Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2023, Sec. 116(f) ("National Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Observing Network")

• 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.

• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal risk domain coverage, focusing primarily on establishing an observational network infrastructure rather than addressing AI-specific risks. The only substantive coverage relates to AI system capabilities and limitations (7.3) through the establishment of monitoring and forecasting systems.

Sector coverage

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

• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

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

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
• Information

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs Public Administration (federal agencies like NOAA) and Scientific Research and Development Services (ecological forecasting and environmental monitoring). It also has implications for Agriculture through harmful algal bloom monitoring that affects water quality for agricultural use.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute enacted by the United States Congress with mandatory language requiring specific actions by federal agencies.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: This is a section of the Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2023, which is federal legislation enacted by Congress.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document mandates actions by specific NOAA offices and requires integration of Federal, State, regional, and local observing capabilities into the network.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Under Secretary of NOAA and the IOOS Program Office are given direct authority and responsibility to implement and coordinate the requirements of this section.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The IOOS Program Office is responsible for coordination and establishing the Data Assembly Center, which will integrate and disseminate data, providing ongoing monitoring of the network's operations.

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
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle by establishing infrastructure for integrating AI technologies into an observing network and creating mechanisms for ongoing data integration and ecological forecasting support.

Technical Scope

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

• Predictive AI
• Task-specific AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document mentions artificial intelligence as an emerging technology to be incorporated into the observing network but does not provide detailed definitions or specify particular types of AI models or systems. It focuses on AI as a tool for data integration and ecological forecasting.