[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2904]
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  SA 782. Mr. MARKEY 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 XV, insert the following:

     SEC. 15___. INTEGRATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTO 
                   AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEMS.

       (a) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds for Nuclear Weapons 
     Not Subject to Meaningful Human Control.--None of the funds 
     authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for 
     any fiscal year may be obligated or expended to develop, 
     deploy, or launch a nuclear weapon, or to select or engage 
     targets for a nuclear weapon, unless such weapon is subject 
     to meaningful human control.
       (b) Report on the Integration of Artificial Intelligence 
     Into Nuclear Command, Control, Target Acquisition, 
     Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance.--
       (1) In general.--Not more than 6 months after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report detailing the use of 
     artificial intelligence in the command, control, target 
     acquisition, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance of 
     nuclear weapon systems of the United States.
       (2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, with sufficient details, but 
     may include a classified annex.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial 
     intelligence'' has the meaning given the term ``artificial 
     intelligence'' in section 238(g) of the John S. McCain 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2019 (10 
     U.S.C. 2358 note; Public Law 115-232).
       (3) Meaningful human control.--The term ``meaningful human 
     control'' means, with respect to an nuclear weapon, human 
     control of--
       (A) the selection and engagement of targets; and
       (B) the time, location, and manner of use.
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