S.Amdt. 2617

SA 2617. 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:

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the Department, other Federal agencies, academia,
nongovernmental organizations, and the commercial sector, as
the Secretary considers appropriate.
(3) Elements.--The study required by paragraph (1)(A) shall
include the following:
(A) A comprehensive and national-level review of advances
in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and
associated technologies relevant to the needs of the
Department and the Armed Forces.
(B) An assessment of global trends of state and non-state
actor development and use of artificial intelligence
technologies in security.
(C) An assessment of the implications of incorporating
artificial intelligence into existing and future Department
of Defense weapons, operational, and non-operational systems.
(D) An assessment of the implications of the proliferation
of the use artificial intelligence in national security to
foreign state and non-state actors, including potential
proliferation to adversaries.
(E) An assessment of opportunities to establish
international cooperation on the use of artificial
intelligence technologies by the Department of Defense.
(F) Recommendations for addressing workforce development
requirements for the Department of Defense associated with
the use of artificial intelligence by the Department of
Defense.
(G) Recommendations for the use of artificial intelligence
by the Department of Defense for non-operational uses,
including the use of artificial intelligence, to enhance the
efficiency of personnel management and procurement processes.
(H) Recommendations for engagement by the Department with
relevant agencies that will be involved with artificial
intelligence in the future.
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