S.Amdt. 2697

SA 2697. Mr. THUNE 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 end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1067. REPORTING ON APPLICATION OF LETHAL FORCE BY
AUTONOMOUS WEAPON SYSTEMS UNDER WAR POWERS
RESOLUTION.

(a) War Powers Resolution.--Section 4(a) of the War Powers
Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1543(a)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new
subparagraph (C):
``(C) a description of any application of lethal force by
an autonomous weapon system (as defined in Department of
Defense Directive 3000.09 (relating to Autonomy in Weapons
Systems), effective January 25, 2023) that occurred during or
since such introduction; and''.
(b) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024.--Section 1230(b) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (50 U.S.C. 1543a(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new
paragraph (5):
``(5) a description of any application of lethal force by
an autonomous weapon system (as defined in Department of
Defense Directive 3000.09 (relating to Autonomy in Weapons
Systems), effective January 25, 2023) that occurred during or
since the incident; and''.
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