[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3625]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2617. 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:

       On page 79, strike lines 6 through 15 and insert the 
     following:
     the Department, other Federal agencies, academia, 
     nongovernmental organizations, and the commercial sector, as 
     the Secretary considers appropriate.
       (3) Elements.--The study required by paragraph (1)(A) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) A comprehensive and national-level review of advances 
     in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and 
     associated technologies relevant to the needs of the 
     Department and the Armed Forces.
       (B) An assessment of global trends of state and non-state 
     actor development and use of artificial intelligence 
     technologies in security.
       (C) An assessment of the implications of incorporating 
     artificial intelligence into existing and future Department 
     of Defense weapons, operational, and non-operational systems.
       (D) An assessment of the implications of the proliferation 
     of the use artificial intelligence in national security to 
     foreign state and non-state actors, including potential 
     proliferation to adversaries.
       (E) An assessment of opportunities to establish 
     international cooperation on the use of artificial 
     intelligence technologies by the Department of Defense.
       (F) Recommendations for addressing workforce development 
     requirements for the Department of Defense associated with 
     the use of artificial intelligence by the Department of 
     Defense.
       (G) Recommendations for the use of artificial intelligence 
     by the Department of Defense for non-operational uses, 
     including the use of artificial intelligence, to enhance the 
     efficiency of personnel management and procurement processes.
       (H) Recommendations for engagement by the Department with 
     relevant agencies that will be involved with artificial 
     intelligence in the future.
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