[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2145. Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. Heinrich) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 appropriate place in subtitle B of title XVI, add 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. ENHANCEMENT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE TALENT EXCHANGE 
                   PROGRAMS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Application of Exchange Authority to Artificial 
     Intelligence.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall take 
     steps to ensure that the authority for the Secretary to 
     operate a public-private talent exchange program pursuant to 
     section 1599g of title 10, United States Code, is utilized to 
     exchange personnel with private sector entities working on 
     artificial intelligence applications. Such application of the 
     authority of section 1599g shall be in addition to, not in 
     lieu of, any other application of the authority by the 
     Secretary.
       (b) Goals for Program Participation.--In carrying out the 
     requirement of subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
       (1) establish goals for an expanded artificial intelligence 
     public-private talent exchange;
       (2) identify any barriers that would prevent the Secretary 
     from achieving these goals; and
       (3) provide a request to Congress for any additional 
     authorities required to expand the program.
       (c) Briefing on Expansion of Existing Exchange Programs.--
     Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act and annually thereafter for five years, the 
     Secretary shall brief the Committee on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives on efforts taken to expand existing public-
     private exchange programs of the Department of Defense and to 
     ensure that such programs seek opportunities for exchanges 
     with private sector entities working on artificial 
     intelligence applications, in accordance with the 
     requirements of this section.
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