Bill
United States: Artificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act of 2020
Artificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act of 2020 This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to (1) exercise authority and direction over the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center; (2) develop a training and certification program on software development, data science, and artificial intelligence that is tailored to the needs of the covered human resources workforce (i.e., the human resources professionals, hiring managers, and recruiters who are or will be responsible for hiring software developers, data scientists, or artificial intelligence professionals); (3) issue guidance to the secretaries of the military departments and the heads of the defense components on improved use of the direct hiring processes for artificial intelligence professionals and other data science and software development personnel; and (4) modify the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test to add a new subtest addressing computational thinking skills relevant to military applications.
- In force
- Not yet reviewed
- English
Details
Identity
- Title
- Artificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act of 2020
- Original title
- Not recorded
- Instrument ID
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us-116-s-3965 - Type
- Bill
- Status
- In force
Jurisdiction and publisher
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Publisher
- Not recorded
- Language
- English
Dates and versions
- Date
- June 16, 2020
- Versions
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- Introduced · June 16, 2020
Classification
- Policy areas
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- Armed Forces and National Security
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Defense
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Source
- Retrieved
- August 29, 2026
- License
- Unknown. Follow the publisher’s terms.
- Access note
- Not recorded
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