CORE Act of 2025

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2025-04-01

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains. It mentions AI as a tool for data analysis and modeling (subdomain 7.3) but does not address AI-specific risks, harms, or governance challenges. The document is primarily focused on hydrocarbon resource assessment and international cooperation, not AI governance.

Sector coverage

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

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

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

• Scientific Research & Development Services
• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs activities in the Agriculture, Mining, Construction and Manufacturing sector (specifically oil and gas extraction/mining) and Public Administration excluding National Security (federal agencies conducting resource assessments). The AI governance aspects are minimal and instrumental to hydrocarbon resource assessment rather than sector-specific AI regulation.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a Congressional Act with binding legal obligations on federal agencies (the Secretaries), using mandatory language ('shall') and establishing specific reporting requirements with deadlines.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is titled 'CORE Act of 2025' and is identified as being from the 'United States Congress' as the authority, indicating Congress proposed and enacted this legislation.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: The Secretaries (federal agency heads); National Science Foundation; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Office of Naval Research
• Summary: The Act creates obligations for 'the Secretaries' (federal agency heads) to prepare reports and utilize AI technologies. It also requires partnership with other federal agencies including NSF, NOAA, and Office of Naval Research.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Committee on Foreign Relations; Committee on Energy and Commerce; Committee on Natural Resources; Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Summary: Congressional committees are designated as recipients of mandatory reports, providing oversight and enforcement through their legislative and investigative powers.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Committee on Foreign Relations; Committee on Energy and Commerce; Committee on Natural Resources; Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Summary: The same Congressional committees that receive the mandatory reports serve as monitoring bodies to evaluate compliance with the Act's requirements and assess the quality of the analysis and recommendations provided.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Collect and Process Data
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document references AI primarily in the context of data analysis and modeling for hydrocarbon resource assessment. It covers the 'Build and Use Model' stage by requiring the acquisition and application of AI technologies for modeling and analysis. There is minimal coverage of other lifecycle stages.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Models

Technical Scope Summary

The document mentions AI in general terms as a modeling and analysis technology but does not provide definitions or distinguish between different types of AI systems, models, or capabilities. There is no mention of compute thresholds, frontier AI, general purpose AI, or other technical AI classifications.