ational, and strategic levels of warfighting and warfighting 
support. 
SEC. 8. SHORT COURSE ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR 
SENIOR PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall establish a short course on emerging tech-
nologies for covered personnel. The short course shall be 
taught on an iterative, two-year cycle and shall address 
how the most recent and relevant technologies may be ap-
plied to military and business outcomes in the Department 
of Defense. 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—In assessing participation in the 
short course under subsection (a), the Secretary shall en-
sure that— 
(1) in the first year that the course is offered, 
at least 20 percent of covered personnel pass the 
short course; and 
(2) in each subsequent year, an additional 10 
percent of covered personnel pass the such course, 
until 80 percent of covered personnel have passed. 
(c) COVERED PERSONNEL DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered personnel’’ means— 
(1) officers in— 
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(A) each Armed Force under the jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary of a military department; 
and 
(B) a grade above O-6; and 
(2) civilian employees of the Department of De-
fense in the Senior Executive Service. 
SEC. 9. EMERGING TECHNOLOGY-CODED BILLETS WITHIN 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that each Armed Force under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary of a military department— 
(1) develop a process to qualify officers on 
emerging technology; and 
(2) establishes billets for officers qualified 
under such process; and 
(b) QUALIFICATION PROCESS.—The process under 
subsection (a)(1) shall be modeled on a streamlined 
version of the joint qualification process and may include 
credit for serving in the following: 
(1) Fellowships focused on emerging tech-
nology. 
(2) Talent exchanges focused on emerging tech-
nology. 
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(3) Federal occupations focused on emerging 
technology. 
(4) Educational courses focused on emerging 
technologies. 
(c) APPROPRIATE
BILLETS.—Billets under sub-
section (a)(2) may include the following duties: 
(1) Acquisition of emerging technologies. 
(2) Integrating technology into field units. 
(3) Developing organizational and operational 
concepts. 
(4) Developing training and educational plans. 
(5) Operational and tactical leadership. 
SEC. 10. AGILE CONTRACTING MECHANISM FOR SOFTWARE 
ACQUISITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall establish an agile contracting mechanism to support 
any software acquisition pathway developed pursuant to 
section 800 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2020 (10 U.S.C. 2223a note). 
(b) CHARACTERISTICS.—The agile contracting mech-
anism established pursuant to subsection (a) shall author-
ize processes pursuant to which— 
(1) a contract is awarded on the basis of state-
ments of qualifications and past performance data 
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submitted by offerors, supplemented by discussions 
with two or more offerors determined to be the most 
highly qualified offerors, without regard to price; 
(2) the contract terms identify the persons to 
be engaged for the work, and substitutions shall not 
be made during the base contract period without the 
advance written consent of the contracting officer; 
(3) the contractor reviews existing software in 
consultation with the user community and utilizes 
user feedback to define and prioritize software re-
quirements, and to design and implement new soft-
ware and software upgrades, as appropriate; 
(4) an independent cost estimate is developed in 
parallel with engineering of the software; and 
(5) performance metrics based on the value of 
the software to be acquired are established to ad-
dress issues such as development, delivery, and de-
ployment rates of software and software updates, 
and assessment and estimation of the size and com-
plexity of the life cycle of such software. 
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SEC. 11. ENHANCED ROLE OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DE-
FENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING 
ON THE JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT 
COUNCIL. 
Section 181 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Defense and’’ be-
fore ‘‘the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (6) as paragraphs (3) through (7); 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) leveraging awareness of global technology 
trends, threats, and adversary capabilities to address 
gaps in joint military capabilities and validate the 
technical feasibility of requirements developed by the 
armed forces;’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4)(B), as so redesig-
nated, by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Defense 
and’’ before ‘‘the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, 
by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Defense and’’ be-
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fore ‘‘the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for 
making recommendations about’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Council for’’; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(B) through (F) as subparagraphs (C) 
through (G), respectively; and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) The Under Secretary of Defense for 
Research and Engineering, who is the Co-Chair 
of the Council and is the chief science advisor 
to the Council.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(B), 
(C), (D), and (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C), (D), 
(E), and (F)’’; and 
(C) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(3) In making any recommendation to the 
Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff pursuant to this section, the Co- 
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Chairs of the Council shall provide any dissenting 
view of members of the Council with respect to such 
recommendation.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)(1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (D); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 
through (H) as paragraphs (D) through (G), 
respectively. 
SEC. 12. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPMENT AND 
PROTOTYPING FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall es-
tablish a fund to be known as the ‘‘Artificial Intelligence 
Development and Prototyping Fund’’ to support oper-
ational prototyping and speed the transition of artificial 
intelligence-enabled applications into both service-specific 
and joint mission capabilities, with priority given to joint 
mission capabilities for combatant commanders. The Fund 
shall be managed by the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Research and Engineering, in consultation with the Direc-
tor of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, the head of 
the Joint Staff, and the Chief of each Armed Force. 
(b) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts available in 
the Fund may be transferred to the Secretary of a military 
department for the purpose of carrying out a development 
or prototyping program selected by the Under Secretary 
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of Defense for Research and Engineering for the purposes 
described in subsection (a). Any amount so transferred 
shall be credited to the account to which it is transferred. 
The transfer authority provided in this subsection is in 
addition to any other transfer authority available to the 
Department of Defense. 
(c) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Under Secretary of 
Defense for Research and Development shall notify the 
congressional defense committees (as defined in section 
101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code) of all transfers 
under subsection (b). Each notification shall specify the 
amount transferred, the purpose of the transfer, and the 
total projected cost and estimated cost to complete the ac-
quisition program to which the funds were transferred. 
SEC. 13. ENHANCED AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO COOPERA-
TIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREE-
MENTS WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. 
(a) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—Sec-
tion 2350a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(F) Any business, academic institution, re-
search institution, or other nongovernmental entity 
organized pursuant to the laws of a country referred 
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to in subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), subject to 
the consent of the country involved.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘a coun-
try referred to in subparagraph (E) of para-
graph (2),’’ and inserting ‘‘a country referred to 
in subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) or a non-
governmental entity referred to in subpara-
graph (F) of such paragraph,’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary may delegate the authority to 
enter memoranda of understanding pursuant to this sec-
tion to the secretary of a military department, the Direc-
tor of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, and the Di-
rector of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 
subject to such terms and conditions as may be necessary 
to ensure that any agreements entered are consistent with 
the foreign policy and defense policy of the United 
States.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘will im-
prove, through the application of emerging tech-
nology,’’ and inserting ‘‘is likely to improve, through 
the application or enhancement of emerging tech-
nology,’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting at the end 
the following: ‘‘If a foreign partner is expected to 
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contribute significantly to the development of a new 
or novel capability, full consideration shall be given 
to nonmonetary contributions, including the value of 
research and development capabilities and the stra-
tegic partnerships.’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT.—Section 2767 
of title 22, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘If a foreign partner is expected to con-
tribute significantly to the development of a new or 
novel capability, full consideration shall be given to 
non-monetary contributions, including the value of 
research and development capabilities and the stra-
tegic partnerships.’’; 
(2) in subsection (f)(4), by inserting ‘‘(and a 
description of any nonmonetary contributions made 
by such participants)’’ before the semicolon; and 
(3) in subsection (j)— 
(A) by amending the subsection heading to 
read as follows: ‘‘COOPERATIVE
PROJECT 
AGREEMENTS
WITH
FRIENDLY
FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES NOT MEMBERS
OF NATO AND 
WITH NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN 
NATO AND IN FRIENDLY NON-NATO COUN-
TRIES’’; and 
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(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) The President may enter into a coopera-
tive project agreement with any business, academic 
institution, research institution, or other nongovern-
mental entity organized pursuant to the laws of a 
NATO member or a friendly foreign country that is 
not a member of NATO, subject to the consent of 
the country involved.’’. 
SEC. 14. ROLE OF DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE AND TECH-
NOLOGY AS CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER 
FOR THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
Section 103E(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3030(c)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(5) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) serve as the Chief Technology Officer for 
the intelligence community; 
‘‘(3) establish policies for the intelligence com-
munity on research and engineering, technology de-
velopment, technology transition, prototyping activi-
ties, experimentation, and developmental testing, 
and oversee the implementation of such policies; 
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‘‘(4) establish common technical standards and 
policies necessary to rapidly scale artificial intel-
ligence-enabled applications across the intelligence 
community;’’. 
SEC. 15. ESTABLISHMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 
CRITICAL APPLICATIONS FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of National In-
telligence shall establish in the Treasury a fund, to be 
known as the ‘‘Artificial Intelligence Critical Applications 
Fund’’, for the purposes of supporting the development 
and acquisition of applications enabled by artificial intel-
ligence for use by the intelligence community. 
(b) MANAGEMENT.—The Director of Science and 
Technology appointed under section 103E of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3030), in consultation 
with the Director of National Intelligence Science and 
Technology Committee specified in such section, shall be 
responsible for the management of the Artificial Intel-
ligence Critical Applications Fund. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AMOUNTS.— 
(1) TRANSFER
AUTHORITY.—The Director of 
National Intelligence may transfer amounts from the 
Artificial Intelligence Critical Applications Fund to 
the head of any element of the intelligence commu-
nity, to be merged with amounts otherwise available 
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under the account to which transferred, for the pur-
pose of carrying out a program selected by the Di-
rector of Science and Technology for the purposes 
described in subsection (a). Any amount so trans-
ferred shall be credited to the account to which it 
was transferred. 
(2) ADDITIONAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The 
transfer authority in paragraph (1) is in addition to 
any other transfer authority provided to the Director 
of National Intelligence or the head of any element 
of the intelligence community. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Upon making 
a transfer pursuant to subsection (c), the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a notification of the transfer. Each noti-
fication shall include an identification of the following: 
(1) The amount transferred. 
(2) The purpose of the transfer. 
(3) The total projected cost and estimated cost 
to complete the program for which the transferred 
amounts will be used. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
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(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees; and 
(B) the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘artificial intelligence’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 238 of the John 
S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 2358 note). 
(3) The terms ‘‘congressional intelligence com-
mittees’’ and ‘‘intelligence community’’ have the 
meaning given those term in section 3 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
SEC. 16. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY ROAD-
MAP AND FUNDING PLAN FOR THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
shall develop a technology annex to the National Intel-
ligence Strategy and a 10-year plan to provide long-term, 
predictable funding of up to $1,000,000,000 to implement 
the steps identified in such annex. 
(b) CONTENTS OF TECHNOLOGY ANNEX.—The tech-
nology annex under subsection (a) shall provide a tech-
nology roadmap for the adoption of artificial intelligence- 
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enabled applications to solve operational intelligence re-
quirements, including— 
(1) a description of challenges faced in the ef-
forts of the intelligence community to analyze the 
global environment and monitor technological ad-
vancements, adversarial capability development, and 
emerging threats; 
(2) identification of technical capabilities, in-
cluding artificial intelligence capabilities, needed to 
enable steps to address each challenge; 
(3) a prioritized, time-phased plan for devel-
oping or acquiring such technical capabilities, that 
takes into account research and development 
timelines, a strategy for public private partnerships, 
and a strategy for connecting researchers to end 
users for early prototyping, experimentation, and 
iteration; 
(4) any additional or revised acquisition policies 
and workforce training requirements that may be 
needed to enable personnel of the intelligence com-
munity to identify, procure, integrate, and operate 
the technologies identified in the annex; 
(5) identification of infrastructure requirements 
for developing and deploying technical capabilities, 
including— 
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(A) data, compute, storage, and network 
needs; 
(B) a resourced and prioritized plan for es-
tablishing such infrastructure; and 
(C) an analysis of the testing, evaluation, 
verification, and validation requirements to sup-
port prototyping and experimentation and a 
resourced plan to implement them, including 
standards, testbeds, and red-teams for testing 
artificial intelligence systems against digital 
‘‘denial and deception’’ attacks; 
(6) consideration of human factor elements as-
sociated with priority technical capabilities, including 
innovative human-centric approaches to user inter-
face, human-machine teaming, and workflow integra-
tion; 
(7) consideration of interoperability with allies 
and partners of the United States, including areas 
for sharing of data, tools, and intelligence products; 
and 
(8) flexibility to adapt and iterate annex imple-
mentation at the speed of technological advance-
ment. 
(c) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the mean-
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ing given that term in section 3 of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
SEC. 17. DIGITAL EXPERTISE RECRUITING OFFICES. 
(a) DIGITAL EXPERTISE RECRUITING FOR THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall designate a chief digital re-
cruiting officer within the office of the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to 
oversee a digital recruiting office to carry out the re-
sponsibilities set forth in paragraph (2). 
(2) DUTIES.—The chief digital recruiting offi-
cer shall be responsible for— 
(A) identifying needs within the Depart-
ment of Defense for specific types of digital ex-
pertise; 
(B) recruiting technologists in partnership 
with the heads of elements of the Department, 
including by attending conferences and career 
fairs, and actively recruiting on university cam-
puses and from the private sector; 
(C) integrating Federal scholarship for 
service programs into civilian recruiting; 
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