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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8183 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance public-private talent 

exchange programs in the Department of Defense. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 

Mr. BROWN of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance publicprivate talent exchange programs in the Department of 

Defense. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing Develop5 ment of AI Processes and Talent Act’’ or the ‘‘ADAPT 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE TALENT EX2 CHANGE PROGRAMS IN THE DEPARTMENT 

3 OF DEFENSE. 

4 (a) PUBLIC-PRIVATE TALENT EXCHANGE.—Section 

5 1599g of title 10, United States Code is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by amending subpara7 graph (C) to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(C) shall contain language ensuring that 

9 such employee of the Department does not im10 properly use information that such employee 

11 knows relates to a Department acquisition, or 

12 procurement for the benefit or advantage of the 

13 private-sector organization.’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (f)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘is deemed to be an 

17 employee of the Department of Defense for 

18 the purposes of’’ and inserting ‘‘is subject 

19 to’’; 

20 (ii) by striking subparagraph (D); and 

21 (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

22 (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (D) and 

23 (E), respectively; 

24 (B) by striking paragraph (4); 

25 (C) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

26 paragraph (4); and 


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1 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(5) shall be required to file a Public Financial 

4 Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278) and the Public 

5 Financial Disclosure Report for a such a person and 

6 a description of any waivers provided to such person 

7 shall be made available on a publicly accessible 

8 website of the Department of Defense.’’. 

9 (b) APPLICATION OF EXCHANGE AUTHORITY TO AR10 TIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—Not later than 90 days after 

11 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

12 Defense shall take steps to ensure that the authority for 

13 the Department of Defense to operate a public-private tal14 ent exchange program pursuant to section 1599g of title 

15 10, United States Code, is used to exchange personnel 

16 with private sector entities working on artificial intel17 ligence applications. Such application of the authority of 

18 section 1599g shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, any 

19 other application of such authority by the Department of 

20 Defense. 

21 (c) GOALS FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPATION.—In car22 rying out the requirement of subsection (b), the Secretary 

23 shall seek to achieve the following objectives: 

24 (1) In the Secretary of Defense Executive Fel25 lows program, the nomination of an additional five 


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1 uniformed service members and three government ci2 vilians by each service and by the Office of the Sec3 retary of Defense, for sponsorship by private sector 

4 entities working on artificial intelligence applica5 tions. 

6 (2) For the public-private talent exchange pro7 gram of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi8 tion and Sustainment— 

9 (A) an additional 10 government employ10 ees to work with private sector entities working 

11 on artificial intelligence applications; and 

12 (B) an additional 10 employees of private 

13 sector entities working on artificial intelligence 

14 applications to work in the Department. 

15 (3) The establishment of the following new pub16 lic-private talent exchange programs in the Office of 

17 the Secretary of Defense, comparable to the pro18 gram referred to in paragraph (2)— 

19 (A) in the office of the Undersecretary of 

20 Defense for Research and Engineering, a pro21 gram with 20 participants, focused on ex22 changes with private sector entities working on 

23 artificial intelligence applications; and 

24 (B) in the office of the Chief Information 

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1 gram with 20 participants, focused on ex2 changes with private sector entities working on 

3 artificial intelligence applications. 

4 (4) In the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, the 

5 establishment of new public-private exchange pro6 grams, comparable to the Air Force Education with 

7 Industry Program, each with 20 program partici8 pants, focused on private sector entities working on 

9 artificial intelligence applications. 

10 (d) TREATMENT OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.— 

11 (1) The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps shall 

12 take steps to ensure that participation by a service 

13 member in a program described in subsection (c)(4) 

14 is treated, for purposes of promotion boards and 

15 subsequent assignments, as equivalent to attending 

16 resident professional military education. 

17 (2) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 

18 public-private exchange program billet office to tem19 porarily hold billets for civilian employees who par20 ticipate in programs described in subsection (b), to 

21 ensure that participating Department of Defense of22 fices are able to retain their staffing levels during 

23 the period of participation. 

24 (e) BRIEFING ON EXPANSION OF EXISTING EX25 CHANGE PROGRAMS.—Not later than 180 days after the 


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1 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

2 the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees 

3 on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep4 resentatives a briefing on the efforts undertaken to expand 

5 existing public-private exchange programs of the Depart6 ment of Defense and to ensure that such programs seek 

7 opportunities for exchanges with private sector entities 

8 working on artificial intelligence applications, in accord9 ance with the requirements of this section. 

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