S.Amdt. 2613

SA 2613. Mr. HEINRICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 X, insert the following:

SEC. __. REPORTS ON APPROVAL AND DEPLOYMENT OF LETHAL
AUTONOMOUS WEAPON SYSTEMS.

(a) In General.--On an annual basis in accordance with
subsection (c), the President shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a comprehensive report on
the approval and deployment of lethal autonomous weapon
systems by the United States.
(b) Elements.--Each report under subsection (a) shall
include, with respect to the period covered by the report,
the following:
(1) A comprehensive list of any lethal autonomous weapon
systems that have been approved by senior defense officials
for use by the United States military under Department of
Defense policies in effect as of the date of the report, the
dates of such approvals, and a description how such weapons
systems have been, are being, or will be deployed and whether
they operated as intended.
(2) A comprehensive list of any lethal autonomous weapon
systems that have received a waiver of the requirement for
review by senior defense officials under Department of
Defense policies in effect as of the date of the report, the
dates such waivers were issued, and a description of how such
weapon systems have been, are being, or will be deployed and
whether they operated as intended.
(3) A comprehensive list of any lethal autonomous weapon
systems that are undergoing senior review or waiver request
processes as of the date of the report.
(4) A comprehensive list of any lethal autonomous weapon
systems not approved during a senior review or waiver request
process and the reasons for such disapproval.
(c) Timing of Reports.--
(1) Initial report.--The President shall submit the first
report required under subsection (a) not later than one year
after the

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date of the enactment of this Act. Such report shall include
the information described in subsection (b) for all relevant
time periods preceding the date of the report.
(2) Subsequent reports.--Following submittal of the initial
report under paragraph (1), the President shall submit
subsequent reports under subsection (a) on an annual basis.
Each subsequent report shall include the information
described in subsection (b) with respect to the period that
elapsed since the date of the immediately preceding report.
(d) Form.--Each report under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
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