PATHS Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1692 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1692

    To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enable secure and
trustworthy technology through other transaction contracting authority,
                        and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2025

Mr. Guest (for himself and Mr. Thanedar) introduced the following bill;
        which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL

    To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enable secure and
trustworthy technology through other transaction contracting authority,
                        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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Producing Advanced Technologies for
Homeland Security Act'' or the ``PATHS Act''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACQUISITION PILOT PROGRAM EXTENSION.

    (a) In General.--Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(6 U.S.C. 391) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
                striking ``Until September 30, 2024, and subject to
                subsection (d)'' and inserting ``Until September 30,
                2028, and subject to subsection (c)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new
                paragraph:
            ``(3) Other transaction authority involving artificial
        intelligence.--Not later than 72 hours after the use or
        extension of the transaction authority authorized under
        paragraph (1) involving artificial intelligence technology, the
        Secretary shall notify the Committee on Appropriations and the
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
        Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
        Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and offer a
        briefing explaining the reason for the use or extension.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), in the matter preceding
        subparagraph (A), by striking ``September 30, 2024'' and
        inserting ``September 30, 2028''.
    (b) Reduction in Amount of Covered Contract Award.--Subparagraph
(A) of section 7113(d)(1) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (6 U.S.C. 112 note; Public Law
117-263) is amended by striking ``$4,000,000'' and inserting
``$1,000,000''.
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