[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 19, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1258. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1092 proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REPORT ON NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL 
                   INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     Congress supports the National Artificial Intelligence 
     Institute of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the 
     endeavors of the Institute to research, develop, incorporate, 
     and implement artificial intelligence where needed in the 
     Department.
       (b) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on the mission of 
     the Institute, the current programs of the Institute, the 
     implementation by the Institute of artificial intelligence 
     within the Department, and the strategy of the Institute to 
     incorporate artificial intelligence across the Department 
     going forward.
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