S.Amdt. 565

SA 565. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 subtitle B of title XV, insert
the following:

SEC. 15___. ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF DATA USED TO TRAIN
ALGORITHMS FOR TARGET IDENTIFICATION.

(a) In General.--Not later than December 31, 2024, the
Secretary of Defense shall complete a comprehensive
assessment of the quality of data and potential for racial
bias of data labeling used to train algorithms for target
identification and sensor processing and decision-making
support.
(b) Contents.--The assessment required by subsection (a)
shall include an assessment of data used to train--
(1) target identification algorithms for Project Maven;
(2) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems;

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(3) weapon systems that have lethal, offensive strike
capabilities that are autonomous or planned to become
autonomous; and
(4) weapon systems subject to senior review under
Department of Defense Directive 3000.09; and
(c) Briefing.--Not later than February 1, 2025, the
Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional
committees on the completed assessment required by subsection
(a) and recommendations how to improve the quality of the
assessed data.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Autonomous; planned to become autonomous.--
(A) Autonomous.--The term ``autonomous'', with respect to a
weapon system, means that the weapon system, once activated,
can select and engage targets without further intervention by
an operator, as defined in Department of Defense Directive
3000.09; or
(B) Planned to become autonomous.--The term ``planned to
become autonomous'', with respect to a weapon system, means
that the weapon system has the potential to be deployed in a
manner that would qualify as an autonomous weapon system
under Department of Defense Directive 3000.09.
(3) Quality of data.--The term ``quality of data''
includes--
(A) the accuracy of data labeling;
(B) the condition of the data;
(C) the accuracy of data indexing;
(D) the suitability of the data for the intended task; and
(E) the freedom of the data from unintended bias.
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