S.Amdt. 782

SA 782. Mr. MARKEY 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 XV, insert the following:

SEC. 15___. INTEGRATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTO
AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEMS.

(a) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds for Nuclear Weapons
Not Subject to Meaningful Human Control.--None of the funds
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for
any fiscal year may be obligated or expended to develop,
deploy, or launch a nuclear weapon, or to select or engage
targets for a nuclear weapon, unless such weapon is subject
to meaningful human control.
(b) Report on the Integration of Artificial Intelligence
Into Nuclear Command, Control, Target Acquisition,
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance.--
(1) In general.--Not more than 6 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report detailing the use of
artificial intelligence in the command, control, target
acquisition, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance of
nuclear weapon systems of the United States.
(2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, with sufficient details, but
may include a classified annex.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(2) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial
intelligence'' has the meaning given the term ``artificial
intelligence'' in section 238(g) of the John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2019 (10
U.S.C. 2358 note; Public Law 115-232).
(3) Meaningful human control.--The term ``meaningful human
control'' means, with respect to an nuclear weapon, human
control of--
(A) the selection and engagement of targets; and
(B) the time, location, and manner of use.
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