H.R. 7826

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7826 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7826

To amend the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 to 
provide for a special allocation of certain awards of financial 
assistance to historically Black Colleges and Universities relating to 
national artificial intelligence research institutes, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 5, 2026

Mrs. Foushee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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A BILL

To amend the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 to 
provide for a special allocation of certain awards of financial 
assistance to historically Black Colleges and Universities relating to 
national artificial intelligence research institutes, and for other 
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``HBCU AI Research Leadership Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL ALLOCATION FOR HBCUS RELATING TO NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL 
INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTES.

(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 5201(b) of the National 
Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9431(b)) is 
amended--
(1) by striking ``Subject to the availability of funds 
appropriated for this purpose, the Secretary of Energy,'' and 
inserting the following:
``(A) Awards.--Subject to the availability of funds 
appropriated for this purpose, the Secretary of 
Energy,''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(B) Special allocation for historically black 
colleges and universities.--In awarding financial 
assistance under subparagraph (A), the agency head 
shall designate not less than ten percent of such 
assistance for the Institutes to eligible historically 
Black colleges or universities (or consortia thereof), 
which may include partnerships with other institutions 
of higher education, to establish and support 
Institutes.''.
(b) Definition.--Section 5002 of the National Artificial 
Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (11) as 
paragraphs (6) through (12), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
paragraph:
``(5) Historically black college and university.--The term 
`historically Black college and university' has the meaning 
given the term `part B institution' in section 322 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).''.
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