Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Section 25005 ("Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation Grant 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.

• Compromise of privacy
• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Increased inequality and decline in employment
• Governance failure

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with brief mentions of privacy (2.1), security (2.2), and governance (6.5). The focus is on transportation infrastructure grants rather than comprehensive AI risk mitigation. Coverage is limited to 3-4 subdomains with scores of 2, primarily addressing privacy safeguards, cybersecurity practices, and basic governance structures.

Sector coverage

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

• Trade, Transportation & Utilities
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

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

• Information
• Educational Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Trade, Transportation and Utilities sector through smart transportation infrastructure projects. It also has significant coverage of Public Administration (excluding National Security) as the grant recipients are primarily government entities implementing transportation improvements.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute enacted by the United States Congress establishing a grant program with mandatory requirements, specific appropriations, and enforcement through administrative oversight by the Secretary of Transportation.

Actors

Proposer

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

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Deployer
• Summary: The statute explicitly defines eligible entities that may apply for grants and must comply with program requirements, including various levels of government and public authorities involved in transportation.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Secretary of Transportation is granted authority to establish the program, evaluate applications, provide grants, and require compliance reporting from grant recipients.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The statute establishes multiple monitoring mechanisms including implementation reports to the Secretary, GAO review of the program, and Congressional reporting requirements.

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
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, with some implicit coverage of Plan and Design through project planning requirements. It focuses on demonstration projects for smart city technologies including autonomous vehicles and intelligent infrastructure, with emphasis on deployment, operational monitoring, and performance reporting.

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 does not explicitly define or mention AI models, AI systems, frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds. It focuses on smart city technologies, autonomous vehicles, and intelligent infrastructure without using AI-specific terminology.