S.Amdt. 6262

1. Adds SEC. 1633. ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF DATA USED TO TRAIN ALGORITHMS FOR TARGET IDENTIFICATION at the end of subtitle B of title XVI

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   In S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed

   (f) Briefings.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense committees briefings from the organizations specified under subsection (e)(2), as appropriate, on the activities and plans required under this section.

   Inserted: SEC. 1633. ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF DATA USED TO TRAIN ALGORITHMS FOR TARGET IDENTIFICATION.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Not later than December 31, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall complete a comprehensive assessment of the quality of data and potential for racial bias of data labeling used to train algorithms for target identification and sensor processing and decision-making support.

   Inserted: (b) Contents.--The assessment required by subsection (a) shall include an assessment of data used to train--

   Inserted: (1) target identification algorithms for Project Maven;

   Inserted: (2) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems;

   Inserted: (3) weapon systems that have lethal, offensive strike capabilities that are autonomous or planned to become autonomous; and

   Inserted: (4) weapon systems subject to senior review under Department of Defense Directive 3000.09; and

   Inserted: (c) Briefing.--Not later than February 1, 2024, the Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the completed assessment required by subsection (a) and recommendations how to improve the quality of the assessed data.

   Inserted: (d) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term "appropriate congressional committees" means--

   Inserted: (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and

   Inserted: (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

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   Inserted: (2) Autonomous; planned to become autonomous.--

   Inserted: (A) Autonomous.--The term "autonomous", with respect to a weapon system, means that the weapon system, once activated, can select and engage targets without further intervention by an operator, as defined in Department of Defense Directive 3000.09; or

   Inserted: (B) Planned to become autonomous.--The term "planned to become autonomous", with respect to a weapon system, means that the weapon system has the potential to be deployed in a manner that would qualify as an autonomous weapon system under Department of Defense Directive 3000.09.

   Inserted: (3) Quality of data.--The term "quality of data" includes--

   Inserted: (A) the accuracy of data labeling;

   Inserted: (B) the condition of the data;

   Inserted: (C) the accuracy of data indexing;

   Inserted: (D) the suitability of the data for the intended task; and

   Inserted: (E) the freedom of the data from unintended bias.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle B of title XVI, add the following:

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