A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to establish the Artificial General Intelligence Steering Committee, and for other purposes.

The bill orders the Secretary of Defense to create a steering committee on artificial general intelligence by April 1, 2026. This body will be called the Artificial General Intelligence Steering Committee. It must include senior leaders such as the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs from each military service, key Under Secretaries, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, and representatives from military departments and innovation centers as the Secretary chooses. The Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs will serve as co-chairs. The committee must study how artificial intelligence and related technologies are developing toward AGI. This includes looking at advanced models, agentic algorithms, neuromorphic computing, cognitive science uses, infrastructure needs, and new microelectronics designs. It must also assess how U.S. adversaries are moving toward AGI, and what AGI could mean for military operations, planning, and doctrine. The committee is required to develop a strategy for how the Department of Defense might adopt AGI. This strategy must spell out ethical and policy guardrails, needed resources (including new funding tools such as purchase commitments, financing, and loans or loan guarantees), measurable goals, and ways to work with the private sector through public–private partnerships. The committee must also analyze threats from adversaries’ use of AGI and propose defensive and counter-AGI strategies. By January 31, 2027, the Deputy Secretary of Defense must send a report to the congressional defense committees explaining the committee’s findings on all these topics. The report must be unclassified but can include a classified annex. The unclassified part must be released to the public. All requirements and authorities in this section end on December 31, 2027, making the committee and its tasks temporary. The bill also defines “artificial general intelligence” and “innovation ecosystem” for use in this section.

This bill focuses the Department of Defense on preparing for artificial general intelligence, a type of AI that could match or exceed humans across most mental tasks. If AGI or near-AGI systems emerge, they could change how militaries plan, fight, and defend, so having a strategy may shape how the U.S. thinks about using or countering these tools. The bill could affect how defense leaders set priorities for research, funding, and cooperation with companies and universities working on advanced AI. It may also influence what kinds of ethical rules and safeguards the Department of Defense uses if it decides to adopt AGI systems. Because the report must have a public, unclassified part, it could also give the public and outside experts more insight into how the Pentagon views AGI opportunities and risks. The exact real-world impact depends on how quickly AGI technologies develop, how much the Department of Defense follows the committee’s recommendations, and how other countries act. The bill itself creates a planning and advisory process rather than direct changes to weapons or operations.

• Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish an Artificial General Intelligence Steering Committee no later than April 1, 2026.
• Makes the Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff the co-chairs of the committee.
• Specifies membership from senior military leaders, key Under Secretaries, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, and selected representatives from military departments and defense innovation centers.
• Directs the committee to analyze AI models and related technologies that could lead toward AGI, including frontier models, agentic algorithms, neuromorphic computing, cognitive-science-based approaches, infrastructure, and microelectronics.
• Requires assessment of adversaries’ technological, operational, and doctrinal movement toward AGI.
• Mandates development of a Department of Defense strategy for adopting AGI, including ethical and policy guardrails, needed resources, measurable goals, and paths for public–private partnerships.
• Authorizes consideration of “new or novel” funding mechanisms such as purchase commitments, financing arrangements, and loans or loan guarantees as part of the resource plan.
• Requires analysis of threats from adversarial use of AGI and the creation of defensive and counter-AGI strategies.
• Orders the Deputy Secretary of Defense to submit a findings report to congressional defense committees by January 31, 2027, with an unclassified portion and an optional classified annex.
• Requires that the unclassified part of the report be made available to the public.
• Sunsets all requirements and authorities in the bill’s section on December 31, 2027, making the committee and its mandate temporary.

• The bill’s definition of “artificial general intelligence” is broad, covering any AI systems with the potential to match or exceed human intelligence across most cognitive tasks, which could affect what technologies fall under the committee’s review.
• The committee is explicitly directed to consider not only technology and strategy, but also funding mechanisms such as purchase commitments, financing, and loan or loan guarantees, which may shape future budget and acquisition approaches.
• The term “innovation ecosystem” is defined in detail, signaling that the committee is expected to look beyond traditional defense contractors to broader regional networks of private, academic, and government players.
• While the report must be made public in unclassified form, the option for a classified annex means some key findings or threat assessments may not be available to the general public.
• After December 31, 2027, the bill’s authorities end, so any continued AGI work inside the Department of Defense would need to proceed under other existing authorities or new legislation.