Reporting requirements

(a) Semiannual report on artificial intelligence use cases Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and semiannually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing the following: (1) A description of exemplary use cases of artificial intelligence within the Department during the preceding year, identifying best practices, failure modes, and risk mitigation strategies employed. (2) After-action reports on significant operational use of covered artificial intelligence capabilities during the preceding year, including— (A) an assessment of system performance and effectiveness of human oversight; (B) any identified risks or failure modes; (C) a detailed accounting of any critical incidents, including incidents resulting in civilian casualties or injuries, damage to civilian objects or protected infrastructure, or other unintended effects inconsistent with the Law of Armed Conflict; and (D) recommendations for improvements to human oversight, system safeguards, and the mitigation of future civilian harm. (3) A description of training provided to human operators of autonomous and semi-autonomous weapon systems and other artificial intelligence capabilities covered by this Act, including documentation on employment procedures and responsible retirement of systems. (b) Annual report on infrastructure and barriers Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report identifying— (1) any significant barriers to the responsible development and deployment of artificial intelligence within the Department; (2) gaps in infrastructure required to support traceability, auditability, risk analysis, and forensics for artificial intelligence capabilities covered by this Act; and (3) recommended hardware, software, or other infrastructure needs necessary to fulfill the requirements of this Act. (c) Semiannual report on compliance for fielded systems Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and semiannually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report identifying— (1) each fielded system for which compliance under this Act cannot be certified, with a description of the specific requirement or requirements with which the system does not comply; (2) the operational or national security legal justification, if any, for the continued fielding of each such non-compliant system; and (3) a remediation plan and timeline for bringing each such system into compliance or, if compliance is not practicable, a plan for the responsible retirement or modification of the system.