Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Section 6506 ("Enhancement of authority for intelligence community public-private talent exchanges")

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: FY2025 NDAA;NDAA provisions
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2024-12-23

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
• Competitive dynamics
• Governance failure

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains. It primarily addresses administrative and governance mechanisms for intelligence community talent exchanges with private sector organizations in AI and other technology fields. The only substantive risk coverage relates to organizational conflicts of interest (subdomain 6.5 Governance Failure) through provisions requiring systems to avoid, neutralize, or mitigate conflicts. There is no coverage of AI-specific risks such as discrimination, privacy breaches, misinformation, malicious use, or AI system safety failures.

Sector coverage

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

• National Security

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

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
• Information
• Finance & Insurance
• Professional & Technical Services
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs the National Security sector by establishing talent exchange programs for intelligence community elements. It also indirectly affects multiple private sectors (Information, Finance, Scientific Research and Development Services, Professional and Technical Services, Health Care) by enabling exchanges with private-sector organizations in fields including AI, computing, cybersecurity, biotechnology, finance, and acquisition.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute enacted by the United States Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. It contains mandatory language throughout ('shall'), creates legally enforceable obligations on the Director of National Intelligence and intelligence community elements, and includes reporting requirements to Congressional committees.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is Section 6506 of the 'Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025,' which is federal legislation enacted by the United States Congress.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Developer
• Entities: Director of National Intelligence; intelligence community elements; private-sector organizations in fields including artificial intelligence, computing, cybersecurity, biotechnology, finance, acquisition, business process innovation and entrepreneurship, materials and manufacturing
• Summary: The document applies to intelligence community elements and their exchanges with private-sector organizations in AI and related technology fields. It regulates both government intelligence agencies and private sector entities participating in talent exchange programs.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Director of National Intelligence; heads of intelligence community elements; congressional intelligence committees; Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
• Summary: The Director of National Intelligence and heads of intelligence community elements are responsible for implementing the policies and managing conflicts of interest. Congressional committees provide oversight through annual reporting requirements.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: congressional intelligence committees; Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; Director of National Intelligence
• Summary: Congressional committees monitor implementation through annual reports from the Director of National Intelligence covering implementation of policies, use of authorities, and recommendations for improvements.

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 directly address specific AI lifecycle stages. It establishes a talent exchange program between intelligence community elements and private-sector organizations in AI and other technology fields, but does not govern the development, deployment, or monitoring of AI systems themselves. The focus is on workforce development and knowledge transfer rather than AI system lifecycle management.

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 artificial intelligence as one of several focus areas for talent exchanges but does not define or regulate AI models, systems, or specific AI technologies. It is a workforce development and talent exchange program rather than AI-specific governance.