[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3004 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3004
To specify control and management of Department of Defense data and to
establish the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer
Governing Council, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 3, 2023
Mr. Manchin (for himself and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To specify control and management of Department of Defense data and to
establish the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer
Governing Council, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DATA AND
ESTABLISHMENT OF CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER GOVERNING COUNCIL.
(a) Control and Management of Department of Defense Data.--The
Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of
Defense shall maintain the authority, but not the requirement, to
access and control, on behalf of the Secretary of Defense, of all data
collected, acquired, accessed, or utilized by Department of Defense
components consistent with section 1513 of the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 10
U.S.C. 4001 note).
(b) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Governing
Council.--Section 238(d) of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 10 U.S.C.
note prec. 4061) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
following new paragraph (3):
``(3) Chief digital and artificial intelligence officer
governing council.--
``(A) Establishment.--(i) The Secretary shall
establish a council to provide policy oversight to
ensure the responsible, coordinated, and ethical
employment of data and artificial intelligence
capabilities across Department of Defense missions and
operations.
``(ii) The council established pursuant to clause
(i) shall be known as the `Chief Digital and Artificial
Intelligence Officer Governing Council' (in this
paragraph the `Council').
``(B) Membership.--The Council shall be composed of
the following:
``(i) Joint Staff J-6.
``(ii) The Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment.
``(iii) The Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering.
``(iv) The Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence and Security.
``(v) The Under Secretary of Defense for
Policy.
``(vi) The Director of Cost Analysis and
Program Evaluation.
``(vii) The Chief Information Officer of
the Department.
``(viii) The Director of Administration and
Management.
``(ix) The service acquisition executives
of each of the military departments.
``(C) Head of council.--The Council shall be headed
by the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence
Officer of the Department.
``(D) Meetings.--The Council shall meet not less
frequently than twice each fiscal year.
``(E) Duties of council.--The duties of the Council
are as follows:
``(i) To streamline the organizational
structure of the Department as it relates to
artificial intelligence development,
implementation, and oversight.
``(ii) To improve coordination on
artificial intelligence governance with the
defense industry sector.
``(iii) To establish and oversee artificial
intelligence guidance on ethical requirements
and protections for usage of artificial
intelligence supported by Department funding
and reduces or mitigates instances of
unintended bias in artificial intelligence
algorithms.
``(iv) To identify, monitor, and
periodically update appropriate recommendations
for operational usage of artificial
intelligence.
``(v) To review, as the head of the Council
considers necessary, artificial intelligence
program funding to ensure that any Department
investment in an artificial intelligence tool,
system, or algorithm adheres to all Department
established policy related to artificial
intelligence.
``(vi) To provide periodic status updates
on the efforts of the Department to develop and
implement artificial intelligence into existing
Department programs and processes.
``(vii) To provide guidance on access and
distribution restrictions relating to data,
models, tool sets, or testing or validation
infrastructure.
``(viii) to implement and oversee a data
and artificial intelligence educational program
for the purpose of familiarizing the Department
at all levels on the applications of artificial
intelligence in their operations.
``(ix) To implement and oversee a data
decree scorecard.
``(x) Such other duties as the Council
determines appropriate.
``(F) Periodic reports.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this paragraph and
not less frequently than once every 18 months
thereafter, the Council shall submit to the Secretary
and the congressional defense committees a report on
the activities of the Council during the period covered
by the report.''.
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