James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, Section 6731 ("Report on establishment of technology acquisition cadre")

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: NDAA provisions;U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2022-12-23

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Competitive dynamics

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal risk domain coverage, primarily addressing competitive dynamics (6.4) through its focus on accelerating AI adoption to maintain technological advantage. There is implicit minimal coverage of governance structures (6.5) through the establishment of an expert cadre, though it does not address governance failures. No other risk domains are substantially covered.

Sector coverage

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

• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document exclusively governs the National Security sector, specifically the intelligence community's adoption of commercial AI solutions. It mandates a feasibility study for establishing an expert cadre to improve AI technology acquisition across intelligence agencies.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding statutory provision enacted by the U.S. Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act, containing mandatory reporting requirements with specific deadlines and designated responsible parties.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is Section 6731 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, which is enacted by the United States Congress as the legislative authority.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Director of National Intelligence; intelligence community
• Summary: The document mandates the Director of National Intelligence to conduct a feasibility study and submit a report. The study examines establishing a cadre to improve AI adoption across the intelligence community.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: congressional intelligence committees; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
• Summary: Congressional committees are designated as recipients of the mandatory report, providing oversight and enforcement through their legislative and appropriations authority.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: congressional intelligence committees; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
• Summary: The same congressional committees that receive the report are responsible for monitoring compliance with the reporting requirement and evaluating the feasibility study's findings.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Build and Use Model
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the deployment and operational stages of AI systems by focusing on improving adoption of commercial AI solutions. It implicitly covers planning through the feasibility study for establishing an expert cadre, and touches on build/use through software development and systems integration expertise requirements.

Technical Scope

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

No technical scope terms identified.

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions artificial intelligence and emerging technologies multiple times. It focuses on commercial AI products and services but does not specify particular AI types (frontier, general purpose, task-specific, etc.) or technical thresholds. The scope is broad, covering AI adoption across intelligence community missions.