S.Amdt. 2991

SA 2991. Mr. CORNYN 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 III, add the following:

SEC. 358. PROCUREMENT OF SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE AND DATA AS A
SERVICE FOR PURPOSES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
SYSTEMS.

(a) Use of Funds.--The Secretary of Defense may use amounts
made available to the Secretary for operation and maintenance
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) Revision of Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense
shall revise or develop regulations as necessary to implement
this section, which shall include regulations governing the
procurement and modification of software, data, and
artificial intelligence systems, and the oversight of such
procurement and modification.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Software.--The term ``software'' has the meaning given
that term under the Federal Acquisition Regulation maintained
under section 1303(a)(1) of title 41, United States Code, and
includes non-commercial,

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commercial, and commercial-off-the shelf software.
(2) Software as a service.--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.
(3) Data as a service.--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.
(4) Artificial intelligence system.--The term ``artificial
intelligence system'' means a system that is capable of
performing tasks that normally require human-like cognition,
including learning, decision-making, and problem-solving.
(d) Sunset.--This section shall terminate on September 30,
2026.
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