,,ii #aahth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #dcjf ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,may #i1 #bjbd,ms4 ,rosen 7for herself and ,mr4 ,budd7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations ,a ,,bill ,to direct the ,secretary of ,defense to establish a working group to develop and coordinate an artificial intelligence initiative among the ,five ,eyes countries1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,five ,a,is ,act #bjbd4 #b4 ,establishment of working group for artificial intelligence initiative among ,five ,eyes countries 7a7 ,establishment ,not later than #ij days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense1 in coordination with the ,director of ,national ,intelligence1 shall establish a working group to be known as the ,five ,a,is ,strategic ,artificial ,intelligence ,working ,group 7in this section referred to as the ,working ,group74 7b7 ,purpose ,the purpose of the ,working ,group shall be to develop and coordinate an artificial intelligence initiative among the ,five ,eyes countries4 7c7 ,organization 7#a7 ,designation of head ,the ,secretary of ,defense1 in coordination with the ,director of ,national ,intelligence1 shall designate a senior civilian officer of the ,department of ,defense or senior military officer with experience leading relevant efforts1 as determined by the ,secretary1 to serve as the head of the ,working ,group4 7#b7 ,participation by other member countries ,the ,secretary of ,defense1 in coordination with the ,director of ,national ,intelligence1 shall encourage participation in the ,working ,group by the members of the ,five ,eyes ,intelligence ,oversight and ,review ,council4 7d7 ,responsibilities ,the responsibilities of the ,working ,group shall be to develop and coordinate efforts to implement an artificial intelligence initiative between the ,department of ,defense1 the ,office of the ,intelligence ,community ,inspector ,general of the ,united ,states1 and the other members of the ,five ,eyes ,intelligence ,oversight and ,review ,council to-- 7#a7 compare-- 7,a7 the various artificial intelligence systems and the elements thereof 7including machine learning and generative artificial intelligence such as large language models7 used for covered operational uses by such members2 and 7,b7 the respective practices associated with the employment of such systems for covered operational uses by such members2 7#b7 identify 7including by experimenting1 testing1 and evaluating7 potential solutions to advance and accelerate the interoperability of artificial intelligence systems used for intelligence sharing1 battlespace awareness1 and other covered operational uses2 7#c7 test and evaluate the effects of artificial intelligence model redundancy1 including the risks and safety measures associated with operating multiple artificial intelligence systems1 including in tandem with one another2 7#d7 develop a shared strategy for the research1 development1 test1 evaluation1 and employment of artificial intelligence systems for covered operational uses carried out jointly by the ,five ,eyes countries2 7#e7 develop a shared strategy for-- 7,a7 managing data-informed artificial intelligence systems2 and 7,b7 testing and evaluating artificial intelligence systems with combined data sets at the unclassified and classified levels2 7#f7 test and evaluate the capabilities of the defense industrial base of the ,five ,eyes countries to incorporate artificial intelligence systems into systems used for covered operational uses2 7#g7 compare and use ethical frameworks to accelerate technological advancements with respect to artificial intelligence systems2 7#h7 expand innovation efforts by the ,five ,eyes countries and share among such countries best practices for the accelerated procurement and adoption of artificial intelligence technologies for covered operational uses2 7#i7 leverage commercially available artificial intelligence technologies to advance near-term jointness between the armed forces and intelligence components of the ,five ,eyes countries2 7#aj7 jointly identify and source artificial intelligence systems1 as practicable1 and advise ,five ,eyes countries with respect to export controls applicable to such systems2 7#aa7 share1 to the extent practicable and as agreed upon by the ,working ,group1 the results1 opportunities1 and frameworks assessed or otherwise identified by the ,working ,group for the informed use of artificial intelligence with allies and partners of the ,united ,states other than ,five ,eyes countries2 and 7#ab7 carry out such other activities as the ,secretary of ,defense1 in consultation with the ,director of ,national ,intelligence and any members of the ,five ,eyes ,intelligence ,oversight and ,review ,council participating in the ,working ,group1 determines to be relevant to such responsibilities4 7e7 ,control of knowledge and technical data ,the ,secretary of ,defense shall seek to ensure that any knowledge or technical data produced by a ,five ,eyes country under any cooperative project carried out by the ,working ,group shall be controlled by that country under the export control laws and regulations of that country and shall not be subject to the jurisdiction or control of any other ,five ,eyes country4 7f7 ,plan and reports 7#a7 ,plan 7,a7 ,submission ,not later than #fj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense1 in coordination with the ,director of ,national ,intelligence1 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan for the establishment and activities of the ,working ,group4 7,b7 ,elements ,the plan under subparagraph 7,a7 shall include-- 7i7 a plan for the establishment of the ,working ,group1 including for efforts to engage with the members of the ,five ,eyes ,intelligence ,oversight and ,review ,council with respect to such establishment2 7ii7 a description of any funding requirements or administrative support necessary to carry out this section2 7iii7 a description of any additional statutory authorities necessary to carry out this section2 7iv7 a plan for the fulfilment of responsibilities under subsection 7c7 by the ,working ,group2 7v7 an evaluation of existing joint efforts by the ,five ,eyes countries to fulfill similar responsibilities2 7vi7 a plan for the integration of the artificial intelligence initiative developed and coordinated by the ,working ,group with other programs and initiatives of the elements of the ,department of ,defense or the ,office of ,director of ,national ,intelligence with responsibilities relating to mutual security and artificial intelligence efforts among the ,five ,eyes countries2 7vii7 performance indicators by which the activities of the ,working ,group will be assessed2 and 7viii7 a description of how efforts of the commanders of the combatant commands relating to military interoperability and test and evaluation of artificial intelligence systems will be tasked and executed by and through the ,working ,group4 7#b7 ,biannual report ,not later than #ahj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 and on a semiannual basis thereafter until the date of termination under subsection 7f71 the ,secretary of ,defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the activities and milestones of the ,working ,group4 ,each such report shall include1 with respect to the period covered by the report-- 7,a7 an assessment of the activities of the ,working ,group based on the performance indicators set forth in the plan under paragraph 7#a77;,b77vii72 and 7,b7 a description of any efforts of the commanders of the combatant commands taken in support of the responsibilities of the ,working ,group4 7g7 ,termination 7#a7 ,in general ,except as provided in paragraph 7#b71 the ,working ,group shall terminate on ,september #cj1 #bjbh4 7#b7 ,authority to extend ,the ,secretary of ,defense may extend the termination date under paragraph 7#a7 if the ,secretary determines such extension to be in the national security interests of the ,united ,states4 7h7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the term appropriate congressional committees means-- 7,a7 the congressional defense committees1 as such term is defined in section #aja of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code2 and 7,b7 the congressional intelligence committees1 as such term is defined in section #c of the ,national ,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjc74 7#b7 ,the term battlespace awareness has the meaning given that term in the ,joint ,publication #a-jb of the ,department of ,defense1 titled ,department of ,defense ,dictionary of ,military and ,associated ,terms1 or successor publication4 7#c7 ,the term covered operational use means use by a government for operations in a defense or intelligence context4 7#d7 ,the term ,five ,eyes countries means the following3 7,a7 ,australia4 7,b7 ,canada4 7,c7 ,new ,zealand4 7,d7 ,the ,united ,kingdom4 7,e7 ,the ,united ,states4 7#e7 ,the term ,five ,eyes ,intelligence ,oversight and ,review ,council means the council established pursuant to the agreement entered into between the ,inspector ,general of the ,intelligence ,community of the ,united ,states and the relevant foreign counterparts of the governments of the ,five ,eyes countries1 titled ,charter of the ,five ,eyes ,intelligence ,oversight and ,review ,council1 done on ,october #b1 #bjag4