Basic Allowance for Housing Calculation Improvement Act of 2023

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Defunct
• Most recent activity date: 2025-01-03

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with only brief mentions of AI system security (2.2) and lack of robustness (7.3) through the requirement to evaluate AI-calculated housing rates. The pilot program structure implicitly addresses governance and competitive dynamics concerns, but these are not explicitly discussed as risks. Coverage is limited to 2-3 subdomains with minimal detail.

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.

• Real Estate, Rental & Leasing

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This Act primarily governs AI use in Public Administration (excluding National Security) through the Department of Defense's administrative functions for calculating housing allowances. It also has secondary coverage of Real Estate and Rental and Leasing through the requirement that covered entities have expertise in single-family housing and local rental rate data.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act from the United States Congress with mandatory obligations on the Secretary of Defense, including specific deadlines and reporting requirements to Congressional committees.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is titled as an 'Act' which indicates it was proposed and enacted by the United States Congress, the legislative authority mentioned in the document header.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Developer
• Entities: Secretary of Defense; covered entity (nationally recognized entity in the field of single-family housing)
• Summary: The Act directly targets the Secretary of Defense who must enter into an agreement with a covered entity. The covered entity, which will use AI/ML algorithms, is also a target as it must perform the calculation services.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives
• Summary: The Congressional Armed Services Committees serve as the enforcement mechanism through their oversight role, receiving mandatory reports on the implementation and evaluation of the pilot program.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Defense; Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives
• Summary: The Secretary of Defense is required to evaluate the AI-calculated rates and report findings. The Congressional committees monitor implementation through the mandatory reporting requirement.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Collect and Process Data
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily covers the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle. It mandates deployment of AI/ML algorithms for calculating housing allowance rates in a pilot program and requires evaluation of the results, indicating monitoring of operational performance.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Models
• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions both machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms. It does not specify whether these are general purpose, task-specific, generative, or predictive AI, though the application (calculating housing rates) suggests predictive/analytical AI. No compute thresholds, foundation models, or open-source considerations are mentioned.