[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 123 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4461-S4462]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2900. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RELIABILITY RESEARCH FOR 
                   DEFENSE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense of the 
     Advanced Research Projects Agency shall, in collaboration 
     with the heads of relevant Federal agencies--
       (1) identify fundamental research work streams to enable 
     more robust evaluations of artificial intelligence models 
     before deployment, including methods to analyze model 
     internals, detect hidden behaviors that could compromise 
     mission effectiveness, and protect artificial intelligence 
     systems from physical tampering and side-channel attacks; and
       (2) initiate the review, research, and development of 
     advanced techniques for assessment of reliability of 
     artificial intelligence models, mechanistic interpretability 
     of such models, and related hardware security.
       (b) Research Sharing.--The Director shall share with the 
     broader scientific community the findings of the Director 
     with respect to the activities carried out under subsection 
     (a) and the results of research conducted under such 
     subsection whenever doing so does not compromise classified 
     information or national security interests.
       (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit 
     to Congress a

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     report on the findings of the Director with respect to the 
     activities carried out under subsection (a) and the results 
     of research conducted under such subsection. Such report 
     shall include recommendations for further related avenues of 
     research.
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