House Armed Services Approves FY25 NDAA with AI Provisions
Summary
On May 28, 2024, the House Armed Services Committee approved its Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA; H.R. 8070), legislation that Congress adopts each year to establish funding and programming for the Department of Defense (DoD). As in past years, the bill now includes a series of provisions pertaining to AI, including provisions (1) establishing a pilot program to utilize AI to improve marine corps' supply chain and logistics; (2) developing a plan for the establishment of a secure computing and data storage environment to facilitate the testing of AI models trained on biological data and (3) directing DoD’s Chief Talent Management Officer to partner with stakeholders to identify individuals with AI expertise. A number of other key amendments have been filed prior to the full House taking up the bill, including the ENFORCE Act (H.R. 8315), which was introduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-TX) and recently passed out of committee. H.R. 8315 aims to prevent foreign adversaries from exploiting US AI and other enabling technologies by giving the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) the authority to export control-covered AI systems or other national security-related emerging technologies. The House Rules Committee will convene in the coming days to consider which additional amendments will be in order when the full House takes up the bill. We expect additional AI measures to ride on the final NDAA—our summary of the AI measures signed into law as part of last year’s NDAA is available here.
