S.Amdt. 4284

SA 4284. Mr. SASSE (for himself, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Rubio) submitted
an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by
Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 title II, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO STEERING COMMITTEE ON
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY
THREATS.

Section 236 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law
116-283), is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``may'' and inserting
``and the Director of National Intelligence may jointly'';
(2) in subsection (b), by--
(A) by striking paragraphs (3) through (8); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) The Principal Deputy Director of National
Intelligence.
``(4) Such other officials of the Department of Defense and
intelligence community as the Secretary of Defense and the
Director of National Intelligence jointly determine
appropriate.'';
(3) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as
subsections (d) through (f), respectively;
(4) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
``(c) Leadership.--The Steering Committee shall be chaired
by the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Vice Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Principal Deputy Director of
National Intelligence jointly.'';
(5) in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (3)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``a strategy'' and inserting
``strategies'';
(ii) by inserting ``and intelligence community'' after
``United States military''; and
(iii) by inserting ``and National Intelligence Strategy,
and consistent with the National Security Strategy'' after
``National Defense Strategy'';
(B) inserting in paragraph (3)--
(i) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by inserting
``and the Director of National Intelligence'' after ``the
Secretary of Defense'';
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``strategy'' and
inserting ``strategies'';
(iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``; and'' and
inserting a semicolon;
(iv) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F);
and
(v) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
``(E) any changes to the guidance for developing the
National Intelligence Program budget required by section
102A(c)(1)(A) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3024(c)(1)(A)), that may be required to implement the
strategies under paragraph (1); and''; and
(vi) in subparagraph (F), as redesignated by clause (iv),
by inserting ``and the intelligence community'' after
``Department of Defense''; and
(C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``and Director of
National Intelligence, jointly'' after ``Secretary of
Defense'';
(6) by amending subsection (e), as redesignated by
paragraph (3), to read as follows:
``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `emerging technology' means technology
determined to be in an emerging phase of development by the
Secretary, including quantum information science and
technology, data analytics, artificial intelligence,
autonomous technology, advanced materials, software, high
performance computing, robotics, directed energy,
hypersonics, biotechnology, medical technologies, and such
other technology as may be identified by the Secretary.
``(2) The term `intelligence community' has the meaning
given such term in section 3 of the National Security Act of
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).''; and
(7) in subsection (f), as redesignated by paragraph (3), by
striking ``October 1, 2024'' and inserting ``October 1,
2025''.
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