Sec. 1535. Artificial Intelligence Futures Steering Committee
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Not later than April 1, 2026, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a steering committee on advanced artificial intelligence capabilities. The steering committee established pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall be known as the Artificial Intelligence Futures Steering Committee (in this section the Steering Committee ). The Steering Committee shall be composed of the following: The Deputy Secretary of Defense. The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Vice Chief of Staff of the Army. The Vice Chief of Staff of Naval Operations. The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps. The Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force. The Vice Chief of Space Operations. The Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau. The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer. Such representatives from the military departments as the Secretary considers appropriate. The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense. Representatives of such innovation centers within the defense innovation ecosystem as the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate. Representatives of such other organizations and elements of the Department of Defense as the Secretary determines appropriate. The Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall serve as the co-chairs of the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee shall be responsible for— formulating a proactive policy for the evaluation, adoption, governance, and risk mitigation of advanced artificial intelligence systems by the Department of Defense that are more advanced than any existing advanced artificial intelligence systems, including advanced artificial intelligence systems that approach or achieve artificial general intelligence; analyzing the forecasted trajectory of advanced and emerging artificial intelligence models and enabling technologies across multiple time horizons that could enable artificial general intelligence, including— current and emerging artificial intelligence models, including frontier and world models; agentic algorithms; neuromorphic computing; cognitive science applications for the development of artificial intelligence algorithms or models; infrastructure needs for infrastructure required to support the deployment of new or emerging artificial intelligence systems at a scale projected necessary for future capacity; new or emerging microelectronics designs or architectures; and such other technologies as the Steering Committee determines appropriate; assess the possible technological, operational, and doctrinal trajectories of adversaries of the United States with respect to the uses of artificial intelligence capabilities by such adversaries across various time horizons, including any pursuit or development by such adversaries of artificial general intelligence; analyzing the potential operational effects of integrating advanced or general purpose artificial intelligence into networks and systems of the Department of Defense from a technical, doctrinal, training, and resourcing perspective to better understand and assess how use of such networks and systems by the Department of Defense may affect future commanders of operational commands; developing a strategy for the risk-informed adoption, governance, and oversight of advanced or general purpose artificial intelligence by the Department, including— articulation of ethical, policy, and technical guardrails to maintain, to the extent practical, appropriate human decision making in and prevent the misuse of such advanced or general purpose artificial intelligence; an assessment of potential effects on commanders of operational commands, including effects related to maintaining oversight of mission command when using artificial intelligence and the capability for humans to override artificial intelligence through technical, policy, or other operational controls; broad resource requirements for artificial intelligence, including funding, personnel, and infrastructure; and measurable goals to support Department-level decision making on resourcing, programming and budgeting; and analyzing the threat landscape associated with the use of advanced artificial intelligence, including artificial general intelligence, by adversaries of the United States and developing options and counter-artificial intelligence strategies to defend against such use. The Steering Committee shall meet not less frequently than once every three months. Not later than January 31, 2027, the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings of the Steering Committee with respect to the matters described in subsection (d). The report submitted pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. The Deputy Secretary of Defense shall make available to the public the unclassified portion of the report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1). The requirements and authorities of this section shall terminate on December 31, 2027. In this section: The term artificial intelligence has the meaning given such term in 238(g) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( Public Law 115–232 ; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061). The term innovation ecosystem means a regionally based network of private sector, academic, and government institutions in a network of formal and informal institutional relationships that contribute to technological and economic development in a defined technology sector or sectors.
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