American Foreign Affairs Talent Expansion Act: Diversity in Diplomacy and Development, Section 112 (Mitigating bias in artificial intelligence use.)

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Defunct
• Most recent activity date: 2025-01-03

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Unequal performance across groups

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 3-4 subdomains, with strong focus on unfair discrimination (1.1), unequal performance across groups (1.3), and lack of robustness (7.3). Coverage is concentrated in discrimination/bias mitigation and AI system safety domains.

Sector coverage

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

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

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

• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs Public Administration (excluding National Security) through its regulation of international affairs agencies' AI use. It may also have implications for National Security given the foreign affairs context, though this is not explicitly stated.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act from the United States Congress with mandatory obligations on agency heads, including requirements to employ experts, develop frameworks, and submit biennial reports.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is titled as an Act of Congress and represents legislative authority from the United States Congress.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Deployer
• Entities: international affairs agencies; agency heads
• Summary: The document explicitly targets international affairs agencies and their heads, requiring them to employ experts, develop frameworks, and implement AI bias mitigation measures.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: appropriate congressional committees
• Summary: Congressional committees serve as the enforcement mechanism through their oversight role in receiving and reviewing biennial reports on agency compliance.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: appropriate congressional committees; agency heads (self-monitoring)
• Summary: Congressional committees monitor implementation through biennial reports, while agency heads are responsible for monitoring their own efforts and reporting on bias testing and correction activities.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Collect and Process Data
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document covers multiple AI lifecycle stages with primary focus on Build and Use Model (through bias testing in training data), Verify and Validate (through testing and correcting for bias), and Operate and Monitor (through ongoing bias correction and biennial reporting). It also addresses Plan and Design through the development of risk-mitigation frameworks.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Models
• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions artificial intelligence systems, models, training data, and applications. It does not specifically reference frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, or compute thresholds. The focus is on AI systems broadly used within international affairs agencies.