[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5058 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 5058
To require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a strategy to
improve cooperation between the Department of Defense and allies and
partners of the United States located in the Middle East so as to
improve use of partner-sharing network capabilities to facilitate joint
defense efforts among the United States and such allies and partners,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 16, 2024
Ms. Ernst (for herself and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed
Services
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a strategy to
improve cooperation between the Department of Defense and allies and
partners of the United States located in the Middle East so as to
improve use of partner-sharing network capabilities to facilitate joint
defense efforts among the United States and such allies and partners,
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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Artificial Intelligence Allied
Collaboration for Crucial Operations, Research, and Development Act of
2024'' or the ``AI ACCORD Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. JOINT PARTNER-SHARING NETWORK CAPABILITIES FOR MIDDLE EAST
DEFENSE INTEGRATION.
(a) Strategy.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a strategy to
improve cooperation between the Department of Defense and
allies and partners of the United States located in the Middle
East so as to improve use of partner-sharing network
capabilities to facilitate joint defense efforts among the
United States and such allies and partners to protect the
people, infrastructure, and territory of the United States and
such allies and partners from state and non-state actors
determined by the Secretary to undermine the national security
interests of the United States.
(2) Contents.--The strategy submitted pursuant to paragraph
(1) shall include the following:
(A) A summary of ongoing efforts by United States
Central Command (CENTCOM), or in which United States
Central Command is participating, to implement a joint
partner-sharing network capability integrated with the
assets of allies and partners of the United States who
are located in the Middle East.
(B) A summary of challenges to further facilitate
the implementation of a joint partner-sharing network
capability integrated with the assets of Middle Eastern
allies and partners, including actions or decisions
that need to be taken by other organizations.
(C) A recommendation of actions that can be taken
to address the challenges summarized pursuant to
subparagraph (B).
(D) An assessment of how the implementation of a
joint partner-sharing network capability that would be
available to integrate with allies and partners of the
United States in the Middle East that--
(i) could demonstrate new tools,
techniques, or methodologies for data-driven
decision making;
(ii) accelerate sharing of relevant data,
data visualization, and data analysis
implemented through cryptographic data access
controls and enforcing existing data sharing
restrictions across multiple security levels;
and
(iii) leverage current activities in multi-
cloud computing environments to reduce the
reliance on solely hardware-based networking
solutions.
(E) A recommendation of actions that can be taken
to implement a joint partner-sharing network capability
integrated with allies and partners of the United
States in the Middle East, including identification of
policy, resource, workforce, or other shortfalls.
(F) Such other matters as the Secretary considers
relevant.
(3) Metrics.--The Secretary shall identify metrics to
assess progress in the implementation of the strategy required
by paragraph (1).
(4) Form.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(5) Protection of sensitive information.--No activity may
be carried out under this section without an approved program
protection plan and overarching classification guide to enforce
technology and information protection protocols that protect
sensitive information and the national security interests of
the United States.
(b) Establishment of a Combatant Command Warfighter Forum for
Artificial Intelligence.--
(1) Policies and procedures required.--Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief
Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of
Defense (CDAO) shall issue policies and procedures to establish
a forum for warfighters in the combatant commands on artificial
intelligence to help promote coordination and interchange on
issues relating to artificial intelligence tools,
methodologies, training, exercises, and operational research
within and among the combatant commands.
(2) Purposes for consideration.--In developing the policies
and procedures required by paragraph (1) for establishing the
forum described in such paragraph, the Chief shall consider the
following as primary purposes of the forum:
(A) Identification of use cases for the near-term
application of artificial intelligence tools, including
commercially available artificial intelligence tools,
data, methodologies, or techniques.
(B) Categorization of risk for the use cases
identified pursuant to subparagraph (A), and
consideration of risk-management process or other
procedural guidelines for enforcing current policy.
(C) Identification and prioritization of current
artificial intelligence tools or emerging technologies
applicable to the use-cases identified pursuant to
subparagraph (A) that also meet policy guidelines and
standards set by the Department.
(D) Identification of shortfalls in training or
billets for artificial intelligence-related expertise
or personnel within the combatant commands.
(E) Coordination on training and experimentation
venues, including with regional partners and allies.
(F) Identification of opportunities for enhanced
cooperation with regional partners and allies.
(G) Identification of opportunities for the
combatant commands, working with other elements of the
Department of Defense, such as the Defense Innovation
Unit, to better procure commercial artificial
intelligence capabilities, including from partner and
allied industrial bases.
(3) Report.--(A) Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the
progress made in establishing the forum described in paragraph
(1).
(B) The report submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall
include the following:
(i) A summary of the policies and procedures issued
pursuant to paragraph (1).
(ii) A list of all meetings of the forum described
in paragraph (1) that have occurred since the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(iii) An itinerary of the meetings listed pursuant
to clause (ii).
(iv) A summary of the efforts of the forum
described in paragraph (1) to fulfill each of the
purposes considered under paragraph (2).
(v) Recommendations, based on findings of the forum
described in paragraph (1), for legislative action to
accelerate the adoption by the combatant commands of
artificial intelligence capabilities.
(c) Definition of Congressional Defense Committees.--In this
section, the term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning
given such term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.
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