S.Amdt. 1573

SA 1573. Mr. SASSE (for himself and Mr. Bennet) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr.
Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for
Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to
establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and
report on economic security, science, research, innovation,
manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain
resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title V of division B, insert
the following:

SEC. ___. PLAN FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM.

(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National
Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly
develop a plan for the development and resourcing of a modern
digital ecosystem that embraces state-of-the-art tools and
modern processes to enable development, testing, fielding,
and continuous update of artificial intelligence-powered
applications at speed and scale from headquarters to the
tactical edge.
(b) Contents of Plan.--At a minimum, the plan required by
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A roadmap for adopting a hoteling model to allow
trusted small- and medium-sized artificial intelligence
companies access to classified facilities on a flexible
basis.
(2) An open architecture and an evolving reference design
and guidance for needed technical investments in the proposed
ecosystem that address issues, including common interfaces,
authentication, applications, platforms, software, hardware,
and data infrastructure.
(3) A governance structure, together with associated
policies and guidance, to drive the implementation of the
reference throughout the intelligence community or Department
of Defense, as appropriate, on a federated basis.
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