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| https://www.portman.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/portman-senate-passed-fy-2021-ndaa-conference-report-contains-critical | Portman: Senate-Passed FY 2021 NDAA Conference Report Contains Critical Reforms for Military Artificial Intelligence Readiness | 2020-12-11 | 2020 | 2020-12 | Republican | Senate | OH | Rob Portman | P000449 | www.portman.senate.gov | legacy | Portman: Senate-Passed FY 2021 NDAA Conference Report Contains Critical Reforms for Military Artificial Intelligence Readiness Provisions Will Ensure America Can Field 21st-Century Fighting Force December 11, 2020 | Press Releases WASHINGTON, DC U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus, announced that the Senate-passed FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report takes important steps in increasing our military's artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities by including provisions from his bipartisanArtificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act. The legislation now heads to the president's desk to be signed into law. The complexity of 21st century warfare requires that our armed forces be both technically skilled and proficient with their weapons, said Portman. I am glad to see that the Senate-passed FY 2021 NDAA conference report takesimportantsteps towards that goal by implementing parts of my bipartisan Artificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act,which includes a number of key recommendations by the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence. These policy changes will help our military attract top AI talent and improve our military's effectiveness with respect to AI decision-making. Specifically, these provisions will: Require the Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center to report directly to the Secretary of Defense; Ensure that the Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is three-star equivalent; Modify the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude test to add a computational assessment to identify applicants with skills in AI; and Provide direction on the use of direct hiring authorities to help bring AI experts into the Department of Defense. NOTE:In June, Portman introduced theArtificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Actwhich will strengthen the Department of Defense's artificial intelligence (AI) capacity by increasing the number of AI and cyber professionals in the department.As co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus, Portman has helped lead efforts in the Senate on this issue, and has worked in a bipartisan manner onseveral key measuresto set high-quality standards around emerging technology, including cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. In March 2019, Senator Portman and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) announced the formation of the bipartisanSenate Artificial Intelligence (AI) Caucus, in part to prepare the United States militaryfor the opportunities and challenges of AI. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |