Sec. 227. MODIFICATION OF THE JOINT COMMON FOUNDATION PROGRAM
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## SEC. 227 MODIFICATION OF THE JOINT COMMON FOUNDATION PROGRAM **[**[10 U.S.C. 4001 note](/us/usc/t10/s4001)**]** ###
(a)Modification of Joint Common Foundation The Secretary of Defense shall modify the Joint Common Foundation program conducted by the the1 office of the official designated under subsection
(b)of section 238 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061) to ensure that Department of Defense components can more easily contract with leading commercial artificial intelligence companies to support the rapid and efficient development and deployment of applications and capabilities. 1The amendment made by section 212(c) of division A of Public Law 117-263 results in “the the office”. ###
(b)Qualifying Commercial Companies The Secretary of Defense shall take such actions as may be necessary to increase the number of commercial artificial intelligence companies eligible to provide support to Department of Defense components, including with respect to requirements for cybersecurity protections and processes, to achieve automatic authority to operate and provide continuous delivery, security clearances, data portability, and interoperability. ###
(c)Use of FAR Part 12 The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, commercial artificial intelligence companies are able to offer platforms, services, applications, and tools to Department of Defense components through processes and procedures under part 12 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. ###
(d)Objectives of the Joint Common Foundation Program The objectives of the Joint Common Foundation program shall include the following: ####
(1)Relieving Department of Defense components of the need to design or develop or independently contract for the computing and data hosting platforms and associated services on and through which the component at issue would apply its domain expertise to develop specific artificial intelligence applications. ####
(2)Providing expert guidance to components in selecting commercial platforms, tools, and services to support the development of component artificial intelligence applications. ####
(3)Ensuring that leading commercial artificial intelligence technologies and capabilities are easily and rapidly accessible to components through streamlined contracting processes. ####
(4)Assisting components in designing, developing, accessing, or acquiring commercial or non-commercial capabilities that may be needed to support the operational use of artificial intelligence applications. ####
(5)Enabling companies to develop software for artificial intelligence applications within secure software development environments that are controlled, sponsored, required, or specified by the Department of Defense, including PlatformOne of the Department of the Air Force ###
(e)Briefing Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on actions taken to carry out this section.
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