National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, Section 247 ("Reports and briefings on recommendations of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence regarding the Department of Defense")

• 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: 2021-12-27

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Governance failure

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal to no coverage of specific AI risk domains. It is a procedural governance document requiring reporting on AI recommendations, rather than addressing specific AI risks or harms. No risk subdomains receive substantive coverage.

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 AI use within the National Security sector, specifically the Department of Defense. It does not regulate AI use in other economic sectors.

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, imposing mandatory reporting and briefing obligations on the Secretary of Defense with specific timelines and requirements.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is Section 247 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, which is enacted by the United States Congress as indicated in the authority field.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Defense; Department of Defense
• Summary: The document explicitly directs the Secretary of Defense to submit reports and provide briefings, making the Department of Defense the primary target of these governance requirements.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: congressional defense committees
• Summary: The congressional defense committees are the recipients of mandatory reports and briefings, providing oversight and enforcement through their legislative and budgetary authority over the Department of Defense.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: congressional defense committees
• Summary: The congressional defense committees monitor implementation through required annual reports and briefings on progress in analyzing and implementing AI recommendations.

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 does not directly govern specific AI lifecycle stages but rather establishes oversight mechanisms for reporting on AI recommendations. It implicitly covers all lifecycle stages through its requirement to report on implementation of National Security Commission on AI recommendations, which would span planning through monitoring.

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 references artificial intelligence generally through its requirement to report on National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence recommendations. It does not define or specify particular types of AI systems, models, or technical thresholds.