[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3409]
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  SA 1916. Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) 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 B of title II, add the following:

     SEC. ___. INCREASING HUMAN RESOURCES WORKFORCE LITERACY IN 
                   ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

       (a) Finding.--Congress finds that the National Security 
     Commission on Artificial Intelligence made the following 
     recommendation in their March 2020 Report to Congress:
       (b) Increasing Human Resources Workforce Literacy in 
     Artificial Intelligence.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense may 
     develop a training and certification program on software 
     development, data science, and artificial intelligence that 
     is tailored to the needs of the covered human resources 
     workforce of the Department of Defense.
       (2) Elements.--The program course required by paragraph (1) 
     shall--
       (A) provide a generalist's introduction to software 
     development and business processes, data management practices 
     relating to machine learning, deep learning, artificial 
     intelligence, and artificial intelligence workforce roles; 
     and
       (B) address hiring options and processes available for 
     software developers, data scientists, and artificial 
     intelligence professionals, including direct hiring 
     authorities, excepted service authorities, the 
     Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4701 et 
     seq.), and authorities for hiring special government 
     employees and highly qualified experts.
       (3) Objective.--It shall be the objective of the Department 
     to provide the training under the program developed pursuant 
     to paragraph (1) to the covered human resources workforce in 
     such a manner that--
       (A) in the first year, 20 percent of the workforce is 
     certified as having successfully completed the training; and
       (B) in each year thereafter, an additional 10 percent of 
     the workforce is certified, until the Department achieves and 
     maintains a status in which 80 percent of the covered human 
     resources workforce is so certified.
       (c) Covered Human Resources Workforce.--In this section, 
     the term ``covered human resources workforce'' means human 
     resources professionals, hiring managers, and recruiters who 
     are or will be responsible for hiring software developers, 
     data scientists, or artificial intelligence professionals.
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