Instructs the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to submit annually, for a period of 5 years, a report to Congress on the state of digital content forgery technology.
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This is a binding federal statute enacted by the U.S. Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act, with mandatory reporting requirements imposed on the Secretary of Homeland Security using legally binding language.
The document primarily addresses risks related to malicious actors (4.1, 4.2, 4.3) and misinformation (3.1, 3.2), with good coverage of digital content forgery technologies used for disinformation, fraud, and manipulation. It also addresses AI system security vulnerabilities (2.2) through countermeasure assessment, and governance failure (6.5) through reporting requirements to ensure oversight keeps pace with technology evolution.
This document does not govern specific economic sectors but rather requires the Department of Homeland Security to monitor and report on digital content forgery technology across all sectors. The reporting requirements assess how these technologies are used by foreign governments, non-governmental entities, and to harm various groups, but do not impose sector-specific regulations.
The document does not govern specific AI lifecycle stages but rather requires monitoring and reporting on digital content forgery technology across all stages. It focuses on assessment and analysis of existing and emerging technologies, their uses, countermeasures, and detection methods, which implicitly covers Build and Use Model, Deploy, and Operate and Monitor stages.
The document explicitly mentions artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques as the technologies underlying digital content forgery. It focuses on AI systems capable of fabricating or manipulating audio, visual, or text content, which encompasses generative AI capabilities. The document does not mention specific AI model types, compute thresholds, or distinguish between general purpose and task-specific AI.
United States Congress
The document is Section 9004 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which is federal legislation enacted by the U.S. Congress.
United States Congress
Congress enforces compliance through its oversight authority, as the statute requires annual reports to be submitted to Congress, giving Congress the power to monitor compliance and take action if reports are not submitted.
United States Congress; Secretary of Homeland Security; Under Secretary for Science and Technology
Congress monitors implementation through receipt of annual reports. The Secretary of Homeland Security and Under Secretary for Science and Technology monitor the state of digital content forgery technology and assess its evolution, uses, and countermeasures.
Secretary of Homeland Security; Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security; Director of National Intelligence
The statute imposes mandatory reporting obligations on the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, with consultation requirements involving the Director of National Intelligence for specific subsections.
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