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The bill would expand and coordinate public AI compute and data access to boost research capacity, diversity, and U.S. AI competitiveness, but it increases federal costs, raises privacy and centralized‑governance risks, and may still advantage established institutions over smaller researchers.
Researchers, universities, students, and tech workers gain broader access to centralized high-performance compute and large datasets plus a coordinated governance pathway, making it easier for more institutions to run cutting-edge AI experiments and collaborate.
The U.S. government and taxpayers could preserve or strengthen national leadership in AI by pooling resources and talent through the NAIRR, supporting economic competitiveness and innovation.
Federal agencies are authorized to contribute resources or funding to sustain the NAIRR Operating Entity, which helps ensure continuing availability of compute/data services for researchers and industry.
Taxpayers and federal budgets may face significant new costs or reallocated agency resources to build and operate the NAIRR, increasing federal spending or shifting funds from other priorities.
Participants and the public face increased privacy and data-security risks from pooling and sharing large datasets and centralized compute resources.
Centralized governance, selection processes, and procurement (OSTP-led oversight, RFPs, Operating Entity selection) risk favoring larger institutions or incumbents, limiting equitable access for smaller researchers, startups, and some states or universities.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Creates an OSTP‑led steering subcommittee to oversee NAIRR, select an operating entity, approve plans/budgets, set KPIs, and require annual public reports.
Introduced March 26, 2025 by Jay Obernolte · Last progress March 26, 2025
Creates a steering subcommittee within the existing interagency NAIRR governance structure to guide, approve, and oversee the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource. The subcommittee, led by the OSTP Director, will pick an Operating Entity through a competitive process, approve the NAIRR operating plan and budget, set performance measures, require annual public reporting, and coordinate periodic independent assessments. The subcommittee may form working groups, develop funding and resource-allocation criteria, solicit funding or resources from member agencies, and evaluate progress annually. The change is administrative and programmatic: it establishes governance and oversight roles but does not itself appropriate funds or change tax law.