Fix Our Forests Act, Section 102 ("Fireshed Center")

• 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.

• 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 only implicit references to potential governance coordination (6.4) and system reliability considerations (7.3). The document primarily establishes an organizational structure for wildfire management using AI tools, but does not substantively address AI-specific risks, harms, or safety measures.

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.

• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance
• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs Public Administration (excluding National Security) through the establishment of a federal interagency center for wildfire management. It has minimal secondary coverage of National Security through Department of Defense participation, and implicit coverage of Scientific Research and Development Services through the involvement of research institutions and development of AI-based decision support tools.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a Congressional statute establishing a federal agency (Fireshed Center) with binding legal obligations on federal departments and agencies, using mandatory language throughout.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is titled 'Fix Our Forests Act, Section 102' and is identified as being from the 'United States Congress,' indicating Congress as the proposing authority for this legislation.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Forest Service; Bureau of Land Management; National Park Service; Bureau of Indian Affairs; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Geological Survey; Department of Defense; Department of Homeland Security; Department of Energy; Federal Emergency Management Agency; National Science Foundation; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Summary: The legislation establishes a Fireshed Center comprised of representatives from 14 federal agencies, making these agencies the primary targets of the governance instrument. The Center will also disseminate AI tools to Indian Tribes, State and local governments, and other entities.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Agriculture (through Chief of the Forest Service); Secretary of the Interior (through Director of the U.S. Geological Survey)
• Summary: The Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior are given joint authority to establish the Center, appoint its Director, and ensure personnel support, making them the primary enforcement authorities for implementation.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Director of the Fireshed Center; U.S. Geological Survey; Forest Service
• Summary: The Director of the Center, who must be an employee of either USGS or Forest Service, is responsible for overseeing the Center's operations. USGS and Forest Service provide ongoing administrative support and technical services, suggesting monitoring roles.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Collect and Process Data
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily covers the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, focusing on dissemination and operational use of AI-based decision support tools for wildfire management. There is minimal coverage of earlier stages like planning, data collection, or model development.

Technical Scope

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

• Predictive AI
• Task-specific AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions AI in the context of 'data tools (including artificial intelligence)' and 'decision support products' but does not define or distinguish between AI models, AI systems, or specific types of AI. There is no mention of frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds.