House Science to mark up AI-related incident reporting, energy bills

The House Science Committee on Sept. 25 will mark up an artificial intelligence incident reporting bill, an AI energy research measure and a bill on “small modular” nuclear reactors touted by some as an answer for the electricity demands of massive data centers that power AI systems.

The committee’s markup agenda includes H.R. 9720, the AI Incident Reporting and Security Enhancement Act, which would instruct the National Institute of Standards and Technology “to update the national vulnerability database to...