; and (B) to transition such technologies, including technologies developed from pilot programs, prototype projects, or other research and development programs, from the prototyping phase to production. (2) Participation The participants in the competition carried out pursuant to paragraph (1) may include Federally-funded research and development centers (FFRDCs), the private sector, the defense industrial base, academia, government agencies, and such other participants as the Secretary considers appropriate. (3) Commencement The competition will begin within 270 days of passage of this Act. (4) Designation The competition established and carried out pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be known as the Generative AI Detection and Watermark Competition . (b) Administration The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall administer the competition required by subsection (a). (c) Framework Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide the congressional defense committees a briefing on the framework the Secretary will use to carry out the competition required by subsection (a). (d) Annual reports Not later than October 1 of each year until the termination of the competition established and carried out under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the competition. (e) Definitions In this section: (1) The term detection means a technology that can positively identify the presence of generative artificial intelligence in digital content. (2) The term watermarking means embedding a piece of data onto detected artificial intelligence generated digital content, conveying attribution to the source generation. (f) Termination The competition established and carried out pursuant to subsection (a) shall terminate on December 31, 2025. C Plans, reports, and other matters 221. Department of Defense prize competitions for business systems modernization (a) In general Not later than September 30,