Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, Title VIII ("Forestry"), Sec. 8414 ("Public-Private Wildfire Technology Deployment and Testbed Partnership")

• 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
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with only implicit references to AI system safety and governance. The primary focus is on establishing a pilot program for wildfire technology deployment rather than addressing AI-specific risks. Coverage is limited to governance structures (6.5) and potentially system safety considerations (7.3), but these are addressed only at a high level through program oversight mechanisms.

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.

• Information
• Professional & Technical Services
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Educational Services
• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs Public Administration (excluding National Security) through requirements for federal land management agencies to participate in wildfire technology testing. It also has minimal coverage of Scientific Research and Development Services through the involvement of research institutions, and Professional and Technical Services through private technology developers.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a statutory provision enacted by the United States Congress as part of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024. It contains mandatory obligations using 'shall' language and establishes binding requirements for federal agencies.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is a section of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, which is federal legislation enacted by the United States Congress.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Private entities, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education (covered entities developing wildfire technologies); Secretary of Agriculture; Secretary of the Interior; National Park Service; United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Bureau of Land Management; Bureau of Reclamation; Forest Service; Department of Defense; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; United States Fire Administration; Federal Emergency Management Agency; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Summary: The document applies to both federal agencies (covered agencies) that must participate in the pilot program and private entities, nonprofits, and educational institutions (covered entities) that may apply to test technologies. The Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior have primary implementation responsibilities.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Agriculture; Secretary of the Interior; Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives; Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Energy and Natural Resources, and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
• Summary: The Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior have joint authority to implement and oversee the pilot program. Congressional committees receive annual reports and provide oversight, serving as the enforcement mechanism through legislative oversight.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Agriculture; Secretary of the Interior; Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives; Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Energy and Natural Resources, and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
• Summary: The Secretaries are required to submit annual reports to Congressional committees detailing program activities, technologies tested, costs, and recommendations. These committees monitor implementation through review of annual reports.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Plan and Design
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily covers the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, as it focuses on real-world testing and deployment of wildfire technologies including AI systems. It also addresses Verify and Validate through the testing and assessment requirements for technologies before potential large-scale adoption.

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 as a priority emerging technology for wildfire mitigation, along with quantum sensing, computing, augmented reality, and 5G networks. It does not define AI models, AI systems, or distinguish between different types of AI (frontier, general purpose, task-specific, etc.), nor does it mention compute thresholds or open-weight models.