[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2872]
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  SA 769. Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Young, and Mr. 
Rounds) 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 title II, insert the following:

     SEC. 2__. ANNUAL REVIEW OF STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR 
                   DIGITAL ENGINEERING CAREER TRACKS.

       (a) Annual Review and Report Required.--Not less frequently 
     than once each year until December 31, 2029, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall--
       (1) conduct an internal review of the status of the 
     implementation of the plan submitted pursuant to section 
     230(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 501); and
       (2) submit to the congressional defense committees--
       (A) a summary of the status described in paragraph (1);
       (B) a report on the findings of the Secretary with respect 
     to the most recent review conducted pursuant to such 
     paragraph; and
       (C) a plan for how the Department of Defense will plan for 
     digital engineering personnel needs in the coming years.
       (b) Consideration.--The review conducted pursuant to 
     subsection (a)(1) shall include consideration of the rapid 
     rate of technological change in data science and machine 
     learning.
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