S.Amdt. 769

SA 769. Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Young, and 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 II, insert the following:

SEC. 2__. ANNUAL REVIEW OF STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR
DIGITAL ENGINEERING CAREER TRACKS.

(a) Annual Review and Report Required.--Not less frequently
than once each year until December 31, 2029, the Secretary of
Defense shall--
(1) conduct an internal review of the status of the
implementation of the plan submitted pursuant to section
230(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 501); and
(2) submit to the congressional defense committees--
(A) a summary of the status described in paragraph (1);
(B) a report on the findings of the Secretary with respect
to the most recent review conducted pursuant to such
paragraph; and
(C) a plan for how the Department of Defense will plan for
digital engineering personnel needs in the coming years.
(b) Consideration.--The review conducted pursuant to
subsection (a)(1) shall include consideration of the rapid
rate of technological change in data science and machine
learning.
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