119-s2606

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2606 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2606

 To require the Commander of United States Cyber Command to complete 
 development of a roadmap for industry collaboration on artificial 
 intelligence-enabled cyber capabilities for cyberspace operations of 
 the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 31, 2025

 Mr. Rounds introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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 A BILL

 To require the Commander of United States Cyber Command to complete 
 development of a roadmap for industry collaboration on artificial 
 intelligence-enabled cyber capabilities for cyberspace operations of 
 the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. UNITED STATES CYBER COMMAND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INDUSTRY 
 COLLABORATION ROADMAP.

    (a) Roadmap Required.--Not later than August 1, 2026, the Commander 
of United States Cyber Command shall, in coordination with the Chief 
Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of 
Defense, the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, and the Director 
of the Defense Innovation Unit, complete development of a roadmap for 
industry collaboration on artificial intelligence-enabled cyber 
capabilities for cyberspace operations of the Department of Defense.

    (b) 

=== Purpose ===
-The roadmap developed under subsection

    (a) shall 
establish a framework for coordination between the private sector and 
the Department of Defense to integrate state-of-the-art artificial 
intelligence capabilities into offensive and defensive cyberspace 
operations through--

    (1) convening United States commercial artificial 
 intelligence developers, cybersecurity experts, and relevant 
 Federal Government offices; and

    (2) facilitating information exchange on artificial 
 intelligence technology and capabilities for cyber operations.
            (c) Elements.--The roadmap developed under subsection

    (a) shall 
address the following:

    (1) Courses of action and selected approach on various 
 alternatives to manage and execute collaborative research and 
 development partnerships with industry.

    (2) Collaborative development lines of effort for 
 artificial intelligence-enabled cyber capabilities and 
 associated near-term use cases.

    (3) Strategy and methodology for industry engagement and 
 commercial collaboration, including--
        (A) contractual mechanisms for industry 
 collaboration on cyber tools and capabilities;
        (B) security clearance requirements, goals, and 
 resource needs for industry partners; and
            (C) evaluation of existing contract and 
 collaboration authorities and identification of 
 required policy changes or new authorities.

    (4) Implementation objectives, milestones, and status of 
 relevant pilot programs.

    (5) Technology transition mechanisms from development to 
 operational use.

    (6) Infrastructure requirements and associated costs.

    (7) Assessment of organizational structure options, 
 including establishment of a new center or integration within 
 existing organizations.
            (d) Congressional Briefings.--

    (1) Initial briefing.--Not later than November 1, 2026, the 
 Commander of United States Cyber Command shall provide the 
 congressional defense committees a briefing on the roadmap 
 developed under subsection

    (a) .

    (2) Annual updates.--During the period beginning on the 
 date on which the President submits to Congress a budget for 
 fiscal year 2028 pursuant to 

section 1105

    (a) of title 31, 
 United States Code, and ending on December 31, 2030, the 
 Commander shall, not less frequently than once each year, 
 provide the congressional defense committees a briefing on the 
 status of industry collaboration activities carried out in 
 accordance with the roadmap developed under subsection

    (a) .
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