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(2) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF DATA REPOSITORIES.— 
The Secretary of Defense, acting through the official des-
ignated under subsection (b) of section 238 of the John 
S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 
4061) (and such other officials as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate), shall— 
‘‘(1) establish data repositories containing De-
partment of Defense data sets relevant to the devel-
opment of artificial intelligence software and tech-
nology; and 
‘‘(2) allow appropriate public and private sector 
organizations to access such data repositories for the 
purpose of developing improved artificial intelligence 
and machine learning software capabilities that may, 
as determined appropriate by the Secretary, be pro-
cured by the Department to satisfy Department re-
quirements and technology development goals.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘If the Sec-
retary of Defense carries out the pilot program 
under subsection (a), the data repositories estab-
lished under the program’’ and inserting ‘‘The data 
repositories established under subsection (a)’’; and 
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(4) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than July 1, 2023, the 
Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional de-
fense committees a briefing on— 
‘‘(1) the types of information the Secretary de-
termines are feasible and advisable to include in the 
data repositories established under subsection (a); 
and 
‘‘(2) the progress of the Secretary in estab-
lishing such data repositories.’’. 
(f) DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN 
AND WORKING GROUP.—Section 1531(d)(2)(C) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 
(Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 2051) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The office of the official designated under sub-
section (b) of section 238 of the John S. McCain National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 
Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061)’’. 
(g) APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO 
THE DEFENSE REFORM PILLAR OF THE NATIONAL DE-
FENSE STRATEGY.—Section 234(b) of the William M. 
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113) 
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is amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Joint Artificial 
Intelligence Center’’ and inserting ‘‘official designated 
under subsection (b) of section 238 of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
(Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061)’’. 
(h) PILOT PROGRAM ON THE USE OF ELECTRONIC 
PORTFOLIOS TO EVALUATE CERTAIN APPLICANTS FOR 
TECHNICAL POSITIONS.—Section 247(c) of the William 
M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 
note prec. 1580) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Joint Ar-
tificial Intelligence Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the office 
of the official designated under subsection (b) of sec-
tion 238 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061)’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively. 
(i) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR OF 
THE JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER.—Sec-
tion 808 the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
116–283; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended— 
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(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘THE 
DIRECTOR OF THE JOINT ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
LIGENCE CENTER’’ and inserting ‘‘THE SENIOR 
OFFICIAL
WITH
PRINCIPAL
RESPONSIBILITY 
FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE 
LEARNING’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Director of the Joint 
Artificial Intelligence Center’’ and inserting 
‘‘the official designated under subsection (b) of 
section 238 of the John S. McCain National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
(Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 
4061) (referred to in this section as the ‘Offi-
cial’)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Center’’ and inserting 
‘‘the office of such official (referred to in this 
section as the ‘Office’)’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘JAIC’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), 
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(I) by striking ‘‘staff of the Di-
rector’’ and inserting ‘‘staff of the Of-
ficial’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the Director of 
the Center’’ and inserting ‘‘such Offi-
cial’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘the Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘the Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘the Center’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘the Office’’; and 
(v) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘the Center’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘the Office’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the Center’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Office’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Official’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Center’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Office’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Official’’; 
(5) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the Director’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Official’’; 
(6) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘Center missions’’ and inserting ‘‘the mis-
sions of the Office’’; and 
(ii) in subparagrpah (D), by striking 
‘‘the Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the 
Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office’’; 
(7) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the Director’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Official’’; and 
(8) in subsection (g)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (3); 
and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 
(5) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively. 
(j) BIANNUAL REPORT.—Section 260 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 
Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1293) is amended— 
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(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘JOINT 
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘OFFICE OF THE SENIOR OFFICIAL WITH 
PRINCIPAL
RESPONSIBILITY
FOR
ARTIFICIAL 
INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘2026’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Joint Artificial Intel-
ligence Center (referred to in this section as the 
‘Center’)’’ and inserting ‘‘the office of the offi-
cial designated under subsection (b) of section 
238 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 
Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061) (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘Office’)’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Center’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Office’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Na-
tional Mission Initiatives, Component Mission 
Initiatives, and any other initiatives’’ and in-
serting ‘‘any initiatives’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘the 
Center’s investments in the National Mission 
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Initiatives and Component Mission Initiatives’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Office’s investments in its 
initiatives and other activities’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (c). 
(k) REPORTING RESPONSIBILITY.—Section 903(b) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 2223 note) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (3). 
(l) REFERENCES IN EXISTING LAW.—Any reference 
in any law, regulation, guidance, instruction, or other doc-
ument of the Federal Government to the Director of the 
Joint Artificial Intelligence Center of the Department of 
Defense or to the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center shall 
be deemed to refer to the official designated under section 
238(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 
10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061) or the office of such official, 
as the case may be. 
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SEC. 212. ROLE OF THE CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL IN-
TELLIGENCE OFFICER IN FOSTERING INTER-
OPERABILITY AMONG JOINT FORCE SYS-
TEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
direct the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer 
of the Department of Defense to carry out the activities 
described in subsection (b) in support of the Joint All Do-
main Command and Control strategy and the Joint 
Warfighting Concept of the Department. 
(b) ACTIVITIES
DESCRIBED.—The activities de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) To solicit feedback from the combatant 
commands and the Joint Staff to identify oper-
ational challenges that— 
(A) are attributable to a lack of interoper-
ability between the warfighting systems and 
other technology, including software and data, 
of such commands and the Joint Staff; and 
(B) could potentially be resolved using mis-
sion integration software, including software de-
signed to integrate heterogeneous systems 
across domains without upgrading hardware or 
changing existing system software. 
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(2) From amounts made available to carry out 
this section, to allocate funds to entities in the com-
batant commands and the Joint Staff to address 
such operational challenges through— 
(A) the development, procurement, or field-
ing of mission integration software; and 
(B) the development and implementation 
of related tactics, techniques, and procedures to 
integrate systems to increase interoperability. 
(3) To identify, acquire, and field existing mis-
sion integration capabilities and enhance ongoing re-
search and development. 
(4) To support exercises, experimentation, and 
demonstrations to highlight and refine mission inte-
gration software and address associated interoper-
ability challenges. 
(5) To assist in fielding mission integration 
software by the military departments to encourage 
the development and employment of such software 
on a larger scale. 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall provide to the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives a briefing on the progress of the 
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(6) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Sec-
retary to award grants under the pilot program es-
tablished by this section shall terminate 10 years 
after the date on which the Secretary establishes 
such program. 
(7) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 
180 days after the termination of the pilot program 
under paragraph (6), the Secretary shall prepare 
and submit a report to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives on the pilot program that includes the fol-
lowing: 
(A) An analysis of the growth in very high 
research activity status indicators of eligible in-
stitutions that received a grant under this sec-
tion. 
(B) An evaluation on the effectiveness of 
the program in increasing the research capacity 
of eligible institutions that received a grant 
under this section. 
(C) An description of how institutions that 
have achieved very high research activity status 
plan to sustain that status beyond the duration 
of the program. 
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