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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3175 

To authorize the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program on 

establishing data libraries for training artificial intelligence models, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 4, 2021 

Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. PORTMAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot 

program on establishing data libraries for training artificial intelligence models, and for other purposes. 

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 American 

5 Artificial Intelligence Innovation Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PILOT PROGRAM ON 

2 DATA LIBRARIES FOR TRAINING ARTIFICIAL 

3 INTELLIGENCE MODELS. 

4 (a) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 

5 of Defense, acting through the Director of the Joint Artifi6 cial Intelligence Center or such other official as the Sec7 retary considers appropriate, may carry out a pilot pro8 gram to assess the feasibility and advisability of estab9 lishing data libraries for developing and enhancing artifi10 cial intelligence capabilities to ensure that the Department 

11 of Defense is able to procure optimal artificial intelligence 

12 and machine learning software capabilities to meet De13 partment requirements and technology development goals. 

14 (b) AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out a pilot program 

15 under subsection (a), the Secretary may— 

16 (1) establish data libraries containing Depart17 ment data sets relevant to the development of artifi18 cial intelligence software and technology; and 

19 (2) allow appropriate public and private sector 

20 organizations to access such data libraries for the 

21 purposes of developing artificial intelligence models 

22 and other technical software solutions. 

23 (c) ELEMENTS.—If the Secretary elects to carry out 

24 the pilot program under subsection (a), the data libraries 

25 established under the program— 


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1 (1) may include unclassified data representative 

2 of diverse types of information, representing Depart3 ment missions, business processes, and activities; 

4 (2) shall be categorized and annotated to sup5 port development of a common evaluation framework 

6 for artificial intelligence models and other technical 

7 software solutions; 

8 (3) shall be made available to such public and 

9 private sector organizations as the Secretary con10 siders appropriate to support rapid development of 

11 software and artificial intelligence capabilities; 

12 (4) shall include capabilities and tool sets to de13 tect, evaluate, and correct errors in data annotation, 

14 identify gaps in training data used in model develop15 ment that would require additional data labeling, 

16 and evaluate model performance across the lifecycle 

17 of its use; and 

18 (5) shall be developed to support such other 

19 missions and activities as the Secretary considers 

20 appropriate. 

21 (d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 270 days after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro23 vide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on 

24 implementing this section, including an identification of 

25 the types of information that the Secretary determines are 


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1 feasible and advisable to include in the data libraries 

2 under subsection (b)(1). 

3 (e) CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DE4 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional defense 

5 committees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

6 101(a) of title 10, United States Code. 

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