Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review

• 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.

• Governance failure

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains. It primarily addresses AI as a tool for regulatory review rather than regulating AI risks. The only substantive coverage relates to governance failure (6.5) as it addresses mechanisms to improve regulatory oversight, though indirectly. There is no meaningful coverage of discrimination, privacy, misinformation, malicious actors, human-computer interaction, socioeconomic impacts, or AI system safety risks.

Sector coverage

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

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document does not govern AI use in specific economic sectors. Instead, it governs the internal operations of federal government agencies, requiring them to use AI technology for retrospective regulatory review. The primary sector governed is Public Administration (excluding National Security), as it applies to federal agencies' regulatory review processes.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute introduced in Congress with mandatory language requiring specific actions by federal agencies and the Office of Management and Budget, with clear timelines and enforcement through congressional oversight.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Mr. Biggs (U.S. House of Representatives); Committee on Oversight and Accountability
• Summary: The bill was introduced by Mr. Biggs in the House of Representatives and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, indicating these are the proposing entities.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Federal agencies; Office of Management and Budget; Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; Director of GPO; Archivist; Director of the Federal Register
• Summary: The bill applies to federal agencies and specifically directs the Office of Management and Budget (through the Administrator of OIRA) to issue guidance and requires agency heads to submit plans and implement strategies for AI-assisted retrospective reviews.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives; Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
• Summary: Congressional committees are designated to receive reports and plans, providing oversight. The Administrator of OIRA has authority to issue guidance and receive agency plans, giving them an enforcement/oversight role.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives; Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
• Summary: The same congressional committees and the Administrator that enforce also monitor through receipt of reports, plans, and implementation strategies, allowing them to track compliance and progress.

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
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not govern the AI development lifecycle itself, but rather mandates the use of AI tools by federal agencies for regulatory review purposes. It addresses the deployment and operation of AI systems (algorithmic tools and artificial intelligence) within government agencies for retrospective regulatory analysis.

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 'algorithmic tools' as technologies to be used by agencies for regulatory review. It does not define AI models, systems, or specify particular types of AI (frontier, general purpose, task-specific, etc.). No compute thresholds or model types are mentioned.