Americas Act, Title II ("Trade and Investment for the Americas"), Sec. 202 ("Americas Partnership Business Advisory Board")

• 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

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal to no coverage of AI risk domains. It establishes an advisory board structure for business environment discussions in Americas partner countries, with only a brief mention of AI regulation alignment as one advisory topic among many. No specific AI risks, harms, or mitigation measures are addressed.

Sector coverage

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

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document does not govern AI use within specific economic sectors. Instead, it establishes a cross-sectoral advisory board to discuss business environment issues across all sectors in Americas partner countries, including regulatory alignment on emerging technologies like AI.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a legislative act from the United States Congress establishing mandatory requirements for creating an advisory board with specific composition, duties, and reporting obligations using binding language.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is a section of the Americas Act, which is legislative authority from the United States Congress establishing governance structures for Americas partner countries.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Americas Partnership Secretariat; Americas partner countries; private sector entities; civil society organizations; labor organizations
• Summary: The document targets the Americas Partnership Secretariat which must establish the board, and the board itself will be composed of representatives from private sector, civil society, and labor organizations from Americas partner countries.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Americas Partnership Secretariat
• Summary: The Secretariat is the entity responsible for establishing and overseeing the advisory board, receiving reports, and coordinating with USMCA regulatory bodies.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Americas Partnership Secretariat; business advisory board; central regulatory coordinating bodies referred to in Article 28.3 of the USMCA
• Summary: The business advisory board monitors business environments and submits annual reports to the Secretariat. The board also coordinates with USMCA central regulatory coordinating bodies for oversight.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

No lifecycle stages identified.

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not substantively cover any specific AI lifecycle stages. It establishes an advisory board that may provide advice on AI regulation alignment among other business topics, but does not address AI development, deployment, or monitoring processes.

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 mentions artificial intelligence only once as one of several 'key emerging technologies' that may be subject to regulatory alignment discussions. No technical definitions, model types, or compute thresholds are provided.