; (6) incorporate voluntary consensus standards and industry best practices; and (7) not prescribe or otherwise require— (A) the use of specific solutions; or (B) the use of specific information or communications technology products or services. (c) Data sharing best practices Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall, in collaboration with other public and private sector organizations, develop guidance to facilitate the creation of voluntary data sharing arrangements between industry, federally funded research centers, and Federal agencies for the purpose of advancing artificial intelligence research and technologies, including— (1) options for partnership models between government entities, industry, universities, and nonprofits that incentivize each party to share the data they collected; and (2) best practices for datasets involving human characteristics, including— (A) standards for metadata that describe the properties of datasets, including— (i) how the data was collected; (ii) what populations are included and excluded from the datasets; and (iii) any other properties as determined by the Director; and (B) standards for privacy and security of datasets with human characteristics. (d) Stakeholder outreach In carrying out the activities under this subsection, the Director shall— (1) solicit input from university researchers, private sector experts, relevant Federal agencies, Federal laboratories, State and local governments, civil society groups, and other relevant stakeholders; (2) solicit input from experts in relevant fields of social science, technology ethics, and law; and (3) provide opportunity for public comment on guidelines and best practices developed as part of the Initiative, as appropriate. (e) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the National Institute of Standards and Technology to carry out this subsection— (1) $64,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; (2) $70,400,000 for fiscal year 2022