United States S 4082: Artificial Intelligence Standards and National Security Act

Bill Text

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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION S. 4082
To require reports on certain Department of Defense activities with respect
to artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 25, 2020
Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. PORTMAN) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To require reports on certain Department of Defense activi-
ties with respect to artificial intelligence, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Artificial Intelligence 4
Standards and National Security Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STRATEGY 6
ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE STANDARDS. 7
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 8
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 9
of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the role 10
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of the Department of Defense in the development of artifi-1
cial intelligence standards. 2
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 3
(a) shall include an assessment of each of the following: 4
(1) The need for the Department of Defense to 5
develop an artificial intelligence standards strategy. 6
(2) Any efforts to date on the development of 7
such a strategy. 8
(3) The ways in which an artificial intelligence 9
standards strategy will improve the national secu-10
rity. 11
(4) How the Secretary intends to collaborate 12
with— 13
(A) the Director of the National Institute 14
of Standards and Technology; 15
(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security; 16
(C) the intelligence community; 17
(D) the Secretary of State; 18
(E) representatives of private industry, 19
specifically representatives of the defense indus-20
trial base; and 21
(F) representatives of any other agencies, 22
entities, organizations, or persons the Secretary 23
considers appropriate. 24
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SEC. 3. REPORT ON ASSIGNMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE 1
ARMED FORCES ON ACTIVE DUTY TO THE 2
JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER 3
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 4
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-5
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 6
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 7
the House of Representatives a report on the feasibility 8
and the current status of assigning members of the Armed 9
Forces on active duty to the Joint Artificial Intelligence 10
Center (JAIC) of the Department of Defense. The report 11
shall include an assessment of such assignment on each 12
of the following: 13
(1) The strengthening of ties between the Joint 14
Artificial Intelligence Center and operational forces 15
for purposes of— 16
(A) identifying tactical and operational use 17
cases for artificial intelligence (AI); 18
(B) improving data collection; and 19
(C) establishing effective liaison between 20
the Center and operational forces for identifica-21
tion and clarification of concerns in the wide-22
spread adoption and dissemination of artificial 23
intelligence. 24
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(2) The creation of opportunities for additional 1
non-traditional broadening assignments for members 2
on active duty. 3
(3) The career trajectory of active duty mem-4
bers so assigned, including potential negative effects 5
on career trajectory. 6
(4) The improvement and enhancement of the 7
capacity of the Center to influence Department-wide 8
policies that affect the adoption of artificial intel-9
ligence. 10
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