,,ii #aahth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #ebci ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,september #be1 #bjbd,mr4 ,welch introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,armed ,services ,a ,,bill ,to require the ,secretary of ,defense to manage risks relating to military use of artificial intelligence1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,artificial ,intelligence ,weapon ,accountability and ,risk ,evaluation ,act of #bjbd or the ,,aware ,act of #bjbd4 #b4 ,managing risks relating to military use of artificial intelligence 7a7 ,ledger of use and deployment 7#a7 ,in general ,not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this ,act the ,secretary of ,defense shall commence creating1 and not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this ,act the ,secretary shall complete creating1 a ledger of all uses by the ,department of ,defense of covered systems4 7#b7 ,requirements ,the ,secretary shall ensure that the ledger created pursuant to paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 is a structured1 indexed database2 and 7,b7 maintained and updated on a regular basis to ensure that the ledger is accurate4 7b7 ,risk assessment process 7#a7 ,in general ,not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary shall establish a risk assessment process that holistically evaluates each unique implementation by the ,department of a covered system included in the ledger required by subsection 7a74 7#b7 ,elements 7,a7 ,in general ,the process required by paragraph 7#a7 shall1 at a minimum1 cover matters relating to the following3 7i7 ,dependability4 7ii7 ,cybersecurity4 7iii7 ,privacy4 7iv7 ,bias4 7v7 ,bias towards escalation4 7vi7 ,deployment span4 7vii7 ,risk of civilian harm4 7,b7 ,bias towards escalation ,for purposes of subparagraph 7,a77v71 the process shall cover the intent of the system and assess for any bias relating to whether the technology ever escalates or deescalates conflict situations4 7,c7 ,deployment span ,for purposes of subparagraph 7,a77vi71 the process shall address changes in risk levels based on whether covered systems are deployed singularly or in clusters or swarms4 7#c7 ,annual assessments ,the ,secretary shall ensure that the process required by paragraph 7#a7 requires reevaluation of each covered system included in the ledger required by subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 not less frequently than annually2 and 7,b7 whenever-- 7i7 the underlying foundation artificial intelligence model receives an update2 7ii7 the ,department procures any covered system that has not previously been evaluated by the process2 and 7iii7 a new weapons review of a covered system is conducted by the ,department4 7c7 ,annotations regarding exports ,the ,secretary shall annotate in the ledger required by subsection 7a7 when-- 7#a7 a covered system developed or owned by the ,department is shared with a foreign country1 exported to a foreign country1 or used by any foreign person or government2 and 7#b7 such sharing1 exporting1 or use presents additional risk covered by the risk assessment process required by subsection 7b74 7d7 ,progress reports to ,congress ,not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this ,act and not less frequently once each year thereafter until the date that is three years after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary shall submit to ,congress a report on the progress of the ,secretary in carrying out this ,act4 7e7 ,annual submissions to ,congress 7#a7 ,in general ,not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this ,act and not less frequently than once each year thereafter1 the ,secretary shall submit to ,congress an annual submission that includes the following3 7,a7 ,the ledger required by subsection 7a74 7,b7 ,an annual report on the findings of the ,secretary with respect to the risk assessments conducted1 in the year covered by the annual submission1 pursuant to the risk assessment process established under subsection 7b74 7,c7 ,the annotations made under subsection 7c7 during the year covered by the annual submission4 7#b7 ,form ,each submission under paragraph 7#a7 shall be1 to the fullest extent possible1 in unclassified form1 but may include a classified annex to the degree the ,secretary considers necessary4 7#c7 ,public availability ,the ,secretary shall make available to the public the unclassified portion of each annual submission under paragraph 7#a74 7f7 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress that the ledger created pursuant to subsection 7a77#a7 will reflect strong and continuing commitment of the ,department of ,defense to being a transparent global leader in establishing responsible policies regarding military uses of artificial intelligence-enabled weapons1 targeting1 and decision support systems4 7g7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in this section shall be construed to reduce any existing privacy1 safety1 or security protections or guardrails in effect before the date of the enactment of this ,act4 7h7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the term artificial intelligence has the meaning given such term in section #ejjb of the ,national ,artificial ,intelligence ,initiative ,act of #bjbj 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #idja74 7#b7 ,the term covered system includes the following systems that are enabled by artificial intelligence3 7,a7 ,a weapon system4 7,b7 ,a targeting system4 7,c7 ,a decision support system that aids a system described in subparagraph 7,a7 or 7,b74