Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Section 232 ("Expansion of participation in the Digital On-Demand Program")

• 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

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has no meaningful coverage of AI risk domains. It is a procedural directive focused on expanding access to an educational program about AI and emerging technologies, rather than addressing AI risks, harms, or governance of AI systems themselves.

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.

• Educational Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document exclusively governs National Security sector operations, specifically the Department of Defense's internal educational programs for military and civilian personnel. It does not regulate AI use across multiple economic sectors but rather mandates expansion of AI education within the defense establishment.

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, with mandatory obligations on the Secretary of Defense.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is Section 232 of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and 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_User
• Entities: Secretary of Defense; Department of Defense; all members of the Armed Forces; civilian employees of the Department
• Summary: The directive targets the Secretary of Defense to expand the program, and the program itself is to be made available to all DoD organizations, Armed Forces members, and civilian employees.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives
• Summary: Congressional oversight is established through mandatory reporting requirements to the Armed Services Committees, which provides the enforcement mechanism through Congressional review and potential action.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives; Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer
• Summary: The Armed Services Committees receive annual reports to monitor progress. The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer oversees the program implementation.

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

This document does not govern AI development or deployment lifecycle stages. It is focused on expanding an educational program about AI and emerging technologies for DoD personnel. The document addresses training and education about AI rather than the development, deployment, or operation 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 AI, emerging technologies, and data literacy only in the context of educational topics, not as technical systems being governed. It does not define or regulate AI models, systems, or any specific AI technical categories.