[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3400]
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  SA 1894. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Bennet) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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. ___. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STRATEGY ON 
                   ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE STANDARDS.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to Congress a report on the role of the 
     Department of Defense in the development of artificial 
     intelligence standards.
       (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include an assessment of each of the following:
       (1) The need for the Department of Defense to develop an 
     artificial intelligence standards strategy.
       (2) Any efforts to date on the development of such a 
     strategy.
       (3) The ways in which an artificial intelligence standards 
     strategy will improve the national security.
       (4) How the Secretary intends to collaborate with--
       (A) the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology;
       (B) the Secretary of Homeland Security;
       (C) the intelligence community;
       (D) the Secretary of State;
       (E) representatives of private industry, specifically 
     representatives of the defense industrial base; and
       (F) representatives of any other agencies, entities, 
     organizations, or persons the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
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