[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3342]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6153. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 subtitle B of title XVI, 
     insert the following:

     SEC. 16___. FRAMEWORK FOR CONSISTENT DATA MANAGEMENT FOR 
                   ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TARGET IDENTIFICATION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than December 31, 2026, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a framework 
     for artificial intelligence and machine learning for 
     intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, defense, and 
     offensive purposes throughout the Department of Defense.
       (b) Contents.--The framework required by subsection (a) 
     shall include--
       (1) criteria for data reviewers to ensure the quality of 
     data--
       (A) suitability for training artificial intelligence; and
       (B) such additional criteria as the Secretary determines 
     necessary;
       (2) a consistent development process and labeling 
     procedures that adhere to the ethical principals for the use 
     of artificial intelligence adopted by the Department, 
     including the principles of responsibility, equitability, 
     traceability, reliability, and governability; and
       (3) processes for data input, evaluation, review, feedback, 
     update, and oversight, including of contracted companies 
     throughout the data-labeling supply chain.
       (c) Briefing.--Not later than February 1, 2027, the 
     Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional 
     committees on the status of the development and 
     implementation of the framework.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Quality of data.--The term ``quality of data'' 
     includes--
       (A) the accuracy of data labeling;
       (B) the condition of the data, including completeness;
       (C) the accuracy of data indexing;
       (D) the suitability of the data for the intended task; and
       (E) variance in quality of all training across all data 
     used to train an artificial intelligence system.
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