National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, Section 1682 ("Electromagnetic Warfare")

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: NDAA provisions;U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2023-12-22

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• AI possessing dangerous capabilities

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with only subdomain 7.2 (Dangerous Capabilities) receiving a coverage score above 1. The document primarily focuses on electromagnetic spectrum operations governance and organizational structures, with limited direct engagement with AI-specific risks. The only substantive AI-related content addresses the need for AI-assisted electromagnetic spectrum operations capabilities.

Sector coverage

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

• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document exclusively governs the National Security sector, establishing requirements for the U.S. Department of Defense and military branches to assess and develop electromagnetic spectrum operations capabilities, including potential AI-assisted operations. No other economic sectors are regulated by this legislation.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, enacted by the United States Congress. It establishes binding legal obligations on the Department of Defense and military branches with mandatory language throughout, including establishment of committees, reporting requirements, and evaluation mandates.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: This is Section 1682 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, which is enacted by the United States Congress. The document represents federal legislation proposed and enacted by Congress.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document establishes requirements, organizational structures, and obligations for various Department of Defense entities and military service branches. These entities are required to establish committees, conduct evaluations, submit reports, and develop electromagnetic spectrum operations capabilities including AI-assisted capabilities.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: Congressional defense committees receive reports, briefings, and certifications, providing oversight enforcement. The Secretary of Defense has authority to establish and oversee implementation of the requirements. The Executive Committee provides internal oversight and coordination.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Executive Committee monitors and coordinates electromagnetic warfare matters. The Operational Lead is responsible for synchronizing, assessing, and making recommendations on readiness. Congressional committees receive ongoing reports and briefings. The Chairman evaluates combatant command plans and posture.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the Plan and Design stage through strategic planning requirements and the Operate and Monitor stage through evaluation and assessment mandates. It requires military branches to assess their need for AI-assisted electromagnetic spectrum operations capabilities as part of future programs, indicating coverage of planning for AI integration. The document does not substantively address data collection, model building, verification/validation, or deployment stages.

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 makes only one brief reference to AI, mentioning 'machine learning- or artificial intelligence-assisted electromagnetic spectrum operations capabilities' as part of future program assessments. It does not define AI models, AI systems, or any specific AI categories. There are no mentions of frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds.