Sec. 217. Modification of joint artificial intelligence research, development, and transition activities
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Section 238 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( Public Law 115–232 ; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended— in the section heading, by inserting before the period at the end; and improvement of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1), by inserting acquire, before develop ; and by amending paragraph
(2)to read as follows: The set of activities established under paragraph
(1)shall include— acquisition and development of mature artificial intelligence technology; applying artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions to operational problems by directly delivering artificial intelligence capabilities to the Armed Forces and other organizations and elements of the Department; accelerating the development, testing, and fielding of new artificial intelligence and artificial intelligence-enabling capabilities; and coordinating and deconflicting activities involving artificial intelligence and artificial intelligence-enabled capabilities within the Department. ; by amending subsection
(b)to read as follows: The Deputy Secretary of Defense shall be the official within the Department of Defense with principal responsibility for the coordination of activities relating to the acquisition, development, and demonstration of artificial intelligence and machine learning for the Department. ; by redesignating subsections
(c)through
(g)as subsections
(d)through (h), respectively; by inserting after subsection
(b)the following new subsection: The set of activities established under subsection (a)(1) shall be established within the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. The Deputy Secretary of Defense shall exercise authority and direction over the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. The Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center shall report directly to the Deputy Secretary of Defense. In exercising authority and direction over the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center under subsection (a), the Deputy Secretary of Defense may delegate administrative and ancillary management duties to the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, as needed, to effectively and efficiently execute the mission of the Center. ; in subsection (d), as so redesignated— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking official designated under subsection
(b)and inserting Deputy Secretary of Defense ; in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting acquire, before develop ; in the heading of paragraph (2), by striking and inserting development ; and acquisition, development, in paragraph (2)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking To the degree practicable, the designated official and inserting The Deputy Secretary of Defense ; in subparagraph (A), by striking development and inserting acquisition, development, ; by redesignating subparagraphs
(H)and
(I)as subparagraphs
(J)and (K), respectively; and by inserting after subparagraph (G), the following new subparagraphs: develop standard data formats for the Department that— aid in defining the relative maturity of datasets; and inform best practices for cost and schedule computation, data collection strategies aligned to mission outcomes, and dataset maintenance practices; establish data and model usage agreements and collaborative partnership agreements for artificial intelligence product development with each organization and element of the Department, including each of the Armed Forces; ; in subsection (e), as so redesignated— by striking the official designated under subsection
(b)and inserting the Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center ; by striking subsection
(c)and inserting subsection
(d); and by adding at the end the following: At a minimum, such access shall ensure that the Director has the ability to discover, access, share, and reuse data and models of the Armed Forces and other organizations and elements of the Department of Defense and to build and maintain data for the Department. ; in subsection (f), as so redesignated— in paragraph (1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking official designated under subsection
(b)and inserting Deputy Secretary of Defense ; and in subparagraph (B), by striking designated official and inserting Deputy Secretary of defense ; and in paragraph (2), by striking designated official and inserting Deputy Secretary of Defense ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: The term Joint Artificial Intelligence Center means the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center of the Department of Defense established pursuant to the memorandum of the Secretary of Defense dated June 27, 2018, and titled Establishment of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center , or any successor to such Center. .
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