[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2546. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following:

     SEC. ___. STRATEGY FOR MAINTAINING UNITED STATES LEADERSHIP 
                   AND COMPETITIVENESS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

       (a) Strategy Required.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of 
     National Intelligence, develop a long-term strategy for 
     maintaining the leadership and competitiveness of the United 
     States in the use of artificial intelligence technologies in 
     national security.
       (2) Considerations.--In developing the strategy required by 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall consider the 
     following:
       (A) Long-term global trends of state and non-state actor 
     development and use of artificial intelligence technologies.
       (B) Ethical implications of development of and use of 
     artificial intelligence in national security.
       (C) Domestic and international legal implications of 
     artificial intelligence in national security.
       (D) Opportunities for international cooperation to 
     establish international norms for the use of artificial 
     intelligence technologies in national security.
       (E) The benefits and risks of using artificial intelligence 
     technologies in national security.
       (F) Workforce development requirements and challenges.
       (G) Assessments of capabilities and technologies under 
     development by the private sector and non-governmental 
     organizations.
       (3) Submittal.--Not later than 30 days after the completion 
     of the strategy required by paragraph (1), the Secretary 
     shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
     report on the strategy. Such strategy shall be submitted in 
     unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
       (b) Report on Artificial Intelligence and National 
     Security.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report on the following:
       (A) Long-term global trends of state and non-state actor 
     development and use of artificial intelligence technologies.
       (B) Ethical implications of development of and use of 
     artificial intelligence in national security.
       (C) Legal (both domestic and international) implications of 
     artificial intelligence in national security.
       (D) Opportunities for international cooperation to 
     establish international norms for the use of artificial 
     technologies in national security.
       (E) The benefits and risks of using artificial intelligence 
     technologies for national security.
       (2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the congressional defense committees;
       (2) the congressional intelligence committees (as defined 
     in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     3003));
       (3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
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