[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2694-S2695]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 565. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 XV, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 15___. ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF DATA USED TO TRAIN 
                   ALGORITHMS FOR TARGET IDENTIFICATION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than December 31, 2024, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall complete a comprehensive 
     assessment of the quality of data and potential for racial 
     bias of data labeling used to train algorithms for target 
     identification and sensor processing and decision-making 
     support.
       (b) Contents.--The assessment required by subsection (a) 
     shall include an assessment of data used to train--
       (1) target identification algorithms for Project Maven;
       (2) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems;

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       (3) weapon systems that have lethal, offensive strike 
     capabilities that are autonomous or planned to become 
     autonomous; and
       (4) weapon systems subject to senior review under 
     Department of Defense Directive 3000.09; and
       (c) Briefing.--Not later than February 1, 2025, the 
     Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional 
     committees on the completed assessment required by subsection 
     (a) and recommendations how to improve the quality of the 
     assessed data.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Autonomous; planned to become autonomous.--
       (A) Autonomous.--The term ``autonomous'', with respect to a 
     weapon system, means that the weapon system, once activated, 
     can select and engage targets without further intervention by 
     an operator, as defined in Department of Defense Directive 
     3000.09; or
       (B) Planned to become autonomous.--The term ``planned to 
     become autonomous'', with respect to a weapon system, means 
     that the weapon system has the potential to be deployed in a 
     manner that would qualify as an autonomous weapon system 
     under Department of Defense Directive 3000.09.
       (3) Quality of data.--The term ``quality of data'' 
     includes--
       (A) the accuracy of data labeling;
       (B) the condition of the data;
       (C) the accuracy of data indexing;
       (D) the suitability of the data for the intended task; and
       (E) the freedom of the data from unintended bias.
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