Wildfire Prevention Act of 2025, Section 302 "Public-private wildfire technology deployment and testbed partnership."

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2025-01-16

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Competitive dynamics
• Governance failure

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with only implicit references to governance structures (6.5) and competitive dynamics (6.4) through its pilot program framework. The document primarily focuses on wildfire technology deployment rather than AI-specific risks, with no substantial coverage of discrimination, privacy, misinformation, malicious use, human-computer interaction, or AI system safety domains.

Sector coverage

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

• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

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

• Information
• Professional & Technical Services
• Educational Services
• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs Public Administration (excluding National Security) through federal land management and emergency response agencies. It also has minimal coverage of National Security through Department of Defense involvement, and Educational Services and Scientific Research through participation of higher education institutions and research entities in the pilot program.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute enacted by the United States Congress with mandatory obligations, specified enforcement mechanisms through federal agencies, and required annual reporting to Congressional committees.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is titled 'Wildfire Prevention Act of 2025, Section 302' and is explicitly identified as being enacted by the United States Congress, which is the legislative authority that proposed and enacted this statute.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: private entities; nonprofit organizations; institutions of higher education; Federal land management agencies; Department of Defense; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; United States Fire Administration; Federal Emergency Management Agency; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Summary: The document applies to both 'covered entities' (private entities, nonprofits, and educational institutions developing wildfire technologies including AI) and 'covered agencies' (multiple federal agencies involved in wildfire response). The pilot program specifically prioritizes entities 'developing and applying emerging technologies that address issues identified by the Secretaries, including artificial intelligence.'

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Agriculture; Secretary of the Interior; heads of covered agencies
• Summary: The Secretaries (Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Interior, acting jointly) are designated to establish and administer the pilot program, coordinate with covered agencies, select participants, and ensure compliance with reporting requirements.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives
• Summary: The appropriate Congressional committees receive annual reports on the pilot program's implementation, including lists of participants, technologies tested, costs, outreach efforts, and recommendations. This establishes Congressional oversight and monitoring of the program.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document covers multiple AI lifecycle stages with primary focus on Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages. It establishes a framework for testing and deploying AI technologies for wildfire mitigation, with emphasis on real-world testing, operational deployment, and ongoing assessment through annual reporting.

Technical Scope

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

• Task-specific AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions artificial intelligence as a priority emerging technology for wildfire mitigation. It does not define AI models, AI systems, or distinguish between different types of AI (frontier, general purpose, task-specific, foundation models, generative, or predictive). No compute thresholds or open-weight/open-source model considerations are mentioned.