TEST AI 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: 2025-05-07

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Compromise of privacy
• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Lack of capability or robustness
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of approximately 5 subdomains, with brief mentions concentrated in technical measurement standards. Coverage includes discrimination/bias (1.1), privacy (2.1), security vulnerabilities (2.2), lack of robustness (7.3), and lack of transparency (7.4). The focus is on developing measurement standards rather than comprehensive risk mitigation.

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.

• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs Public Administration (Federal agencies) by establishing requirements for NIST and other federal agencies to develop AI evaluation standards. It also involves Scientific Research and Development Services through the establishment of research testbeds and measurement standards development activities.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a U.S. Congressional statute with binding legal obligations enforced through mandatory language ('shall') throughout, creating legally enforceable requirements for federal agencies and officials.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document is a Congressional bill with standard legislative language indicating it is proposed by the Senate and House of Representatives.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Act creates binding obligations for the Director of NIST to establish a pilot program, requires coordination between the Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Energy, and aims to develop measurement standards for AI systems used by Federal agencies.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: Congress maintains oversight through mandatory reporting requirements. The Secretary of Commerce establishes and oversees the Working Group. Administrative enforcement occurs through the federal agency structure.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Working Group is established to provide ongoing advice and review. Congress receives reports monitoring progress. The Secretaries reassess the memorandum of understanding every 2 years.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Collect and Process Data
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily focuses on the Verify and Validate stage, with its core mission being to develop measurement standards and testbeds for evaluating AI systems. It also covers Plan and Design through the strategy development and establishment of testing infrastructure. The Act emphasizes pre-deployment evaluation rather than operational monitoring.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly defines and focuses on 'artificial intelligence systems' as its core technical scope, referencing the definition from the National Artificial Intelligence Act of 2020. It does not specifically mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, generative AI, or compute thresholds. The scope is general across AI systems used by Federal agencies.