S.Amdt. 2145

SA 2145. Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. Heinrich) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 appropriate place in subtitle B of title XVI, add
the following:

SEC. ___. ENHANCEMENT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE TALENT EXCHANGE
PROGRAMS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) Application of Exchange Authority to Artificial
Intelligence.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall take
steps to ensure that the authority for the Secretary to
operate a public-private talent exchange program pursuant to
section 1599g of title 10, United States Code, is utilized to
exchange personnel with private sector entities working on
artificial intelligence applications. Such application of the
authority of section 1599g shall be in addition to, not in
lieu of, any other application of the authority by the
Secretary.
(b) Goals for Program Participation.--In carrying out the
requirement of subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
(1) establish goals for an expanded artificial intelligence
public-private talent exchange;
(2) identify any barriers that would prevent the Secretary
from achieving these goals; and
(3) provide a request to Congress for any additional
authorities required to expand the program.
(c) Briefing on Expansion of Existing Exchange Programs.--
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act and annually thereafter for five years, the
Secretary shall brief the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives on efforts taken to expand existing public-
private exchange programs of the Department of Defense and to
ensure that such programs seek opportunities for exchanges
with private sector entities working on artificial
intelligence applications, in accordance with the
requirements of this section.
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