WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - The White House released a framework on artificial intelligence on Friday that aims to ensure protections for children, communities and small businesses as part of a national plan to regulate developments in the field.

The Trump administration has been pushing for a single legislative framework that can be applied uniformly across the country, rather than leaving states to form their own plans.

U.S. President Donald Trump in December said he would withhold federal broadband funding from states whose laws to regulate artificial intelligence are judged by his administration to be holding back American dominance in the technology.

"The administration looks forward to working with Congress in the coming months to turn this framework into legislation that the president can sign," the White House said in a statement.

The framework calls on Congress to streamline permitting so electricity-gobbling data centers can generate their own power on site. It wants to increase the federal government's ability to fight AI-generated scams and national security concerns.

The plan calls for removing barriers to innovation, accelerating AI deployment across business sectors and making it easier to build top-grade AI systems.

Protections for children include giving parents controls of accounts and devices to protect their children's privacy and supports features to combat potential sexual exploitation or self-harm.