James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, Section 6717 ("Policy on required user adoption metrics in certain contracts for artificial intelligence and emerging technology software products")

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: NDAA provisions;U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2022-12-23

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Governance failure

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal risk domain coverage, primarily addressing procurement and governance processes rather than specific AI risks. The only subdomain with minimal coverage is 6.5 Governance Failure, as the document establishes governance mechanisms for AI procurement oversight, though it does not explicitly discuss governance failures themselves.

Sector coverage

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

• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document exclusively governs the National Security sector, specifically establishing procurement and user adoption metric requirements for AI and emerging technology software products within the U.S. intelligence community. No other economic sectors are governed by this provision.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding statutory provision enacted by the U.S. Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, creating mandatory obligations for the Director of National Intelligence with specific timelines and enforcement through congressional oversight.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is Section 6717 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, which was enacted by the United States Congress as the legislative authority.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Deployer
• Entities: Director of National Intelligence; heads of elements of the intelligence community; commercial providers
• Summary: The policy targets the Director of National Intelligence who must establish the policy, heads of intelligence community elements who must comply with procurement requirements, and commercial providers who supply AI and emerging technology software products under contract.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Director of National Intelligence; congressional intelligence committees; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
• Summary: The Director of National Intelligence has authority to establish and implement the policy, while congressional committees provide oversight through mandatory policy submission and appropriations control.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: congressional intelligence committees; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; heads of elements of the intelligence community
• Summary: Congressional committees monitor implementation through mandatory policy submission, while heads of intelligence community elements are required to assess user adoption metrics for ongoing monitoring of covered products.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily focuses on the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, as it establishes requirements for procurement contracts and ongoing assessment of AI product adoption within the intelligence community. There is minimal coverage of the Plan and Design stage through requirements for anticipated use understanding.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly covers 'artificial intelligence and emerging technology software products' but does not provide detailed definitions or distinguish between different types of AI systems, models, or technical specifications. No compute thresholds or specific AI categories are mentioned.