Mike Rounds (R-SD)
A bill to require a Defense Science Board study on optimal organizational structure for digital solutions.
A Republican bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill requires the Secretary of Defense to direct the Defense Science Board to conduct a comprehensive study. The study aims to evaluate and recommend the most optimal organizational structure to support digital solutions engineering activities. This includes work across the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the military departments. The study must assess existing structures, evaluate potential courses of action, and provide recommendations for an optimal structure. Finally, the study must include transition recommendations for implementation.
Yes
- Scored +3
Does this better protect the country from computer attacks?
The study focuses on optimizing digital solutions engineering, which includes the development of artificial intelligence and data analytics platforms for defense purposes.
- Scored +2
Does this put more money into scientific research?
The bill directs a study on digital solutions engineering that includes the management of artificial intelligence models and digital technologies.
- Scored +1
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill requires the final report to be submitted to congressional defense committees, facilitating legislative oversight of Department of Defense organizational changes.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Optimization of resources: The study aims to evaluate the optimization of resource allocation and utilization processes (Section 1(b)(1)(E)).
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Improved workforce support: The study includes recommendations for unique hiring authorities to support digital solutions engineering workforce requirements (Section 1(b)(3)(H)).
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Improved deployment speed: The study includes recommendations for unique acquisition authorities to support rapid digital solutions engineering and deployment (Section 1(b)(3)(I)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Personnel changes: The implementation of the study's findings may require organizational and personnel changes (Section 1(b)(4)(B)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Does this better protect the country from computer attacks? — The study focuses on optimizing digital solutions engineering, which includes the development of artificial intelligence and data analytics platforms for defense purposes.
- Education And Technology
- Does this put more money into scientific research? — The bill directs a study on digital solutions engineering that includes the management of artificial intelligence models and digital technologies.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill requires the final report to be submitted to congressional defense committees, facilitating legislative oversight of Department of Defense organizational changes.
- 7/31/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- Introduced in Senate
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