Promoting United States Leadership in Standards Act of 2024

• 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.

• Competitive dynamics

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal to no coverage of specific AI risk domains. It focuses on procedural mechanisms for U.S. participation in AI standards development rather than addressing specific AI risks or harms. The document does not substantively address discrimination, privacy, misinformation, malicious use, 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)

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

• 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 establishes government mechanisms to support U.S. participation in AI standards development across all sectors. The governance applies to federal agencies and their participation in standards activities, not to industry sectors directly.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative act introduced in the U.S. Senate with mandatory obligations on federal agencies, particularly NIST, to establish programs, provide briefings, and create web portals. It includes specific appropriations and enforcement through congressional oversight.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The bill was introduced in the Senate by Mr. Warner and Mrs. Blackburn, as indicated in the header of the legislative text.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Developer
• Summary: The bill directs NIST and other federal agencies to take specific actions and aims to increase participation of U.S. industry in AI standards development activities.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: Congress enforces through oversight via required briefings and appropriations. NIST Director enforces compliance with reporting requirements and administers the pilot program.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: Congress monitors implementation through required briefings. NIST monitors federal agency participation in standards activities and assesses pilot program effectiveness.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not directly govern specific AI lifecycle stages. Instead, it establishes mechanisms to support U.S. participation in AI standards development activities, which indirectly relates to the Plan and Design stage where standards are typically developed and applied.

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 other critical and emerging technologies' throughout but does not define AI models, AI systems, or specify particular types of AI such as frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, or generative AI. No compute thresholds or distinctions between open-weight and closed models are mentioned.