Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Section 40433 ("Digital Climate Solutions Report")

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2021-11-15

Risk subdomain coverage

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal to no coverage of AI risk domains. It is a reporting requirement focused on assessing digital climate solutions, including AI/ML tools, rather than addressing AI risks or harms. No specific risk mitigation measures or governance of AI risks are described.

Sector coverage

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

• Trade, Transportation & Utilities
• Information
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document does not directly govern specific sectors but mandates a report assessing digital climate solutions across multiple potential sectors. The report will analyze how the private sector broadly can utilize digital tools, with implicit relevance to energy, utilities, and potentially other sectors involved in climate solutions.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding statutory provision enacted by the U.S. Congress as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, imposing a mandatory reporting obligation on the Secretary of Energy with specific deadlines and requirements.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is Section 40433 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which was enacted by the United States Congress, making Congress the proposer of this governance instrument.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Energy; appropriate Federal agencies
• Summary: The document directs the Secretary of Energy to produce a report in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies and relevant stakeholders, making the Secretary the primary target of this reporting obligation.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives
• Summary: The Congressional committees receiving the report serve as the enforcement mechanism through their oversight authority over the Department of Energy and its compliance with statutory reporting requirements.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives
• Summary: The same Congressional committees that receive the report are responsible for monitoring compliance with the reporting requirement and evaluating the content of the submitted report.

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

The document does not govern specific AI lifecycle stages but rather mandates a report assessing digital climate solutions including AI/ML. The focus is on inventory and assessment of existing digital tools rather than regulating their development, deployment, or operation.

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 artificial intelligence and machine learning as digital tools to be assessed for climate solutions. It does not define or distinguish between AI models, AI systems, or specific types of AI. No compute thresholds or model types are specified.