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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 4543 (Reported in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 238

Sec. 238. Clarification of role of Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer

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Section 4092 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)(6)— by striking Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and inserting official designated under section 238(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( ; Public Law 115–232 ; 10 U.S.C. 4061 note prec.) by striking for the Center and inserting to support the activities of such official under section 238 of such Act ; and in the paragraph heading, by striking ;
Center in subsection (b)(1)(F)— by striking Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and inserting official designated under section 238(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( ; Public Law 115–232 ; 10 U.S.C. 4061 note prec.) by striking in the Center and inserting in support of the activities of such official under section 238 of such Act ; in subsection (c)(2), by striking Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and inserting the activities under section 238 of the John S.
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( . Public Law 115–232 ; 10 U.S.C. 4061 note prec.) Section 238 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( Public Law 115–232 ; 10 U.S.C. 4061 note prec.) is amended— by amending subsection
(c)to read as follows: In addition to designating an official under subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall assign to appropriate officials within the Department of Defense roles and responsibilities relating to the research, development, prototyping, testing, procurement of, requirements for, and operational use of artificial intelligence technologies. The officials assigned roles and responsibilities under paragraph
(1)shall include— the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; one or more officials in each military department; officials of appropriate Defense Agencies; and such other officials as the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate. ; in subsection (e), by striking Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and inserting official designated under subsection
(b); and by striking subsection (h). Section 260 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ) is amended— in the section heading, by striking and inserting Joint Artificial Intelligence Center ; activities of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office in subsection (a)— by striking 2023 and inserting 2025 ; and by striking Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (referred to in this section as the and inserting Center ) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (referred to in this section as the ; Office ) in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking Center and inserting Office ; in paragraph (2), by striking National Mission Initiatives, Component Mission Initiatives, and any other initiatives of the Center and inserting initiatives of the Office ; in paragraphs
(3)through (6), by striking Center each place it appears and inserting Office ; in paragraph (7), by striking Center and the Center's investments in the National Mission Initiatives and Component Mission Initiatives and inserting Office and the Office's investments ; in paragraph (8), by striking Chief Information Officer and inserting Chief Digital Artificial Intelligence Officer ; and in paragraph (10), by striking Center and inserting Officer ; and by striking subsection (c). The table of contents in section 2(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 260 and inserting the following new item: Sec. 260. Biannual report on the activities of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office. . Section 903(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ; 10 U.S.C. 2223 note) is amended— by striking paragraph (3); and by redesignating paragraph
(4)as paragraph (3). Section 233 of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended— in the section heading, by striking and inserting Joint Artificial Intelligence Center ; Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office in subsection (a), by striking Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and inserting Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office ; in subsection (b), by striking Director each place in appears and inserting Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer ; in subsection (f), by striking September 30, 2024 and inserting September 30, 2026 ; and in subsection (g)— by striking paragraphs
(2)and (3); and by redesignating paragraph
(4)as paragraph (2). The table of contents in section 2(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 233 and inserting the following new item: Sec. 233. Board of advisors for the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office. . Section 234(b) of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by striking Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and inserting official designated under section 238(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( . Public Law 115–232 ; 10 U.S.C. 4061 note prec.) Section 247(c) of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ; 10 U.S.C. 1580 note prec.) is amended— by striking paragraphs
(1)and (2); by inserting before paragraph
(3)the following new paragraph (1): the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office; ; and by redesignating paragraphs
(3)and
(4)and paragraphs
(2)and (3), respectively. Any reference in any law, regulation, guidance, instruction, or other document of the Federal Government to the Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center of the Department of Defense or to the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center shall be deemed to refer to the official designated under section 238(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( Public Law 115–232 ; 10 U.S.C. 4061 note prec.) or the office of such official, as the case may be.
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Sec. 238
Clarification of role of Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer
Pub. L.Public Law 115-232
U.S.C.§ 4061
Pub. L.Public Law 116-92
U.S.C.§ 2223
Pub. L.Public Law 116-283
U.S.C.§ 4001
U.S.C.§ 113
U.S.C.§ 1580
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