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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 public- 
private talent exchange programs in the Department of 
Defense. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing Develop-
ment of AI Processes and Talent Act’’ or the ‘‘ADAPT 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE TALENT EX-
CHANGE PROGRAMS IN THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE. 
(a) PUBLIC-PRIVATE TALENT EXCHANGE.—Section 
1599g of title 10, United States Code is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by amending subpara-
graph (C) to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) shall contain language ensuring that 
such employee of the Department does not im-
properly use information that such employee 
knows relates to a Department acquisition, or 
procurement for the benefit or advantage of the 
private-sector organization.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘is deemed to be an 
employee of the Department of Defense for 
the purposes of’’ and inserting ‘‘is subject 
to’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (D); and 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(E) and (F) as subparagraphs (D) and 
(E), respectively; 
(B) by striking paragraph (4); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (4); and 
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(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) shall be required to file a Public Financial 
Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278) and the Public 
Financial Disclosure Report for a such a person and 
a description of any waivers provided to such person 
shall be made available on a publicly accessible 
website of the Department of Defense.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION OF EXCHANGE AUTHORITY TO AR-
TIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall take steps to ensure that the authority for 
the Department of Defense to operate a public-private tal-
ent exchange program pursuant to section 1599g of title 
10, United States Code, is used to exchange personnel 
with private sector entities working on artificial intel-
ligence applications. Such application of the authority of 
section 1599g shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, any 
other application of such authority by the Department of 
Defense. 
(c) GOALS FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPATION.—In car-
rying out the requirement of subsection (b), the Secretary 
shall seek to achieve the following objectives: 
(1) In the Secretary of Defense Executive Fel-
lows program, the nomination of an additional five 
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gram with 20 participants, focused on ex-
changes with private sector entities working on 
artificial intelligence applications. 
(4) In the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, the 
establishment of new public-private exchange pro-
grams, comparable to the Air Force Education with 
Industry Program, each with 20 program partici-
pants, focused on private sector entities working on 
artificial intelligence applications. 
(d) TREATMENT OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.— 
(1) The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps shall 
take steps to ensure that participation by a service 
member in a program described in subsection (c)(4) 
is treated, for purposes of promotion boards and 
subsequent assignments, as equivalent to attending 
resident professional military education. 
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
public-private exchange program billet office to tem-
porarily hold billets for civilian employees who par-
ticipate in programs described in subsection (b), to 
ensure that participating Department of Defense of-
fices are able to retain their staffing levels during 
the period of participation. 
(e) BRIEFING
ON EXPANSION
OF EXISTING EX-
CHANGE PROGRAMS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
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date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a briefing on the efforts undertaken to expand 
existing public-private exchange programs of the Depart-
ment of Defense and to ensure that such programs seek 
opportunities for exchanges with private sector entities 
working on artificial intelligence applications, in accord-
ance with the requirements of this section. 
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