S.Amdt. 6266

SA 6266. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. ___. DATA REPOSITORIES TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

Section 232 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended--

(1) in the section heading, by striking “pilot program on data repositories” and inserting “data repositories”;

(2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

“(a) Establishment of Data Repositories.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the official designated under subsection (b) of section 238 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061) (and such other officials as the Secretary determines appropriate), shall--

“(1) establish data repositories containing Department of Defense data sets relevant to the development of artificial intelligence software and technology; and

“(2) allow appropriate public and private sector organizations to access such data repositories for the purpose of developing improved artificial intelligence and machine learning software capabilities that may, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, be procured by the Department to satisfy Department requirements and technology development goals.”;

(3) in subsection (b), by striking “If the Secretary of Defense carries out the pilot program under subsection (a), the data repositories established under the program” and inserting “The data repositories established under subsection (a)”; and

(4) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

“(c) Briefing.--Not later than July 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on--

“(1) the types of information the Secretary determines are feasible and advisable to include in the data repositories established under subsection (a); and

“(2) the progress of the Secretary in establishing such data repositories.”.