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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2432 

To require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress on 

the artificial intelligence strategy of the Department of Defense. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2019 

Mr. DUNN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report 

to Congress on the artificial intelligence strategy of 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 ‘‘Future Defense Artifi5 cial Intelligence Technology Assessment Act’’ or the ‘‘Fu6 ture DATA Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. REPORT ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De10 fense, in consultation with head of the Joint Artificial InVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:51 May 04, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2432.IH H2432

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1 telligence Center, shall submit to the appropriate congres2 sional committees a report on the artificial intelligence 

3 strategy of the Department of Defense. 

4 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 

5 shall include the following: 

6 (1) Analysis of the increasing use of artificial 

7 intelligence technology by the Department of De8 fense and the effects of such technology on the De9 partment. 

10 (2) Identification of the data necessary for the 

11 Secretary to properly conduct the analysis under 

12 paragraph (1), including identification of any gaps 

13 in the availability of such data. 

14 (3) The plan of the Secretary to protect sys15 tems that use artificial intelligence from bad actors 

16 and any attempts by individuals to misrepresent or 

17 alter information used or provided by artificial intel18 ligence. 

19 (4) Analysis of the expected benefits of artificial 

20 intelligence for the operation of the Armed Forces 

21 over the period of 20 years following the year in 

22 which the report is submitted. 

23 (5) Analysis of the potential of artificial intel24 ligence to improve multi-domain operations across 

25 the Armed Forces. 


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1 (6) Identification of any ethical guidelines ap2 plicable to the use of artificial intelligence by the 

3 Department. 

4 (7) The plan of the Secretary to ensure collabo5 ration among the Department, industry, academia, 

6 and national laboratories on matters relating to the 

7 research, development, test, and evaluation, con8 tracting, acquisition, and onboarding of artificial in9 telligence technology. 

10 (c) COLLABORATION.—In preparing the report under 

11 subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may collaborate, 

12 through a series of meetings, roundtables, or by other 

13 means, with— 

14 (1) a broad range of industrial stakeholders in 

15 the technology, manufacturing, and service sectors, 

16 including large and small companies, think tanks, 

17 and industry organizations; and 

18 (2) the heads of any other Federal agencies the 

19 Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

20 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

21 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con22 gressional committees’’ means— 

23 (1) the Committees on Armed Services of the 

24 Senate and the House of Representatives; 


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1 (2) the Committee on Science, Space, and 

2 Technology of the House of Representatives; 

3 (3) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

4 Transportation of the Senate; 

5 (4) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel6 ligence of the House of Representatives; and 

7 (5) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

8 Senate. 

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