Text of Senate Amendment 6154

On 2026-06-24, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6154" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6154

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3342-S3343] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6154. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title XV, insert the following: SEC. 15___. ASSESSMENT OF DATA QUALITY AND GOVERNANCE PRACTICES FOR TARGET IDENTIFICATION ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS. (a) In General.--Not later than December 31, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall complete a comprehensive assessment of-- (1) the quality of data and the potential for harmful bias and hallucinations in artificial intelligence systems used for target identification, sensor processing, and decision- making support; (2) the risks to mission effectiveness from automation bias and hallucinations by such artificial intelligence systems; and (3) the risks of adversarial manipulation of training data and other data inputs used by such artificial intelligence systems. (b) Contents.-- (1) Data.--The assessment required by subsection (a)(1) shall include an assessment of data used to train-- (A) target identification tools, including tools used for the Maven Smart System; (B) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems; and (C) weapon systems that have lethal, offensive strike capabilities that are autonomous or planned to become autonomous; and (D) weapon systems subject to senior review under Department of Defense Directive 3000.09. (2) Automation bias and hallucinations.--The assessment required by subsection (a)(2) shall include an assessment of-- (A) whether and how the intermediation of artificial intelligence systems in human decision-making leads to over- reliance or harmful deference to artificial intelligence system recommendations; and (B) the impact of erroneous or misleading outputs, including hallucinations on mission effectiveness and the appropriateness of the integration of artificial intelligence systems into target identification and decision-making support. (3) Adversarial manipulation.--The assessment required by subsection (a)(3) shall include an assessment of whether artificial intelligence systems have been tested against adversarial manipulation, including through data poisoning and backdoor attacks through embedded hidden malicious data, under operationally realistic conditions. (c) Briefing.--Not later than February 1, 2027, the Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the completed assessment required by subsection (a) and recommendations how to improve the quality of the assessed data. (d) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means-- [[Page S3343]] (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. (2) Artificial intelligence system.--The term ``artificial intelligence system'' has the meaning given the term ``artificial intelligence'' in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401). (3) Autonomous; planned to become autonomous.-- (A) Autonomous.--The term ``autonomous'', with respect to a weapon system, means that the weapon system, once activated, can select and engage targets without further intervention by an operator, as defined in Department of Defense Directive 3000.09; or (B) Planned to become autonomous.--The term ``planned to become autonomous'', with respect to a weapon system, means that the weapon system has the potential to be deployed in a manner that would qualify as an autonomous weapon system under Department of Defense Directive 3000.09. (4) Hallucination.--The term ``hallucination'' means an output produced by an artificial intelligence system that contains factually incorrect or wholly fabricated information, including information that a person may find convincing or credible. (5) Quality of data.--The term ``quality of data'' includes-- (A) the accuracy of data labeling; (B) the condition of the data, including an completeness; (C) the accuracy of data indexing; (D) the suitability of the data for the intended task; (E) the freedom of the data from unintended bias; and (F) variance in quality of all training across all data used to train an artificial intelligence system. ______