S.Amdt. 2546

SA 2546. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following:

SEC. ___. STRATEGY FOR MAINTAINING UNITED STATES LEADERSHIP
AND COMPETITIVENESS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

(a) Strategy Required.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall, in
coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of
National Intelligence, develop a long-term strategy for
maintaining the leadership and competitiveness of the United
States in the use of artificial intelligence technologies in
national security.
(2) Considerations.--In developing the strategy required by
paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall consider the
following:
(A) Long-term global trends of state and non-state actor
development and use of artificial intelligence technologies.
(B) Ethical implications of development of and use of
artificial intelligence in national security.
(C) Domestic and international legal implications of
artificial intelligence in national security.
(D) Opportunities for international cooperation to
establish international norms for the use of artificial
intelligence technologies in national security.
(E) The benefits and risks of using artificial intelligence
technologies in national security.
(F) Workforce development requirements and challenges.
(G) Assessments of capabilities and technologies under
development by the private sector and non-governmental
organizations.
(3) Submittal.--Not later than 30 days after the completion
of the strategy required by paragraph (1), the Secretary
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a
report on the strategy. Such strategy shall be submitted in
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(b) Report on Artificial Intelligence and National
Security.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report on the following:
(A) Long-term global trends of state and non-state actor
development and use of artificial intelligence technologies.
(B) Ethical implications of development of and use of
artificial intelligence in national security.
(C) Legal (both domestic and international) implications of
artificial intelligence in national security.
(D) Opportunities for international cooperation to
establish international norms for the use of artificial
technologies in national security.
(E) The benefits and risks of using artificial intelligence
technologies for national security.
(2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees;
(2) the congressional intelligence committees (as defined
in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3003));
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
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