Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, Title V ("Matters Pertaining to United States Economic and Emerging Technology Competition with United States Adversaries"), Subtitle B ("Next Generation Energy, Biotechnology, and Artificial…

• 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.

• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Cyberattacks, weapon development or use
• Competitive dynamics
• Lack of capability or robustness

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

• Compromise of privacy
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
• AI possessing dangerous capabilities
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

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 malicious actors (4.1, 4.2, 4.3), AI system security (2.2), competitive dynamics (6.4), and AI safety failures (7.2, 7.3). Coverage is concentrated in security, misuse prevention, and AI safety domains, with particular emphasis on information security and biosecurity risks.

Sector coverage

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

• National Security

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

• Trade, Transportation & Utilities
• Information
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs AI use within the National Security sector (intelligence community operations). It also addresses risks across multiple sectors including Health Care, Information (through cybersecurity and AI systems), and critical infrastructure, though governance is focused on intelligence community oversight of these risks rather than direct regulation of these sectors.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute enacted by the United States Congress with mandatory obligations on the Director of National Intelligence and other federal agencies, including specific timelines for compliance and establishment of policies.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, enacted by the United States Congress, which has constitutional authority to pass legislation governing intelligence activities.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Entities: Elements of the intelligence community; Director of National Intelligence; Federal agencies; vendors and commercial users of artificial intelligence systems; independent researchers
• Summary: The document primarily targets elements of the intelligence community for AI governance policies, but also establishes notification mechanisms for vendors, commercial users, and independent researchers regarding AI risks.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Director of National Intelligence; Congressional intelligence committees; President
• Summary: The Director of National Intelligence is responsible for establishing and enforcing AI policies within the intelligence community, with oversight from congressional intelligence committees. The President is required to establish the notification strategy.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Congressional intelligence committees; Director of National Intelligence
• Summary: Congressional intelligence committees receive mandatory reports and provide oversight. The Director of National Intelligence is required to periodically review and revise policies, and establish continuous monitoring requirements for AI capabilities.

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 covers multiple AI lifecycle stages with primary focus on Build and Use Model, Verify and Validate, Deploy, and Operate and Monitor stages. It establishes comprehensive policies for model development, performance evaluation, testing, deployment documentation, and continuous monitoring within the intelligence community.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Models
• AI Systems
• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions AI systems and artificial intelligence capabilities throughout, with focus on models developed or acquired by intelligence community elements. It does not specifically mention frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, or compute thresholds, but addresses AI capabilities broadly including synthetic media generation, natural language processing, and biological design.