[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3807 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3807

To authorize the Secretary of Defense to procure software and data as a 
service to support the development of artificial intelligence systems, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2025

Mr. Fallon (for himself and Mr. Vindman) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to procure software and data as a 
service to support the development of artificial intelligence systems, 
                        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 ``Flexible Acquisition of Software 
Technology Act'' or the ``FAST Act''.

SEC. 2. PROCUREMENT OF SOFTWARE AND DATA AS A SERVICE TO SUPPORT 
              ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS.

    (a) Authorization.--For purposes of supporting the development and 
implementation of artificial intelligence systems to meet the 
operational needs of the Department of Defense, the Secretary of 
Defense may--
            (1) procure software as a service or software as a product;
            (2) procure data as a service or data as a supply;
            (3) modify software to support such systems; and
            (4) research, develop, test, and evaluate such software.
    (b) Funding.--The Secretary of Defense may carry out subsection (a) 
using amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary 
for any purpose.
    (c) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall issue or modify 
regulations as necessary to implement this section, which shall include 
regulations--
            (1) to govern the procurement and modification of software 
        and data for artificial intelligence systems under subsection 
        (a); and
            (2) to provide for the oversight of such procurements and 
        modifications.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Artificial intelligence system.--The term ``artificial 
        intelligence system'' means a system that is capable of 
        performing tasks that normally require human-like cognition, 
        including learning, decision-making, and problem-solving.
            (2) Data as a service.--The term ``data as a service'' 
        means a data delivery model in which data is provided on a 
        subscription basis and is accessed remotely over the internet.
            (3) Data as a supply.--The term ``data as a supply'' means 
        a data delivery model in which data is acquired on a 
        nonsubscription basis and retained locally rather than accessed 
        remotely over the internet.
            (4) Software.--The term ``software'' has the meaning given 
        the term ``computer software'' in part 2.101 of the Federal 
        Acquisition Regulation (or any successor regulation) and 
        includes noncommercial, commercial, and commercial off-the-
        shelf software.
            (5) Software as a service.--The term ``software as a 
        service'' means a software delivery model in which software is 
        provided on a subscription basis and is accessed remotely over 
        the internet.
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