[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2004. 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 shall--
       (1) 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; and
       (2) submit to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
     the House of Representatives the plan developed under 
     paragraph (1).
       (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 on a 
     federated basis.
       (c) Form.--The plan submitted under subsection (a)(2) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.
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