[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7817]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4284. Mr. SASSE (for himself, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Rubio) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by 
Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 title II, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO STEERING COMMITTEE ON 
                   EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY 
                   THREATS.

       Section 236 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
     116-283), is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``may'' and inserting 
     ``and the Director of National Intelligence may jointly'';
       (2) in subsection (b), by--
       (A) by striking paragraphs (3) through (8); and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
       ``(3) The Principal Deputy Director of National 
     Intelligence.
       ``(4) Such other officials of the Department of Defense and 
     intelligence community as the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Director of National Intelligence jointly determine 
     appropriate.'';
       (3) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as 
     subsections (d) through (f), respectively;
       (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
       ``(c) Leadership.--The Steering Committee shall be chaired 
     by the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Vice Chairman of the 
     Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Principal Deputy Director of 
     National Intelligence jointly.'';
       (5) in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (3)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by striking ``a strategy'' and inserting 
     ``strategies'';
       (ii) by inserting ``and intelligence community'' after 
     ``United States military''; and
       (iii) by inserting ``and National Intelligence Strategy, 
     and consistent with the National Security Strategy'' after 
     ``National Defense Strategy'';
       (B) inserting in paragraph (3)--
       (i) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by inserting 
     ``and the Director of National Intelligence'' after ``the 
     Secretary of Defense'';
       (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``strategy'' and 
     inserting ``strategies'';
       (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (iv) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); 
     and
       (v) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
       ``(E) any changes to the guidance for developing the 
     National Intelligence Program budget required by section 
     102A(c)(1)(A) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     3024(c)(1)(A)), that may be required to implement the 
     strategies under paragraph (1); and''; and
       (vi) in subparagraph (F), as redesignated by clause (iv), 
     by inserting ``and the intelligence community'' after 
     ``Department of Defense''; and
       (C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``and Director of 
     National Intelligence, jointly'' after ``Secretary of 
     Defense'';
       (6) by amending subsection (e), as redesignated by 
     paragraph (3), to read as follows:
       ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `emerging technology' means technology 
     determined to be in an emerging phase of development by the 
     Secretary, including quantum information science and 
     technology, data analytics, artificial intelligence, 
     autonomous technology, advanced materials, software, high 
     performance computing, robotics, directed energy, 
     hypersonics, biotechnology, medical technologies, and such 
     other technology as may be identified by the Secretary.
       ``(2) The term `intelligence community' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 
     1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).''; and
       (7) in subsection (f), as redesignated by paragraph (3), by 
     striking ``October 1, 2024'' and inserting ``October 1, 
     2025''.
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