funding and the reduction or mitigation of instances of unintended bias in artificial intelligence algorithms. (iv) To identify, monitor, and periodically update appropriate recommendations for the operational use of artificial intelligence. (v) To review, to the extent the head of the Council considers necessary, artificial intelligence program funding, to ensure that any investment by the Department in an artificial intelligence tool, system, or algorithm adheres to each applicable policy of the Department relating to artificial intelligence. (vi) To provide periodic status updates on the efforts of the Department to develop and implement artificial intelligence into existing Department programs and processes. (vii) To issue guidance on access and distribution restrictions relating to data, models, tool sets, or testing or validation infrastructure. (viii) To implement and oversee an educational program on data and artificial intelligence, for the purpose of familiarizing personnel Department-wide on the applications of artificial intelligence within the respective operations of such personnel. (ix) To implement and oversee a scorecard to assess data decrees of the Department. (x) Such other duties as the Council determines appropriate. (F) Periodic reports Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, and not less frequently than once every 18 months thereafter, the Council shall submit to the Secretary and the congressional defense committees a report on the activities of the Council during the period covered by the report. . 1522. Modification to Department of Defense enterprise-wide procurement of cyber data products and services Section 1521(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 ( Public Law 117–81