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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4024 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 676
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4024

                          [Report No. 118-273]

    To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enable secure and 
trustworthy technology through other transaction contracting authority.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 21, 2024

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Daines) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

                            December 9, 2024

               Reported by Mr. Peters, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
    To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enable secure and 
trustworthy technology through other transaction contracting authority.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Better Enabling Secure and 
Trustworthy Technology for the Homeland Act'' or the ``BEST Technology 
for the Homeland Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACQUISITION PILOT PROGRAM 
              EXTENSION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
391) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
        paragraph (1), by striking ``September 30, 2024'' and inserting 
        ``September 30, 2031''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (c)(1), in the matter preceding 
        subparagraph (A), by striking ``September 30, 2024'' and 
        inserting ``September 30, 2031''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Better Enabling Secure and 
Trustworthy Technology for the Homeland Act'' or the ``BEST Technology 
for the Homeland Act''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACQUISITION PROGRAM EXTENSION.

    Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``September 30, 2024'' and inserting 
                ``September 30, 2027''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Other transaction authority involving artificial 
        intelligence.--Not later than 72 hours after the use or 
        extension of the transaction authority authorized under 
        paragraph (1) involving artificial intelligence technology, the 
        Secretary shall notify the Committee on Appropriations and the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
        Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
        Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and offer a 
        briefing explaining the reason for the use or extension.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), in the matter preceding 
        subparagraph (A), by striking ``September 30, 2024'' and 
        inserting ``September 30, 2027''.
                                                       Calendar No. 676

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 4024

                          [Report No. 118-273]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enable secure and 
trustworthy technology through other transaction contracting authority.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            December 9, 2024

                       Reported with an amendment
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