[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3098]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1573. Mr. SASSE (for himself and Mr. Bennet) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. 
Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for 
Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to 
establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and 
report on economic security, science, research, innovation, 
manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain 
resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in title V of division B, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. PLAN FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly 
     develop a plan for the development and resourcing of a modern 
     digital ecosystem that embraces state-of-the-art tools and 
     modern processes to enable development, testing, fielding, 
     and continuous update of artificial intelligence-powered 
     applications at speed and scale from headquarters to the 
     tactical edge.
       (b) Contents of Plan.--At a minimum, the plan required by 
     subsection (a) shall include the following:
       (1) A roadmap for adopting a hoteling model to allow 
     trusted small- and medium-sized artificial intelligence 
     companies access to classified facilities on a flexible 
     basis.
       (2) An open architecture and an evolving reference design 
     and guidance for needed technical investments in the proposed 
     ecosystem that address issues, including common interfaces, 
     authentication, applications, platforms, software, hardware, 
     and data infrastructure.
       (3) A governance structure, together with associated 
     policies and guidance, to drive the implementation of the 
     reference throughout the intelligence community or Department 
     of Defense, as appropriate, on a federated basis.
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