ADAPT Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8183 To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance public-private talent exchange programs in the Department of Defense. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 Mr. BROWN of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance public- private talent exchange programs in the Department of Defense. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing Develop- 4 ment of AI Processes and Talent Act’’ or the ‘‘ADAPT 5 Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:05 Sep 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8183.IH H8183 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8183 IH SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE TALENT EX- 1 CHANGE PROGRAMS IN THE DEPARTMENT 2 OF DEFENSE. 3 (a) PUBLIC-PRIVATE TALENT EXCHANGE.—Section 4 1599g of title 10, United States Code is amended— 5 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by amending subpara- 6 graph (C) to read as follows: 7 ‘‘(C) shall contain language ensuring that 8 such employee of the Department does not im- 9 properly use information that such employee 10 knows relates to a Department acquisition, or 11 procurement for the benefit or advantage of the 12 private-sector organization.’’; and 13 (2) in subsection (f)— 14 (A) in paragraph (2)— 15 (i) by striking ‘‘is deemed to be an 16 employee of the Department of Defense for 17 the purposes of’’ and inserting ‘‘is subject 18 to’’; 19 (ii) by striking subparagraph (D); and 20 (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 21 (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (D) and 22 (E), respectively; 23 (B) by striking paragraph (4); 24 (C) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 25 paragraph (4); and 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:05 Sep 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8183.IH H8183 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 8183 IH (D) by adding at the end the following new 1 paragraph: 2 ‘‘(5) shall be required to file a Public Financial 3 Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278) and the Public 4 Financial Disclosure Report for a such a person and 5 a description of any waivers provided to such person 6 shall be made available on a publicly accessible 7 website of the Department of Defense.’’. 8 (b) APPLICATION OF EXCHANGE AUTHORITY TO AR- 9 TIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—Not later than 90 days after 10 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 11 Defense shall take steps to ensure that the authority for 12 the Department of Defense to operate a public-private tal- 13 ent exchange program pursuant to section 1599g of title 14 10, United States Code, is used to exchange personnel 15 with private sector entities working on artificial intel- 16 ligence applications. Such application of the authority of 17 section 1599g shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, any 18 other application of such authority by the Department of 19 Defense. 20 (c) GOALS FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPATION.—In car- 21 rying out the requirement of subsection (b), the Secretary 22 shall seek to achieve the following objectives: 23 (1) In the Secretary of Defense Executive Fel- 24 lows program, the nomination of an additional five 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:05 Sep 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8183.IH H8183 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 8183 IH uniformed service members and three government ci- 1 vilians by each service and by the Office of the Sec- 2 retary of Defense, for sponsorship by private sector 3 entities working on artificial intelligence applica- 4 tions. 5 (2) For the public-private talent exchange pro- 6 gram of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi- 7 tion and Sustainment— 8 (A) an additional 10 government employ- 9 ees to work with private sector entities working 10 on artificial intelligence applications; and 11 (B) an additional 10 employees of private 12 sector entities working on artificial intelligence 13 applications to work in the Department. 14 (3) The establishment of the following new pub- 15 lic-private talent exchange programs in the Office of 16 the Secretary of Defense, comparable to the pro- 17 gram referred to in paragraph (2)— 18 (A) in the office of the Undersecretary of 19 Defense for Research and Engineering, a pro- 20 gram with 20 participants, focused on ex- 21 changes with private sector entities working on 22 artificial intelligence applications; and 23 (B) in the office of the Chief Information 24 Officer of the Department of Defense, a pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:05 Sep 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8183.IH H8183 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 8183 IH gram with 20 participants, focused on ex- 1 changes with private sector entities working on 2 artificial intelligence applications. 3 (4) In the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, the 4 establishment of new public-private exchange pro- 5 grams, comparable to the Air Force Education with 6 Industry Program, each with 20 program partici- 7 pants, focused on private sector entities working on 8 artificial intelligence applications. 9 (d) TREATMENT OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.— 10 (1) The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps shall 11 take steps to ensure that participation by a service 12 member in a program described in subsection (c)(4) 13 is treated, for purposes of promotion boards and 14 subsequent assignments, as equivalent to attending 15 resident professional military education. 16 (2) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 17 public-private exchange program billet office to tem- 18 porarily hold billets for civilian employees who par- 19 ticipate in programs described in subsection (b), to 20 ensure that participating Department of Defense of- 21 fices are able to retain their staffing levels during 22 the period of participation. 23 (e) BRIEFING ON EXPANSION OF EXISTING EX- 24 CHANGE PROGRAMS.—Not later than 180 days after the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:05 Sep 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8183.IH H8183 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 8183 IH date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 1 the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees 2 on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep- 3 resentatives a briefing on the efforts undertaken to expand 4 existing public-private exchange programs of the Depart- 5 ment of Defense and to ensure that such programs seek 6 opportunities for exchanges with private sector entities 7 working on artificial intelligence applications, in accord- 8 ance with the requirements of this section. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:05 Sep 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8183.IH H8183 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS