Sec. 621. Report on geospatial commercial activities for basic and applied research and development
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It is the sense of Congress that— rapid technology change and a significant increase in data collection by the intelligence community has outpaced the ability of the intelligence community to exploit vast quantities of intelligence data; the data collection capabilities of the intelligence community and the Department of Defense have outpaced their ability to exploit vast quantities of data; furthermore, international competitors may be catching up, and in some cases leading, in key technology areas; many United States companies have talent and technological capabilities that the Federal Government could harness; and these companies would be able to more effectively develop automation, artificial intelligence, and associated algorithms if given access to data of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, consistent with the protection of sources and methods.
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the authorities necessary to conduct commercial activities relating to geospatial intelligence that the Director determines necessary to engage in basic research, applied research, data transfers, and development projects, with respect to automation, artificial intelligence, and associated algorithms, including how the Director would use such authorities, consistent with applicable laws and procedures relating to the protection of sources and methods.
In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.