National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, Section 126 ("Acquisition, modernization, and sustainment plan for carrier air wings")

• 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

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 defense authorization provision focused on conventional military aviation planning and does not address AI-specific risks, harms, or governance challenges. The document mentions autonomous and remotely-piloted aircraft as future capabilities but does not discuss associated risks.

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 addressing U.S. Navy carrier air wing planning, acquisition, and modernization. It does not regulate AI use across civilian 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, using mandatory language ('shall submit') and creating legally enforceable obligations on the Secretary of the Navy.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is Section 126 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, which is enacted by the United States Congress as the legislative authority.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of the Navy; Department of the Navy
• Summary: The provision explicitly requires the Secretary of the Navy to submit a plan and addresses Navy carrier air wing planning, making the Navy the primary target of this governance requirement.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: congressional defense committees
• Summary: The congressional defense committees receive the required plan and have oversight authority to ensure compliance with the statutory requirement.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: congressional defense committees
• Summary: The congressional defense committees monitor compliance through the required submission and review of the 15-year plan, including assessments of capabilities, risks, and modernization efforts.

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 a 15-year acquisition, modernization, and sustainment plan. It also covers Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages through requirements for fielding capabilities and operational risk assessments.

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 and remotely-piloted aircraft as future capabilities but does not use AI-specific terminology such as AI models, AI systems, frontier AI, or foundation models. It focuses on conventional military aviation platforms with brief reference to autonomous technologies.