Promoting Resilient Supply Chains 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
• Cyberattacks, weapon development or use
• Power centralization and unfair distribution
• Increased inequality and decline in employment
• Competitive dynamics
• Governance failure
• 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-specific risks, with limited explicit focus on AI risk domains. Primary coverage relates to competitive dynamics (6.4) through supply chain competition concerns, and governance failure (6.5) through establishment of oversight mechanisms. The document addresses supply chain resilience broadly rather than AI-specific harms, with emerging technologies including AI mentioned as one component among many critical technologies.

Sector coverage

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

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
• Information
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• National Security

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

• Trade, Transportation & Utilities
• Professional & Technical Services
• Educational Services
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This Act governs critical supply chains across multiple economic sectors, with particular emphasis on Manufacturing, Information (including AI and telecommunications), Scientific Research and Development Services, and sectors involving critical infrastructure. The governance applies broadly to any sector producing or using critical goods and emerging technologies that affect national or economic security.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute enacted by the United States Congress with mandatory obligations, enforcement mechanisms, and legal authority granted to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce to establish programs, designate critical industries, and require reporting.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress; House of Representatives; Senate
• Summary: The document is a Congressional Act passed by the House of Representatives on May 15, 2024, and received by the Senate on May 16, 2024, indicating that the U.S. Congress is the proposing body for this legislation.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer, AI_Infrastructure_Provider
• Entities: domestic manufacturers; domestic enterprises; private sector entities manufacturing, procuring, or using critical goods
• Summary: The Act targets domestic manufacturers and enterprises involved in critical supply chains, including those working with emerging technologies such as AI. While participation is voluntary for private entities, the Act establishes frameworks and best practices specifically designed for these entities.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Analysis; Department of Commerce; Secretary of Commerce
• Summary: The Assistant Secretary of Commerce is designated as the primary authority responsible for implementing and overseeing the critical supply chain resiliency program, with specific mandatory duties and timelines for establishing programs, designating critical industries, and reporting to Congress.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Analysis; unified coordination group; relevant committees of Congress; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives
• Summary: The Assistant Secretary is responsible for ongoing monitoring through the unified coordination group and mandatory biennial reporting to Congressional committees. Congressional committees receive reports and provide oversight of the program's implementation.

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 AI supply chains across multiple lifecycle stages, with primary focus on deployment and operational monitoring. It covers planning through requirements for strategic assessments and designations, addresses data and model development through supply chain mapping, emphasizes deployment through manufacturing and distribution requirements, and strongly focuses on ongoing monitoring through the unified coordination group and biennial reporting mechanisms.

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 explicitly mentions AI as one of multiple emerging technologies within critical supply chains. It does not distinguish between AI models and AI systems, nor does it reference frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, or open-weight models. No compute thresholds are mentioned. The focus is on AI as part of broader supply chain and manufacturing considerations rather than AI-specific technical characteristics.