[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4752]
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  SA 2428. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 XVI, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. CREATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IMPLEMENTATION 
                   WORKING GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

        The Secretary of Defense shall take the following actions:
       (1) Create artificial intelligence implementation working 
     groups at appropriate levels.
       (2) Involve employees and employee representatives as full 
     partners with management representatives in the working 
     groups created under paragraph (1) to improve the use of 
     artificial intelligence throughout the Department of Defense 
     to better serve the public and carry out the mission of the 
     Department.
       (3)(A) Allow employees and employee representatives to have 
     pre-decisional involvement in workplace matters regarding the 
     implementation of artificial intelligence to the fullest 
     extent practicable, without regard to whether those matters 
     are negotiable subjects of bargaining under section 7106 of 
     title 5, United States Code.
       (B) Provide adequate information on the matters described 
     in subparagraph (A) expeditiously to employee representatives 
     where not prohibited by law.
       (C) Make a good-faith attempt to resolve issues concerning 
     proposed implementation of artificial intelligence 
     technologies through discussions in the artificial 
     intelligence implementation working groups created by the 
     Secretary under paragraph (1).
       (4) Evaluate progress and improvements in organizational 
     performance resulting from the artificial intelligence 
     implementation working groups created under paragraph (1).
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