S.Amdt. 2947

SA 2947. Mr. MULLIN 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 XVI, insert the
following:

SEC. __. USE OF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS FOR
PROCUREMENT OF SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE AND DATA
AS A SERVICE.

(a) Authority To Use Certain Funds.--Amounts authorized to
be appropriated for fiscal year 2025 by section 301 for
operation and maintenance may be used to procure software as
a service and data as a service and modify software to
include artificial intelligence systems to meet the
operational needs of the Department of Defense.
(b) Revised Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall
revise or develop regulations as necessary to carry out
subsection (a). Such regulations shall include provisions
governing the procurement and modification of software, data,
and artificial intelligence systems, and the oversight of
such activities.
(c) Sunset.--The authority provided by subsection (a) shall
terminate on September 30, 2026.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``artificial intelligence system'' means a
system that is capable of performing tasks that normally
require human-like cognition, including learning,
decisionmaking, and problem-solving.
(2) The term ``data as a service'' means a data delivery
model in which data is provided on a subscription basis and
is accessed remotely over the internet.
(3) The term ``software'' has the meaning given the term in
the Federal Acquisition Regulation, including noncommercial,
commercial, and commercial-off-the-shelf software.
(4) The term ``software as a service'' means a software
delivery model in which software is provided on a
subscription basis and is accessed remotely over the
internet.
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