1. Short title This Act may be cited as the AI in Government Act of 2018 . 2. Definitions In this Act— (1) the term Administration means the General Services Administration; (2) the term Administrator means the Administrator of General Services; (3) the term Board means the advisory board established under section 4(a); (4) the term Executive agency has the meaning given the term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code; (5) the term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 ); (6) the term nonprofit organization means an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code; and (7) the term Policy Lab means the Emerging Technology Policy Lab described in section 3. 3. Emerging Technology Policy Lab (a) In general There is within the Administration an office to be known as the Emerging Technology Policy Lab , which shall— (1) advise and promote the efforts of the Federal Government in ensuring that the use of emerging technologies by the Federal Government, including artificial intelligence, is in the best interest of the public; and (2) improve cohesion and competency in Federal agency rule making and the use of emerging technologies. (b) Duties The duties of the Policy Lab shall include— (1) regularly convening individuals from Executive agencies, industry, Federal laboratories, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and other entities to discuss recent developments in emerging technologies, including the dissemination of information regarding programs, pilots, and other initiatives at Federal agencies, as well as recent trends and relevant information on those technologies; (2) advising Federal Government acquisition and use of emerging technologies through technical insight and expertise, as needed