National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, Section 112 ("Strategy for Army tactical wheeled vehicle program")

• 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

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal to no coverage of AI risk domains. It is a legislative reporting requirement focused on military vehicle procurement strategy and does not address AI-specific risks, harms, or safety concerns. While it mentions autonomous vehicles as a technological consideration, it does not discuss risks associated with autonomous systems.

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 primarily governs the National Security sector, specifically the U.S. Army's tactical wheeled vehicle program. It does not regulate private sector AI use but rather mandates strategic planning for military vehicle procurement and 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, creating mandatory reporting obligations for the Secretary of the Army with specific requirements and timelines.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is Section 112 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, which is enacted by the United States Congress as the legislative authority.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of the Army; Department of Defense; Army
• Summary: The document explicitly targets the Secretary of the Army, requiring submission of strategy reports and briefings. The Army is the entity whose tactical wheeled vehicle program is being governed.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: congressional defense committees
• Summary: The congressional defense committees are designated as the recipients of reports and briefings, providing oversight and enforcement through the congressional budget and authorization process.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: congressional defense committees
• Summary: The congressional defense committees monitor compliance through receipt of mandatory reports in budget justification materials and briefings at specified intervals (FY 2025, 2030, 2035).

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 requiring strategic planning for tactical wheeled vehicle programs. It implicitly touches on Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages through requirements to consider technological advances including autonomous capabilities and predictive maintenance.

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 autonomous capabilities as a technological consideration for tactical wheeled vehicles but does not explicitly define or extensively discuss AI models, AI systems, or other AI-specific technical concepts. The focus is on military vehicle procurement strategy rather than AI governance.