A bill to establish protections for individual rights with respect to computational algorithms, and for other purposes.

• 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

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

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Unequal performance across groups
• Loss of human agency and autonomy
• Governance failure
• Lack of capability or robustness
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

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

• Compromise of privacy
• False or misleading information
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 8-10 subdomains, with strong focus on discrimination and toxicity (1.1, 1.3), privacy compromise (2.1), misinformation (3.1), system safety failures (7.3, 7.4), and governance (6.5). Coverage is concentrated in discrimination prevention, algorithmic transparency, and accountability mechanisms.

Sector coverage

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

• Trade, Transportation & Utilities
• Information
• Finance & Insurance
• Real Estate, Rental & Leasing
• Professional & Technical Services
• Educational Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance
• Accommodation, Food & Other Services
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)
• National Security

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

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Management, Administrative & Support Services
• Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This legislation governs AI algorithm use across virtually all economic sectors through its broad definition of 'consequential actions.' It explicitly covers employment, education, housing, utilities, healthcare, finance, insurance, criminal justice, legal services, elections, government benefits, and public accommodations. The cross-sectoral approach reflects the bill's civil rights focus.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute with mandatory obligations, enforcement mechanisms through the FTC, state attorneys general, and private rights of action, with specific penalties and sanctions for non-compliance.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document is titled 'A bill to establish protections for individual rights with respect to computational algorithms' and is identified as being from the 'United States Congress' authority, indicating Congress is the proposing body.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Summary: The bill explicitly defines and regulates 'developers' and 'deployers' of covered algorithms throughout all titles. These are the primary regulated entities subject to the requirements.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The bill establishes enforcement authority through the FTC as the primary federal enforcer, with additional enforcement by state attorneys general and state data protection authorities, plus private rights of action.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Summary: The bill establishes monitoring through multiple mechanisms: FTC receives and publishes reports, independent auditors conduct evaluations, developers review deployer assessments annually, and deployers conduct annual impact assessments.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Collect and Process Data
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document comprehensively covers multiple AI lifecycle stages with primary focus on pre-deployment evaluation (Plan and Design, Build and Use Model, Verify and Validate), deployment requirements, and post-deployment monitoring. It mandates evaluations before deployment and annual impact assessments during operation.

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 defines and regulates 'covered algorithms' broadly as computational processes derived from machine learning, natural language processing, and AI techniques. It does not specifically mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, or compute thresholds, focusing instead on algorithms used for consequential actions regardless of model type.