Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Section 25017 ("University Transportation Centers 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.

• AI system security vulnerabilities

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of risk domains, with only subdomain 2.2 (AI system security vulnerabilities) receiving a coverage score of 2. The document briefly mentions cybersecurity implications of autonomous vehicles and connected infrastructure, but does not provide comprehensive governance measures or detailed risk mitigation strategies for this or any other risk domain.

Sector coverage

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

• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Educational Services

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

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

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs Educational Services (university transportation centers conducting research) and has minimal coverage of Trade, Transportation and Utilities (through research on autonomous vehicles and connected infrastructure). The governance is focused on research activities rather than operational deployment of AI systems in these sectors.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute enacted by the United States Congress that amends Title 49 of the United States Code. It contains mandatory language and creates legally enforceable obligations for the Secretary of Transportation and university transportation centers receiving federal grants.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is a section of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which is federal legislation enacted by the United States Congress. Congress has the constitutional authority to propose and enact federal statutes.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, Affected_Stakeholder
• Entities: Department of Transportation; Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology; university transportation centers; regional university transportation centers
• Summary: The document amends requirements for the University Transportation Centers Program, which applies to university transportation centers receiving federal grants and the Department of Transportation officials who administer the program.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Department of Transportation; Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology; heads of the modal administrations of the Department of Transportation
• Summary: The Secretary of Transportation, through the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, has authority to administer the grant program and ensure compliance with the amended requirements. Modal administration heads are also involved in oversight.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Department of Transportation; Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Summary: The document establishes biennial review requirements and public reporting mechanisms for monitoring the university transportation centers program, to be conducted by the Department of Transportation.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the Plan and Design stage by establishing research objectives for university transportation centers to study cybersecurity implications of autonomous vehicles and connected infrastructure. It does not substantively cover data collection, model building, verification, deployment, or operational monitoring stages of AI systems themselves.

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 mentions autonomous vehicles and connected vehicle technologies but does not explicitly define or discuss AI models, AI systems, frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds. The focus is on research objectives for transportation technologies rather than AI technical specifications.