James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, Section 557 ("Study and report on professional military education")

• 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: 2022-12-23

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

This document has minimal risk domain coverage, with only subdomain 7.2 (Dangerous Capabilities) receiving a score of 2. The document mentions AI as a special focus area in PME curriculum but does not substantively address AI risks, harms, or governance failures. It is primarily an educational policy directive rather than an AI risk governance document.

Sector coverage

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

• National Security

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

• Educational Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs the National Security sector by mandating evaluation and improvement of Professional Military Education for Armed Forces officers. It also has minimal coverage of Educational Services as it addresses PME institutions and their curricula.

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 for Fiscal Year 2023, with mandatory reporting requirements and specific deadlines imposed on the Secretary of Defense.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: This is Section 557 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, enacted by the United States Congress as the legislative authority.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Defense; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Secretaries of the military departments; institutions of PME; professional military education schools; senior level service schools; intermediate level service schools; joint intermediate level service school; Naval Postgraduate School; Air Force Institute of Technology
• Summary: The document targets the Secretary of Defense who must conduct the study and submit reports, in coordination with military leadership. The study evaluates PME institutions and their curricula, including AI education requirements.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives
• Summary: The Congressional Armed Services Committees receive the reports and briefings, providing oversight of compliance with the statutory requirements.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives; Secretary of Defense
• Summary: The Congressional Armed Services Committees monitor implementation through required interim briefings every six months. The Secretary of Defense also monitors PME effectiveness through the mandated study and evaluation process.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not directly govern AI system development or deployment. It mandates evaluation of Professional Military Education curriculum to include AI as a special focus area. This relates primarily to the Plan and Design stage for educational programs, not AI systems themselves.

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 artificial intelligence only as a curriculum topic for military education, not as a technical system being governed. There are no references to AI models, systems, frontier AI, GPAI, foundation models, generative AI, or compute thresholds.