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HR 4985 117th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security

Digital Defense Leadership Act

Introduced: August 6, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 9, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Aug 9, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Aug 9, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Aug 9, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Aug 6, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 6, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Digital Defense Leadership Act

This bill addresses and implements various programs and policies related to artificial intelligence and emerging technologies for national defense, including by requiring the President to transmit to Congress a national strategy relating to the global information domain and requiring the development of new federal and military career positions related to artificial intelligence and software development.

What's happening now August 9, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Sep 3, 2021
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Aug 17, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4985: Digital Defense Leadership Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4985/
MLA
"H.R. 4985: Digital Defense Leadership Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4985/.
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H.R. 4985, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4985/.
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[H.R. 4985: Digital Defense Leadership Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4985/)
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