[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4950-S4951]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2613. Mr. HEINRICH 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 X, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REPORTS ON APPROVAL AND DEPLOYMENT OF LETHAL 
                   AUTONOMOUS WEAPON SYSTEMS.

       (a) In General.--On an annual basis in accordance with 
     subsection (c), the President shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a comprehensive report on 
     the approval and deployment of lethal autonomous weapon 
     systems by the United States.
       (b) Elements.--Each report under subsection (a) shall 
     include, with respect to the period covered by the report, 
     the following:
       (1) A comprehensive list of any lethal autonomous weapon 
     systems that have been approved by senior defense officials 
     for use by the United States military under Department of 
     Defense policies in effect as of the date of the report, the 
     dates of such approvals, and a description how such weapons 
     systems have been, are being, or will be deployed and whether 
     they operated as intended.
       (2) A comprehensive list of any lethal autonomous weapon 
     systems that have received a waiver of the requirement for 
     review by senior defense officials under Department of 
     Defense policies in effect as of the date of the report, the 
     dates such waivers were issued, and a description of how such 
     weapon systems have been, are being, or will be deployed and 
     whether they operated as intended.
       (3) A comprehensive list of any lethal autonomous weapon 
     systems that are undergoing senior review or waiver request 
     processes as of the date of the report.
       (4) A comprehensive list of any lethal autonomous weapon 
     systems not approved during a senior review or waiver request 
     process and the reasons for such disapproval.
       (c) Timing of Reports.--
       (1) Initial report.--The President shall submit the first 
     report required under subsection (a) not later than one year 
     after the

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     date of the enactment of this Act. Such report shall include 
     the information described in subsection (b) for all relevant 
     time periods preceding the date of the report.
       (2) Subsequent reports.--Following submittal of the initial 
     report under paragraph (1), the President shall submit 
     subsequent reports under subsection (a) on an annual basis. 
     Each subsequent report shall include the information 
     described in subsection (b) with respect to the period that 
     elapsed since the date of the immediately preceding report.
       (d) Form.--Each report under subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
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