[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5224]
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  SA 2947. Mr. MULLIN 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. __. USE OF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS FOR 
                   PROCUREMENT OF SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE AND DATA 
                   AS A SERVICE.

       (a) Authority To Use Certain Funds.--Amounts authorized to 
     be appropriated for fiscal year 2025 by section 301 for 
     operation and maintenance may be used to procure software as 
     a service and data as a service and modify software to 
     include artificial intelligence systems to meet the 
     operational needs of the Department of Defense.
       (b) Revised Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     revise or develop regulations as necessary to carry out 
     subsection (a). Such regulations shall include provisions 
     governing the procurement and modification of software, data, 
     and artificial intelligence systems, and the oversight of 
     such activities.
       (c) Sunset.--The authority provided by subsection (a) shall 
     terminate on September 30, 2026.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``artificial intelligence system'' means a 
     system that is capable of performing tasks that normally 
     require human-like cognition, including learning, 
     decisionmaking, and problem-solving.
       (2) The term ``data as a service'' means a data delivery 
     model in which data is provided on a subscription basis and 
     is accessed remotely over the internet.
       (3) The term ``software'' has the meaning given the term in 
     the Federal Acquisition Regulation, including noncommercial, 
     commercial, and commercial-off-the-shelf software.
       (4) The term ``software as a service'' means a software 
     delivery model in which software is provided on a 
     subscription basis and is accessed remotely over the 
     internet.
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