DATA REPOSITORIES TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

SEC. 232. [10 U.S.C. 4001 note] DATA REPOSITORIES TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) Establishment of Data Repositories.—The Secretary of Defense, acting through the official designated under subsection (b) of section 238 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4061) (and such other officials as the Secretary determines appropriate), shall— (1) establish data repositories containing Department of Defense data sets relevant to the development of artificial intelligence software and technology; and (2) allow appropriate public and private sector organizations to access such data repositories for the purpose of developing improved artificial intelligence and machine learning software capabilities that may, as determined appropriate by the Secretary, be procured by the Department to satisfy Department requirements and technology development goals. (b) Elements.—The data repositories established under subsection (a)— (1) may include unclassified training quality data sets and associated labels representative of diverse types of information, representing Department of Defense missions, business processes, and activities; and (2) shall— (A) be categorized and annotated to support development of a common evaluation framework for artificial intelligence models and other technical software solutions; (B) be made available to appropriate public and private sector organizations to support rapid development of software and artificial intelligence capabilities; (C) include capabilities and tool sets to detect, evaluate, and correct errors in data annotation, identify gaps in training data used in model development that would require additional data labeling, and evaluate model performance across the life cycle of the data repositories; and (D) be developed to support other missions and activities as determined by the Secretary. (c) Briefing.—Not later than July 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on— (1) the types of information the Secretary determines are feasible and advisable to include in the data repositories established under subsection (a); and (2) the progress of the Secretary in establishing such data repositories.