One Big Beautiful Bill Act 2025, Section 40005 ("Mars missions, Artemis missions, and Moon to Mars program")

Obligates $700 million by 2026 to procure a Mars telecommunications orbiter with autonomous operations and onboard processing, delivering by 2028

  • Authority: United States Congress
  • Parent authority: Federal government
  • Jurisdiction: United States
  • Collections: U.S. federal laws
  • Most recent activity: Enacted
  • Most recent activity date: 2025-07-04

Risk subdomain coverage

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document is a legislative appropriations bill for NASA space missions and does not address AI risks. It focuses on funding for Mars telecommunications, Artemis missions, and space infrastructure. No AI risk domains from the MIT taxonomy are covered.

Sector coverage

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

  • Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document does not govern AI use in any economic sector. It is a federal appropriations statute for NASA space missions and infrastructure, governing government space exploration activities rather than AI applications in commercial or public sectors.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal appropriations statute enacted by the United States Congress with mandatory funding obligations, specific deadlines, and legal requirements for NASA to procure and deliver space systems.

Actors

Proposer

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Summary: The document is a Congressional act amending Chapter 203 of title 51, United States Code, indicating Congress as the proposing authority for this legislation.

Target

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Summary: The legislation targets NASA (referred to as 'the Administration') with mandatory appropriations and procurement requirements, and requires NASA to contract with U.S. commercial providers for specific deliverables.

Enforcer

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Summary: Congress enforces through appropriations law and oversight mechanisms. The mandatory obligation deadlines and delivery requirements create enforceable legal duties subject to Congressional oversight.

Monitor

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Summary: Congressional oversight of appropriations and the specific obligation deadlines imply monitoring by Congress and its oversight agencies to ensure compliance with spending requirements.

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.

Technical Scope

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

No technical scope terms identified.

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