Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, Sec. 758 ("Implementation of Technology for Classification and Declassification")

• 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
• Governance failure
• 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, primarily addressing AI system security vulnerabilities (2.2) through its focus on implementing secure, interoperable AI systems for classification. There is implicit coverage of governance failure (6.5) through mandated oversight mechanisms, and minimal coverage of lack of robustness (7.3) through requirements for efficient and effective systems. The document focuses on AI implementation procedures rather than comprehensive risk mitigation.

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.

• Scientific Research & Development Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs the Public Administration excluding National Security sector and the National Security sector, as it mandates AI implementation across federal government agencies including defense and intelligence organizations. It also has minimal coverage of Scientific Research and Development Services through the research mandate for AI/ML solutions.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute enacted by the United States Congress with mandatory obligations on specified government officials, enforceable through congressional oversight and reporting requirements.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is Section 758 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, which is enacted by the United States Congress as the legislative authority.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Developer
• Entities: Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government; Secretary of Defense; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; Director of National Intelligence; Public Interest Declassification Board; Director of the Information Security Oversight Office; head of the National Declassification Center of the National Archives and Records Administration; President of the United States
• Summary: The document mandates specific actions by the Administrator and requires consultation with multiple intelligence and defense agencies. These entities are obligated to research, develop, and recommend AI/ML solutions for classification systems.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress; President of the United States
• Summary: Congress enforces compliance through mandatory reporting requirements with specific deadlines. The President serves as an intermediary enforcement mechanism by receiving recommendations and reporting adoption decisions to Congress.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress; President of the United States
• Summary: Congress monitors implementation through mandated reports at specified intervals. The President monitors the Administrator's recommendation and reports the adoption decision to Congress.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Plan and Design
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily covers the Plan and Design stage through mandated research and recommendation of AI/ML solutions. It also addresses Verify and Validate through the requirement for efficient and effective systems, and Deploy through the President's adoption decision and implementation across the Federal Government.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Models
• AI Systems
• Task-specific AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions both artificial intelligence and machine learning as technologies to be researched and implemented. It does not specify particular AI types (frontier, general purpose, task-specific, etc.) or technical thresholds. The focus is on AI/ML solutions for classification and declassification systems.