Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, Title VII ("Research, Extension, and Related Matters"), Sec. 7208 ("Centers of Excellence")

• 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.

• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with only subdomain 7.3 (Lack of robustness) receiving a score of 2. The document establishes research centers for digital agriculture including AI, but does not substantively address AI-specific risks, harms, or safety concerns. It focuses on agricultural research infrastructure rather than AI governance or risk mitigation.

Sector coverage

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

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Educational Services

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

The document primarily governs AI use in Agriculture, Mining, Construction and Manufacturing (specifically agriculture), with secondary coverage of Scientific Research and Development Services and Educational Services through the establishment of research centers at academic institutions.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding federal statute enacted by the United States Congress with mandatory obligations on the Secretary of Agriculture, including establishment of centers, reporting requirements, and specific prohibitions.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: This is a Congressional statute (Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024) enacted by the United States Congress, which has legislative authority to create federal law.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Developer
• Summary: The statute applies to the Secretary of Agriculture who must establish centers, and to eligible institutions that may host centers and must partner with various entities. These institutions will engage in AI research and development for digital agriculture.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Secretary of Agriculture has administrative authority to implement the statute, while Congressional committees exercise oversight through mandatory annual reporting requirements.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Secretary must submit annual reports to Congressional committees detailing projects, funding, partnerships, technology transfer, and intellectual property actions, establishing a monitoring and oversight framework.

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
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document covers multiple AI lifecycle stages with primary focus on Plan and Design (establishing research centers and partnerships), Build and Use Model (developing and evaluating AI systems), Deploy (deploying digital agriculture AI), and Operate and Monitor (through annual reporting on projects and intellectual property). The document does not explicitly address data collection or verification/validation stages.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions AI systems in the context of digital agriculture, including artificial intelligence and remote sensing systems. It does not define or distinguish between different types of AI (frontier, general purpose, task-specific, foundation models, generative, predictive) or mention compute thresholds or open-weight models.