To provide for certain requirements relating to cloud, data infrastructure, and foundation model procurement.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes comprehensive requirements for DoD procurement of AI, cloud computing, and data infrastructure services. It relies on procurement rules, compliance mandates, reporting requirements, and product standards. The main policy areas are Technology, Defense, and Defense Procurement.
Who Benefits and How
Non-traditional defense contractors in AI/cloud space (startups, tech companies without prior defense contracts) could face fewer barriers, Multi-cloud technology and interoperability solution providers could gain revenue opportunities, and Competing cloud ecosystems and platforms (non-incumbents) could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Defense data infrastructure providers with contracts under $50M threshold would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Establishes comprehensive requirements for DoD procurement of AI, cloud computing, and data infrastructure services.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes comprehensive requirements for DoD procurement of AI, cloud computing, and data infrastructure services.
Key Policy Areas
Technology, Defense, Defense Procurement
Primary Purpose
The bill establishes comprehensive requirements for DoD procurement of AI, cloud computing, and data infrastructure services.
Policy Domains
Section 1 - Short Title
Identified Gains
- Non-traditional defense contractors in AI/cloud space (startups, tech companies without prior defense contracts)
- Multi-cloud technology and interoperability solution providers
- Competing cloud ecosystems and platforms (non-incumbents)
- Taxpayers and general public
Identified Costs
- Defense data infrastructure providers with contracts under $50M threshold
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Fallon (for himself, Ms. Jacobs, and Mr. Deluzio) introduced …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, DoD procurement offices and component acquisition executives
Multi-cloud technology and interoperability solution providers, Non-traditional defense contractors in AI/cloud space (startups, tech companies without prior defense contracts)
Competing cloud ecosystems and platforms (non-incumbents), Defense data infrastructure providers with contracts under $50M threshold
Positive-direction: Competing cloud ecosystems and platforms (non-incumbents)
Negative-direction: Defense data infrastructure providers with contracts under $50M threshold
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_chairman"
- → Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- "the_assistant"
- → Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "the_under_secretary"
- → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
- "component_acquisition_executives"
- → Component acquisition executives within DoD
- "the_chief_digital_and_artificial_intelligence_office"
- → Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO)
- "the_chief_digital_and_artificial_intelligence_officer"
- → Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Has the meaning given in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401)
Has the meaning given in NIST Special Publication 800-145 or any successor document
Any company engaged in the provision, sale, or licensing of cloud computing to customers, including individuals and businesses
Has the meaning given in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code
Any cloud provider, data infrastructure provider, or foundation model provider that has entered into contracts with DoD totaling at least $50,000,000 in any of the 5 previous fiscal years
The underlying computer, network, and software systems that enable the collection, storage, processing, and analysis of data, including recording, transmitting, transforming, categorizing, integrating, and processing data
Any company engaged in the provision, sale, or licensing of data infrastructure to customers, including individuals and businesses
An AI model that generally uses self-supervision, contains at least 1 billion parameters, and is applicable across wide contexts; OR exhibits/could exhibit high levels of performance at tasks that pose serious risk to security, national economic security, national public health, or safety
Any company engaged in the provision, sale, or licensing of foundation models to customers, including individuals and businesses
Architecture and services that allow data, application, and program portability, usability, and interoperability between multiple cloud providers and between public, private, and edge cloud environments with operational consistency, visibility, and resiliency
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