Artificial Intelligence Public Awareness and Education Campaign Act

• 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.

• False or misleading information
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
• Overreliance and unsafe use

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of risk domains, with primary focus on malicious actors (4.3 - fraud and scams) through targeted outreach to vulnerable populations. There is implicit minimal coverage of misinformation (3.1) through deepfake detection education, and human-computer interaction (5.1) through general AI awareness. The document is primarily educational rather than risk-mitigating, focusing on public awareness rather than direct governance of AI risks.

Sector coverage

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

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

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

• Educational Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document does not govern AI use in specific economic sectors. Instead, it mandates a federal public awareness campaign about AI that will discuss AI applications across multiple sectors (including productivity tools, commercial applications, and fraud detection). The governed entity is the federal government itself (Public Administration), which must conduct the education campaign.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act from the United States Congress with mandatory obligations imposed on the Secretary of Commerce, including specific timelines for implementation and reporting requirements to Congress.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is an Act of Congress, as indicated by the legislative format and structure. Congress is the proposing authority for this federal legislation.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Commerce; National Institute of Standards and Technology; National Telecommunications and Information Administration; Federal agencies
• Summary: The Act primarily targets federal government entities, specifically the Secretary of Commerce and related federal agencies, who are required to conduct the AI awareness campaign. The ultimate beneficiaries are the general public, but the regulatory targets are government agencies.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives
• Summary: Congress serves as the enforcer through oversight mechanisms, specifically the relevant congressional committees that receive mandatory reports on campaign activities and effectiveness.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Commerce; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives
• Summary: The Secretary of Commerce is responsible for monitoring the campaign's effectiveness through key performance indicators, while Congress monitors overall implementation through required reporting.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

No lifecycle stages identified.

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not govern specific AI lifecycle stages for AI development or deployment. Instead, it mandates a public education campaign about AI that discusses AI applications across various lifecycle stages (particularly deployment and operation) but does not regulate those stages themselves. The focus is on public awareness rather than technical governance.

Technical Scope

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

• Generative AI
• Predictive AI
• Task-specific AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions 'artificial intelligence' broadly and references various AI applications (deepfakes, chatbots, automated decision-making) but does not define or distinguish between AI models, AI systems, or specific categories like frontier AI, GPAI, or foundation models. It focuses on AI applications in general without technical categorization.