Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Section 1031 ("Requirements for the unmanned maritime autonomy architecture")

• 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.

• Competitive dynamics

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal risk domain coverage, with only subdomain 6.4 (Competitive dynamics) showing minimal coverage. The document primarily addresses technical architecture requirements for unmanned maritime systems rather than AI-specific risks. No other risk subdomains are substantively addressed.

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.

• Professional & Technical Services
• Scientific Research & Development Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs the National Security sector through requirements imposed on the Secretary of the Navy for unmanned maritime systems. It also has minimal coverage of Professional and Technical Services and Scientific Research and Development Services sectors through industry participation requirements in standards development.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding statutory provision enacted by the U.S. Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, imposing mandatory obligations on the Secretary of the Navy with specific deadlines and requirements.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is Section 1031 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, which is enacted by the United States Congress as the legislative authority.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Developer
• Entities: Secretary of the Navy; Navy programs and contracts; Industry participants in maritime unmanned systems
• Summary: The primary target is the Secretary of the Navy who must implement the requirements. Secondary targets include Navy programs/contracts that must conform to the standards, and industry participants who will be involved in creating and managing the architecture.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress; Secretary of the Navy
• Summary: Congress enforces compliance through legislative oversight and appropriations authority. The Secretary of the Navy is responsible for implementing and enforcing the requirements within the Department of the Navy.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress; Secretary of the Navy
• Summary: Congress monitors compliance through oversight mechanisms typical of statutory requirements. The Secretary of the Navy monitors implementation through the governance model and continuous feedback process established by the statute.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the Plan and Design stage by establishing requirements for creating an open systems architecture. It also covers the Deploy stage through requirements for tailoring standards to Navy programs and contracts, and the Operate and Monitor stage through continuous feedback processes and governance models.

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 focuses on unmanned maritime systems with autonomous capabilities but does not explicitly define or distinguish between AI models, AI systems, or specific AI categories. The scope is technical architecture for maritime unmanned systems rather than AI-specific governance.