(2) Contracting.—The Commission may, to such extent and in

such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation

Acts, enter into contracts to enable the Commission to

discharge its duties under this section.

(3) Information from federal agencies.—

(A) In general.—The Commission may secure directly from

any executive department, agency, bureau, board, commission,

office, independent establishment, or instrumentality of the

Government information, suggestions, estimates, and

statistics for the purposes of this section.

(B) Response.—Each such department, agency, bureau, board,

commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality shall,

to the extent authorized by law, furnish such information,

suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the

Commission, upon request of the co-chairs of the Commission.

and protect all classified information provided to it under

this section in accordance with applicable statutes and

regulations.

(4) Assistance from federal agencies.—Federal departments

and agencies may provide the Commission such services, funds,

facilities, staff, and other support as such departments and

agencies consider advisable and as may be authorized by law.

(5) Postal services.—The Commission may use the United

States postal services in the same manner and under the same

conditions as the departments and agencies of the United

States.

(6) Gifts.—

(A) No gifts for service.—No member or staff of the

Commission may receive a gift or benefit by reason of the

service of such member or staff to the Commission.

(B) Authority to accept gifts.—The Commission may accept,

use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or

property (including goods) from non-Federal entities for the

purposes of aiding and facilitating the work of the

Commission. The authority in this subparagraph does not

extend to gifts of money.

(i) Staff of Commission.—

(1) In general.—The co-chairs of the Commission, in

accordance with rules agreed upon by the Commission, shall

appoint and fix at a reasonable rate the compensation for a

staff director and such other personnel as

may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its

duties.

(2) Experts and consultants.—The co-chairs of the

Commission may procure the services of experts and

consultants in accordance with applicable law.

(3) Detailees.—Any Federal Government employee may be

detailed to the Commission without reimbursement from the

Commission, and such detailee shall retain the rights,

status, and privileges of his or her regular employment

without interruption.

(j) Compensation and Travel Expenses.—

(1) Compensation.—

(A) In general.—Except as provided in paragraph (B), each

member of the Commission may be compensated at a rate set by

the co-chairs that is reasonable for the services that such a

member provides for each day during which that member is

engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the

Commission under this section.

(B) Exclusion.—Members of the Commission who are officers

or employees of the United States or Members of Congress

shall receive no additional pay by reason of their service on

the Commission.

(2) Travel expenses.—While away from their homes or

regular places of business in the performance of services for

the Commission, members of the Commission may be allowed

travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence,

at a reasonable rate set by the co-chairs.

(k) Reports.—

(1) Interim report.—By not later than 7 months after the

date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall issue an

interim report, to be disseminated to the public, including—

(A)(i) the initial estimates of changes in employment due

to the adoption of artificial intelligence for 5 years and 10

years after the date of enactment of this Act, by 6-digit

NAICS code; and

(ii) the Commission's level of confidence in such

estimates;

(B)(i) Federal revenue estimates for tax years beginning 5

and 10 years after the enactment of this Act; and

(ii) commentary by the Commission on the likelihood that

the adoption of artificial intelligence will increase or

decrease revenue during each time period described in clause

(i); and

public can access to learn more about artificial intelligence

and the effects that its wide adoption may have on the global

economy.

(2) Final report.—By not later than 13 months after the

date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall prepare

and submit to Congress a final report regarding the impact of

the adoption of artificial intelligence that includes

legislative recommendations on artificial intelligence

education, reskilling of employees needed due to the adoption

of artificial intelligence, unemployment insurance, and

taxation policy, and on maintaining global competitiveness in

key industries including technology and manufacturing.

(l) Termination.—

(1) In general.—The Commission, and all the authorities of

this section, shall terminate on the last day of the 120-day

period beginning on the date on which the final report

described in subsection (k)(2) is submitted to Congress.

(2) Closing activities.—The Commission may use the 120-day

period immediately preceding termination for the purposes of

concluding its activities, including providing testimony to

Congress concerning the final report described in subsection

(k)(2) and disseminating the report.

(m) Funding.—There is authorized to be appropriated to

carry out this section, $5,250,000 for fiscal year 2027, to

remain available until the date on which the Commission

terminates under subsection (l)(1).

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