The 117th Congress should focus on furthering artificial intelligence transparency, continuing industry partnership and ensuring agency funding for AI projects.

The Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act would invest $2.2 billion over five years and charge several agencies with focusing on the technology.

Sens. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, want the Pentagon to "promote and maintain digital engineering as a core competency of the Armed Forces."

The group will help connect members of Congress and their staff to AI experts from academia, the private sector and other areas of government.

Senator Martin Heinrich announced the investment while in New Mexico last week.