S.Amdt. 748

SA 748. Mr. ROUNDS 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 title XVI, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BUG BOUNTY PROGRAMS.

(a) Program for Foundational Artificial Intelligence
Products Being Incorporated by Department of Defense.--
(1) Development required.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Data and
Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense
shall develop a bug bounty program for foundational
artificial intelligence products being incorporated by the
Department of Defense.
(2) Collaboration.--In developing the program required by
paragraph (1), the Chief may collaborate with the heads of
other government agencies that have expertise in
cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.
(3) Implementation authorized.--The Chief may carry out the
program developed pursuant to subsection (a).
(4) Contracts.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that
whenever the Department of Defense enters into any contract,
the contract allows for participation in the bug bounty
program developed pursuant to paragraph (1).
(5) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall
be construed to require--
(A) the use of any foundational artificial intelligence
product; or
(B) the implementation of the program developed pursuant to
paragraph (1) in order for the Department to incorporate a
foundational artificial intelligence product.
(b) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Chief shall provide the
congressional defense committees a briefing on--
(1) the development and implementation of bug bounty
programs the Chief considers relevant to the matters covered
by this section; and
(2) long-term plans of the Chief with respect to such bug
bounty programs.
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