ASSESS AI Act

• 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

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

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Unequal performance across groups
• Compromise of privacy
• Governance failure
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

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

• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Loss of human agency and autonomy
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 6-8 subdomains, with strong focus on discrimination and civil rights (1.1, 1.3), privacy violations (2.1), governance structures (6.5), and AI system limitations (7.3, 7.4). Coverage is concentrated in fairness, privacy, and governance oversight domains.

Sector coverage

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

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)
• National Security

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

• Trade, Transportation & Utilities
• Real Estate, Rental & Leasing
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Educational Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document governs AI use across all federal government operations, with explicit coverage of Public Administration (excluding National Security) and National Security sectors. It addresses AI governance in government agencies responsible for health, transportation, housing, justice, education, labor, and homeland security.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act introduced in the U.S. Senate that, if enacted, would establish mandatory requirements for the President to create a task force with specific duties, membership, and reporting obligations.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The bill was introduced by Senator Bennet in the U.S. Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, indicating congressional authorship and proposal.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document focuses on assessing and regulating Federal Government use of AI systems, with specific requirements for federal agencies to provide information and comply with task force recommendations.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The President is mandated to establish the task force and designate its leadership. Congress receives reports and recommendations. The task force itself has authority to gather information from federal agencies and make binding recommendations.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The task force is explicitly charged with assessing AI governance gaps and providing ongoing updates. Multiple oversight bodies are included in the task force membership, and Congress receives periodic reports for monitoring purposes.

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
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document addresses multiple AI lifecycle stages with primary focus on deployment and operational monitoring of AI systems in federal government contexts. It emphasizes validation, auditing, risk assessment, and ongoing oversight rather than initial development phases.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Systems
• Task-specific AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document uses broad terminology referring to 'artificial intelligence' and 'AI systems' throughout without defining specific technical categories. It addresses AI applications, AI technologies, and associated data but does not distinguish between different types of AI models or establish compute thresholds.