Instructs the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Secretaries of specified departments, to assess solutions relating to illegal maritime activities, building on the ongoing Coast Guard assessment related to autonomous vehicles.
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This is a binding federal statute enacted by the United States Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, containing mandatory obligations on specified government officials with clear enforcement authority.
This document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains. It primarily addresses maritime security and domain awareness through assessment of commercial solutions for autonomous vehicles and information sharing systems. The only substantive AI-related risk coverage is in system security vulnerabilities (2.2) with minimal mention, as the document requires assessment of technological solutions including autonomous vehicles for maritime surveillance. No other AI risk domains are meaningfully addressed.
This document primarily governs the Public Administration excluding National Security and National Security sectors, as it directs federal agencies (Department of Defense, Navy, Coast Guard, State Department, Commerce Department) to coordinate on maritime security assessments. It also has minimal coverage of the Information sector through assessment of commercial technological solutions for data collection and sharing.
The document addresses the Plan and Design stage by requiring assessment of commercial solutions for maritime domain awareness, and the Operate and Monitor stage through ongoing Coast Guard assessment of autonomous vehicles. It does not substantially cover data collection, model building, verification/validation, or deployment stages.
The document mentions autonomous vehicles in the context of maritime domain awareness but does not explicitly define or discuss AI models, AI systems, frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds. The focus is on commercial technological solutions for maritime security rather than AI-specific governance.
United States Congress
The document is Section 3521 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, enacted by the United States Congress as federal legislation.
congressional defense committees; Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; Committee on Armed Services; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Committee on Natural Resources; Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Committee on Appropriations
Congressional committees are designated as recipients of mandatory reports and assessments, providing oversight and enforcement through their legislative and budgetary authority.
congressional defense committees; Committee on Armed Services; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Committee on Foreign Relations; Committee on Appropriations; Committee on Natural Resources; Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Committee on Foreign Affairs
The same congressional committees that receive mandatory reports serve as monitoring bodies to track implementation and effectiveness of the maritime security assessments and coordination efforts.
Secretary of Defense; Secretary of the Navy; Secretary of State; Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating; Secretary of Commerce; Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence
The document imposes mandatory obligations on multiple executive branch officials to conduct assessments, enter into agreements, and submit reports regarding maritime security and domain awareness solutions.
1 subdomain (1 Minimal)