HR 5584 Literacy in Future Technologies Artificial Intelligence Act 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: 2025-09-26

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Cyberattacks, weapon development or use
• Overreliance and unsafe use
• Competitive dynamics
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of 4-5 risk subdomains, primarily mentioning competitive dynamics (6.4), surveillance and weaponization by adversaries (4.1, 4.2), and responsible AI use (5.1). The focus is on AI literacy education rather than comprehensive risk mitigation. Coverage is concentrated in awareness-building rather than specific governance measures for AI risks.

Sector coverage

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

• Educational Services

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

• Scientific Research & Development Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This legislation primarily governs the Educational Services sector through K-12 AI literacy programs, with secondary coverage of Scientific Research and Development Services through curriculum development by institutions of higher education and research organizations.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a Congressional bill that would create binding statutory authority for the Director of the National Science Foundation to award grants for AI literacy programs. While the legislation uses permissive language ('may make awards'), it establishes legal authority through the federal legislative process and would have the force of law once enacted.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document is a Congressional bill proposed through the legislative process, as indicated by the formal enactment language and bill structure.

Target

• Entity Types: Affected_Stakeholder, AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The legislation targets educational institutions as grant recipients and K-12 educators and students as the ultimate beneficiaries of AI literacy programs. These include both governance actors (educational agencies) and affected stakeholders (students, educators).

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Director of the NSF is explicitly designated as the authority to make awards and carry out the program, with responsibility for grant administration and oversight.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: While not explicitly stated, the NSF Director who administers the grant program would have implicit monitoring responsibilities over grant implementation and outcomes through standard grant oversight mechanisms.

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

AI Lifecycle Summary

This document focuses on AI literacy education and curriculum development rather than the AI system development lifecycle. It primarily addresses educational activities about AI (teaching, learning, professional development) rather than building, deploying, or monitoring AI systems. The lifecycle stages are largely not applicable to this educational authorization bill.

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 uses general terminology 'artificial intelligence' and 'AI technology' without specifying particular types of AI systems, models, or technical classifications. It references the definition from the National AI Initiative Act but does not explicitly mention models, systems, or technical thresholds.