,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bfjj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ca1     
#bjbe ,mr4 ,rounds introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to require a     
,defense ,science ,board study on       
optimal organizational structure for    
digital solutions4  #a4  ,defense       
,science ,board study on optimal        
organizational structure for digital    
engineering solutions  7a7  ,study      
required  ,the ,secretary of ,defense   
shall direct the ,defense ,science      
,board to conduct a comprehensive study 
to evaluate and recommend the most      
optimal organizational structure within 
the ,office of the ,secretary of        
,defense to support digital solutions   
engineering activities across the       
,office of the ,secretary of ,defense   
and the military departments4  7b7      
,elements  ,the study required under    
subsection 7a7 shall include the        

following elements3  7#a7 ,an assessment
 of existing organizational structures  
and organizations supporting digital    
solutions engineering across the ,office
 of the ,secretary of ,defense and the  
military departments1 including--  7,a7 
current responsibilities1 requirements1 
and deliverables of service-based       
software delivery organizations2  7,b7  
responsibilities or authorities imposed 
by statutory requirements2  7,c7        
limitations based on current enterprise 
data management platforms2  7,d7        
effectiveness and efficiency of current 
approaches2  7,e7 optimization of       
resource allocation and utilization     
processes2 and  7,f7 integration        
challenges and opportunities with       
,department-wide digital initiatives4   
7#b7 ,an evaluation of potential        
organizational courses of action for    
supporting digital solutions engineering
 within the ,office of the ,secretary of
 ,defense1 including--  7,a7            
establishment of a new defense agency or

 ,department of ,defense field activity2
  7,b7 integration into an existing     
defense agency or ,department of        
,defense field activity2  7,c7          
consolidation of digital development    
functions within existing ,office of the
 ,secretary of ,defense staff           
organizations2  7,d7 optimization of    
current organizational structures and   
authorities2  7,e7 hybrid approaches    
combining elements of the options       
described in subparagraphs 7,a71 7,b71  
7,c71 and 7,d72 and  7,f7 any other     
organizational structures deemed        
appropriate by the ,defense ,science    
,board4  7#c7 ,recommendations on the   
selection of the optimal organizational 
structure1 including--  7,a7 analysis of
 the advantages and disadvantages of    
each course of action evaluated under   
paragraph 7#b72  7,b7 assessment of     
capability requirements and gaps2  7,c7 
evaluation of cost-effectiveness and    
resource implications2  7,d7 application
 of lessons from similar industry or    

academic entities performing similar    
work2  7,e7 consideration of governance 
and execution framework requirements2   
7,f7 assessment of the implementation of
 and execution of governance structures1
 including artificial intelligence model
 management2  7,g7 coordination         
mechanisms with existing ,department    
components and combatant commands2  7,h7
 recommendations for unique hiring      
authorities to support digital solutions
 engineering workforce requirements2 and
  7,i7 recommendations for unique       
acquisition authorities to support rapid
 digital solutions engineering and      
deployment4  7#d7 ,transition           
recommendations for implementing the    
selected organizational structure1      
including--  7,a7 detailed              
implementation timeline and milestones2 
7,b7 organizational and personnel       
changes required2  7,c7 resource        
requirements and funding mechanisms2    
7,d7 legislative or regulatory changes  
needed2  7,e7 risk assessment and       

mitigation strategies2 and  7,f7 metrics
 for evaluating implementation success4 
7c7  ,report  7#a7  ,transmittal to     
,secretary  ,not later than ,february   
#a1 #bjbg1 the ,board shall transmit to 
the ,secretary of ,defense a final      
report on the study conducted pursuant  
to subsection 7a74  7#b7  ,transmittal  
to ,congress  ,not later than #cj days  
after the date on which the ,secretary  
receives the final report under         
paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary shall    
submit the report to the congressional  
defense committees1 together with such  
comments as the ,secretary considers    
appropriate4  7d7  ,definitions  ,in    
this section3 7#a7 ,congressional       
defense committees ,the term            
congressional defense committees has the
 meaning given the term in section      
#aja7;a77#af7 of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code4  7#b7  ,digital solutions
 engineering  ,the term digital         
solutions engineering means the         
development1 deployment1 and sustainment

 of artificial intelligence systems1    
software applications1 data engineering 
solutions1 data analytics platforms1 and
 other digital technologies for         
operational and business purposes within
 the ,department of ,defense4  7#c7     
,software delivery organizations  ,the  
term software delivery organizations    
means organizational units within the   
military services dedicated to the rapid
 development1 deployment1 and           
sustainment of software applications and
 digital solutions4