[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5250]
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  SA 3484. Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) 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 end of subtitle B of title IX, add the following:

     SEC. 923. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE TO 
                   REVIEW TECHNOLOGIES, PROCESSES, AND INVESTMENT 
                   RELATED TO COMBINED JOINT ALL-DOMAIN COMMAND 
                   AND CONTROL.

       (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense may establish 
     a subcommittee (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Subcommittee'') under the board of advisors established 
     pursuant to section 233 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
     (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) to review 
     technologies to achieve combined joint all-domain command and 
     control.
       (b) Members.--The Subcommittee shall consist of a subset of 
     the members of the board of advisors described in subsection 
     (a).
       (c) Areas of Review.--The Subcommittee may review the 
     following:
       (1) Processes for integrating joint effects chains to 
     support priority operational challenges.
       (2) Data architectures, including potential roles for 
     artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.
       (3) Methods for achieving a platform-agnostic joint common 
     operating picture through data accessibility, 
     interoperability, and integration into combatant command 
     workflows, to assist the incorporation of commercial 
     communications technologies.
       (4) Networking technologies, including potential roles for 
     artificial intelligence and machine learning.
       (5) Enterprise and edge cloud technologies.
       (6) Interoperability technologies, including software 
     programs like the System-of-Systems Technology Integration 
     Tool Chain for Heterogeneous Electronic Systems (commonly 
     referred to as ``STITCHES'').
       (7) Interoperability technologies to integrate vehicles out 
     of the Replicator project with relevant battle networks.
       (8) Any other matters determined relevant by the Secretary 
     of Defense.
       (d) Termination.--The Subcommittee shall terminate on 
     December 31, 2029.
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