Sec. 232. MODIFICATION OF JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TRANSITION ACTIVITIES
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## SEC. 232 MODIFICATION OF JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TRANSITION ACTIVITIES 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— ####
(1)in subsection (a)— #####
(A)in paragraph (1), by inserting “acquire,” before “develop”; and #####
(B)by amending paragraph
(2)to read as follows: > > #### “(2) Emphasis > > The set of activities established under paragraph
(1)shall include— > > > ##### “(A) > > acquisition and development of mature artificial intelligence technologies in support of defense missions; > > > ##### “(B) > > 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 of Defense; > > > ##### “(C) > > accelerating the development, testing, and fielding of new artificial intelligence and artificial intelligence-enabling capabilities; and > > > ##### “(D) > > coordinating and deconflicting activities involving artificial intelligence and artificial intelligence-enabled capabilities within the Department.” > ; ####
(2)by striking subsection (e); ####
(3)by redesignating subsections
(c)and
(d)as subsections
(d)and (e), respectively; ####
(4)by inserting after subsection
(b)the following new subsection: > > ### “(c) Organization and Roles > > > #### “(1) Assignment of roles and responsibilities > > > ##### “(A) In general > > 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. > > > ##### “(B) Appropriate officials > > The officials assigned roles and responsibilities under subparagraph
(A)shall include— > > > ###### “(i) > > the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; > > > ###### “(ii) > > the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; > > > ###### “(iii) > > the Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center; > > > ###### “(iv) > > one or more officials in each military department; > > > ###### “(v) > > officials of appropriate Defense Agencies; and > > > ###### “(vi) > > such other officials as the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate. > > > #### “(2) Role of director of the joint artificial intelligence center > > > ##### “(A) Direct report to deputy secretary of defense > > During the covered period, the Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center shall report directly to the Deputy Secretary of Defense without intervening authority. > > > ##### “(B) Continuation > > The Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center shall continue to report to the Deputy Secretary of Defense as described in subparagraph
(A)after the expiration of the covered period if, not later than 30 days before such period expires, the Deputy Secretary— > > > ###### “(i) > > determines that the Director should continue to report to Deputy Secretary without intervening authority; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > transmits notice of such determination to the congressional defense committees. > > > ##### “(C) Covered period defined > > In this paragraph, the term ‘covered period’ means the period of two years beginning on the date of the enactment of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.” > ; ####
(5)in subsection (d), as so redesignated— #####
(A)in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “acquire,” before “develop”; #####
(B)in the heading of paragraph (2), by striking “development” and inserting “acquisition, development”; and #####
(C)in paragraph (2)— ######
(i)in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “To the degree practicable, the designated official” and inserting “The official designated under subsection (b)”; ######
(ii)in subparagraph (A), by striking “development” and inserting “acquisition”; ######
(iii)by redesignating subparagraphs
(H)and
(I)as subparagraphs
(J)and (K), respectively; and ######
(iv)by inserting after subparagraph (G), the following new subparagraphs: > > ##### “(H) > > develop standard data formats for the Department that— > > > ###### “(i) > > aid in defining the relative maturity of datasets; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > inform best practices for cost and schedule computation, data collection strategies aligned to mission outcomes, and dataset maintenance practices; > > > ##### “(I) > > 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;” > ; ####
(6)in subsection (e), as so redesignated— #####
(A)by striking “The Secretary shall” and inserting “Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall issue regulations to”; #####
(B)by striking “the coordination described in subsection
(b)and the duties set forth in subsection (c)” and inserting “the duties set forth in subsection (d)”; and #####
(C)by adding at the end the following new sentence: “At a minimum, such access shall ensure that the Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has the ability to discover, access, share, and appropriately reuse data and models of the Armed Forces and other organizations and elements of the Department of Defense, build and maintain artificial intelligence capabilities for the Department, and execute the duties assigned to the Director by the Secretary.”; and ####
(7)by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(h) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center Defined > > In this section, 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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