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S. 3965 (116th)

Artificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act of 2020

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Introduced

16 June 2020

Last action

16 June 2020 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Sponsors

Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]

Subjects

Defence, Artificial intelligence

Source updated

14 January 2025

Defence · Artificial intelligence

Summary

Artificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act of 2020 This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to (1) exercise authority and direction over the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center; (2) develop a training and certification program on software development, data science, and artificial intelligence that is tailored to the needs of the covered human resources workforce (i.e., the human resources professionals, hiring managers, and recruiters who are or will be responsible for hiring software developers, data scientists, or artificial intelligence professionals); (3) issue guidance to the secretaries of the military departments and the heads of the defense components on improved use of the direct hiring processes for artificial intelligence professionals and other data science and software development personnel; and (4) modify the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test to add a new subtest addressing computational thinking skills relevant to military applications.

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Timeline

  1. 16 June 2020

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 16 June 2020

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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