[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5798]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6266. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. ___. DATA REPOSITORIES TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF 
                   ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES FOR THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       Section 232 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``pilot program on 
     data repositories'' and inserting ``data repositories'';
       (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
       ``(a) Establishment of Data Repositories.--The Secretary of 
     Defense, acting through the official designated under 
     subsection (b) of section 238 of the John S. McCain National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
     115-232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061) (and such other officials 
     as the Secretary determines appropriate), shall--
       ``(1) establish data repositories containing Department of 
     Defense data sets relevant to the development of artificial 
     intelligence software and technology; and
       ``(2) allow appropriate public and private sector 
     organizations to access such data repositories for the 
     purpose of developing improved artificial intelligence and 
     machine learning software capabilities that may, as 
     determined appropriate by the Secretary, be procured by the 
     Department to satisfy Department requirements and technology 
     development goals.'';
       (3) in subsection (b), by striking ``If the Secretary of 
     Defense carries out the pilot program under subsection (a), 
     the data repositories established under the program'' and 
     inserting ``The data repositories established under 
     subsection (a)''; and
       (4) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
       ``(c) Briefing.--Not later than July 1, 2023, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense 
     committees a briefing on--
       ``(1) the types of information the Secretary determines are 
     feasible and advisable to include in the data repositories 
     established under subsection (a); and
       ``(2) the progress of the Secretary in establishing such 
     data repositories.''.
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