Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Section 13005 ("Emerging Technology Research Pilot Program")

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2022-12-29

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal risk domain coverage, primarily addressing AI system safety and robustness (7.3) through research into infrastructure impacts of automated driving systems. It does not substantively address AI-specific risks but rather focuses on physical infrastructure research related to emerging technologies.

Sector coverage

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

• Trade, Transportation & Utilities

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
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Trade, Transportation and Utilities sector through research on automated vehicle impacts on transportation infrastructure. It also addresses Agriculture, Mining, Construction and Manufacturing through research on advanced and additive manufacturing technologies for infrastructure.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute enacted by the United States Congress with mandatory language establishing a pilot program and appropriating federal funds.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is a section of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act enacted by the United States Congress, which has legislative authority to establish federal programs and appropriate funds.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Infrastructure_Provider
• Summary: The document targets entities involved in developing and deploying automated and connected driving systems and advanced driver-assistance systems, as well as those using advanced and additive manufacturing technologies for infrastructure. While no specific entities are named, the research program addresses technologies developed by AI developers and infrastructure providers.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Transportation
• Summary: The Secretary of Transportation is explicitly designated as the authority responsible for establishing and carrying out the pilot program, with administrative authority to implement the research activities.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Transportation
• Summary: The Secretary of Transportation is implicitly responsible for monitoring the pilot program's implementation and research activities, though no explicit monitoring provisions are detailed in this section.

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

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the Verify and Validate stage through research and development activities testing the impacts of automated driving systems on infrastructure. It implicitly covers Plan and Design through research to improve infrastructure design in anticipation of automated systems.

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 focuses on automated and connected driving systems and advanced driver-assistance systems, representing task-specific AI applications. It does not mention AI models, foundation models, generative AI, or compute thresholds. The scope is limited to specific autonomous vehicle technologies.