A bill to establish Federal agency technology and artificial intelligence talent teams to improve competitive service hiring practices, and for other purposes.

Establishes federal agency technology and AI talent teams to enhance AI governance, innovation, and hiring practices. Empowers the Office of Personnel Management to support cross-government AI hiring, develop assessments, and create platforms for sharing assessments. Encourages existing platforms use for technical assessments.

  • Authority: United States Congress
  • Parent authority: Federal government
  • Jurisdiction: United States
  • Collections: U.S. federal laws
  • Most recent activity: Proposed
  • Most recent activity date: 2025-12-10

Risk subdomain coverage

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has no meaningful coverage of AI risk domains. It focuses exclusively on federal hiring practices and workforce development for AI and technology positions. The document establishes administrative structures for talent recruitment but does not address AI system risks, harms, or safety concerns.

Sector coverage

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

  • 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

This legislation governs hiring practices within federal government agencies, primarily covering the Public Administration sector. It establishes talent teams and hiring procedures for technology and AI positions across federal agencies.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a Congressional bill that, if enacted, would become binding federal legislation. While currently in bill form, it establishes legal obligations and administrative procedures that would be enforceable upon agencies once passed into law.

Actors

Proposer

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Summary: The document is a Congressional bill, evidenced by the standard legislative enactment clause. Congress is proposing this legislation to establish federal agency talent teams for technology and AI hiring.

Target

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Developer
  • Summary: The bill explicitly targets federal agencies, empowering them to establish technology and AI talent teams. The definition section clarifies that 'agency' means agencies described in section 901(b) of title 31.

Enforcer

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Summary: The OPM Director has mandatory responsibilities for establishing platforms, receiving and posting waivers, and providing guidance. Chief Human Capital Officers have authority to authorize waivers with reporting obligations.

Monitor

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Summary: The OPM Director receives waiver reports from agencies, posts them publicly for transparency, and maintains the technical assessment sharing platform. These functions constitute monitoring and oversight responsibilities.

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 directly govern AI system lifecycle stages. Instead, it establishes administrative infrastructure for hiring personnel who will work on AI systems across various lifecycle stages. The focus is on workforce development and recruitment processes rather than AI system 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 mentions artificial intelligence in the context of hiring and talent positions but does not define AI models, AI systems, or any specific technical categories. It refers generally to 'technology and artificial intelligence positions' and 'artificial intelligence enabling roles' for workforce development purposes.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3410
https://agora.eto.tech/instrument/2801
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