Border Act of 2024, General Provisions Title

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Defunct
• Most recent activity date: 2025-01-03

Risk subdomain coverage

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Cyberattacks, weapon development or use
• Competitive dynamics
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with primary focus on AI system security (2.2) through procurement requirements for autonomous surveillance systems. There is implicit coverage of malicious actors (4.1, 4.2) through border security context, and minimal coverage of system safety (7.3) through technology deployment requirements. Most risk domains are not addressed as this is primarily a funding and operational document.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)
• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs AI use in Public Administration (excluding National Security) and National Security sectors, with specific focus on border security operations, immigration enforcement, and customs operations conducted by federal agencies.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal appropriations act from the United States Congress with mandatory funding allocations, specific requirements, and enforcement through congressional oversight mechanisms.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is titled 'Border Act of 2024' and is issued under the authority of the United States Congress, which is the legislative body that proposed and enacted this appropriations legislation.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Deployer
• Entities: U.S. Customs and Border Protection; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Department of Homeland Security; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• Summary: The document governs multiple Department of Homeland Security agencies that will deploy AI-enhanced surveillance and inspection technologies. These agencies are both governance actors (government entities) and AI deployers (implementing autonomous systems).

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate; Secretary of Homeland Security; Under Secretary for Management at the Department of Homeland Security
• Summary: The Committees on Appropriations enforce compliance through oversight and approval of expenditure plans, while DHS leadership enforces internal implementation requirements.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
• Summary: The Committees on Appropriations receive quarterly, monthly, and weekly reports on implementation, performance metrics, and technology impacts, establishing comprehensive monitoring oversight.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Plan and Design
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily covers the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, with some coverage of Plan and Design through procurement requirements. It focuses on deployment of autonomous surveillance systems and ongoing monitoring of AI technology impacts through quarterly reporting requirements.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Systems
• Task-specific AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions AI systems and artificial intelligence in the context of autonomous surveillance towers and non-intrusive inspection technology. It defines autonomous systems as those using AI to identify items of interest. No mention of frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds.