National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, Section 1090 ("Conduct of weather reconnaissance in the United States")

• 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 provision focused on weather reconnaissance operations and does not address AI systems, their risks, or governance. The document discusses data collection and forecasting improvements but does not mention AI technologies or associated risks.

Sector coverage

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

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)
• National Security

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

• Scientific Research & Development Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs Public Administration excluding National Security and National Security sectors, as it regulates government agencies (NOAA, Air Force Reserve) conducting weather reconnaissance operations. It does not govern private sector AI use.

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 2024, containing mandatory obligations and authorized activities for specific government entities.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is Section 1090 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: 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve Command; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Secretary of the Air Force; Secretary of Commerce
• Summary: The document applies to and regulates the activities of specific military and civilian government agencies responsible for weather reconnaissance and forecasting operations.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives; Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
• Summary: Congressional committees are designated to receive mandatory reports and exercise oversight through the appropriations process, which is the primary enforcement mechanism for this provision.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives; Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
• Summary: The same Congressional committees that enforce also monitor implementation through mandatory comprehensive reports covering resources, capabilities, and mission fulfillment through 2035.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

No lifecycle stages identified.

AI Lifecycle Summary

This document does not govern AI systems or their lifecycle. It is a legislative provision focused on weather reconnaissance operations using aircraft, personnel, and equipment for data collection and forecasting. While it mentions 'autonomous platform observations' as one data collection method, it does not establish governance for AI development, deployment, or 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 does not explicitly mention or define AI models, AI systems, frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds. The single mention of 'autonomous platform observations' refers to autonomous data collection platforms (likely unmanned vehicles or sensors) rather than AI systems.