Assessment of the Establishment of a Combatant Command Warfighter Forum for Artificial Intelligence

Statutory Text

(b) Assessment of the Establishment of a Combatant Command Warfighter Forum for Artificial Intelligence.—

(1) Assessment.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense shall determine the policies and procedures required to establish a forum for warfighters in the combatant commands on artificial intelligence that would help promote coordination and interchange

on issues relating to artificial intelligence tools, methodologies, training, exercises, and operational research within and among the combatant commands.

(2) Purposes for consideration.—In developing the policies and procedures required by paragraph (1), the Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense shall consider the following as primary purposes of the forum:

(A) Identification of use cases for the near-term application of artificial intelligence tools, including commercially available artificial intelligence tools, data, methodologies, or techniques.

(B) Categorization of risk for the use cases identified pursuant to subparagraph (A), and consideration of risk-management process or other procedural guidelines for enforcing current policy.

(C) Identification and prioritization of current artificial intelligence tools or emerging technologies applicable to the use-cases identified pursuant to subparagraph (A) that also meet policy guidelines and standards set by the Department.

(D) Identification of shortfalls in training or billets for artificial intelligence-related expertise or personnel within the combatant commands.

(E) Coordination on training and experimentation venues, including with regional partners and allies.

(F) Identification of opportunities for enhanced cooperation with regional partners and allies.

(G) Identification of opportunities for the combatant commands, working with other elements of the Department of Defense, such as the Defense Innovation Unit, to better procure commercial artificial intelligence capabilities, including from partner and allied industrial bases.

(3) Report.—

(A) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the assessment described in paragraph (1).

(B) The report submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall include the following:

(i) A summary of the policies and procedures needed pursuant to paragraph (1).

(ii) A summary of the efforts described in paragraph (1) to fulfill each of the purposes considered under paragraph (2).

Verbatim from the enrolled law as published by GovInfo; margin notes and page markers omitted. Pub. L. 118-159 on GovInfo · PDF · text fetched Oct. 17, 2026

How the Date Is Worked Out

1. Enacted Dec. 23, 2024 (Pub. L. 118-159).
2. Text: “Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.” Dec. 23, 2024 + 180 days = June 21, 2025.
3. As of Nov. 11, 2026: one-time deadline passed on June 21, 2025.

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