FY2026 NDAA, Section 5301 ("Post data pilot program")

Proposed 2025-03-14 | Enacted 2025-12-18 | Official source

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Authorizes the Secretary to establish the Post Data Program, overseen by the Chief Data and AI Officer, to promote data and AI culture globally at diplomatic posts. Requires an implementation plan and annual reporting to specified congressional committees.

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SEC. 5301. POST DATA PILOT PROGRAM. (a) Post Data and AI Pilot Program.-- (1) Establishment.--The Secretary is authorized to establish a program, which shall be known as the ``Post Data Program'' (referred to in this section as the ``Program''), that shall be overseen by the Department's Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer. (2) Goals.--The goals of the Program shall include the following: (A) Cultivating a data and artificial intelligence culture at diplomatic posts globally, including data fluency and data collaboration. (B) Promoting data integration with Department of State Headquarters. (C) Creating operational efficiencies, supporting innovation, and enhancing mission impact.

(b) Implementation Plan.-- (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an implementation plan that outlines strategies for-- (A) advancing the goals described in subsection (a)(2); (B) hiring data and artificial intelligence officers at United States diplomatic posts; and (C) allocation of necessary resources to sustain the Program. (2) Annual reporting requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the following three years, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the status of the implementation plan required under paragraph (1).

(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means-- (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.