Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program to advance smart city infrastructure projects, such as the deployment of autonomous vehicles and intelligent, sensor-based infrastructure.
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This is a binding federal statute enacted by the United States Congress establishing a grant program with mandatory requirements, specific appropriations, and enforcement through administrative oversight by the Secretary of Transportation.
The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with brief mentions of privacy (2.1), security (2.2), and governance (6.5). The focus is on transportation infrastructure grants rather than comprehensive AI risk mitigation. Coverage is limited to 3-4 subdomains with scores of 2, primarily addressing privacy safeguards, cybersecurity practices, and basic governance structures.
The document primarily governs the Trade, Transportation and Utilities sector through smart transportation infrastructure projects. It also has significant coverage of Public Administration (excluding National Security) as the grant recipients are primarily government entities implementing transportation improvements.
The document primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, with some implicit coverage of Plan and Design through project planning requirements. It focuses on demonstration projects for smart city technologies including autonomous vehicles and intelligent infrastructure, with emphasis on deployment, operational monitoring, and performance reporting.
The document does not explicitly define or mention AI models, AI systems, frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds. It focuses on smart city technologies, autonomous vehicles, and intelligent infrastructure without using AI-specific terminology.
United States Congress
The document is a section of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act enacted by the United States Congress, which has constitutional authority to establish federal programs and appropriate funds.
Secretary of Transportation
The Secretary of Transportation is granted authority to establish the program, evaluate applications, provide grants, and require compliance reporting from grant recipients.
Secretary of Transportation, Comptroller General of the United States (GAO), Congressional Committees (Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives)
The statute establishes multiple monitoring mechanisms including implementation reports to the Secretary, GAO review of the program, and Congressional reporting requirements.
States, political subdivisions of States, Tribal governments, public transit agencies or authorities, public toll authorities, metropolitan planning organizations, and groups of these entities
The statute explicitly defines eligible entities that may apply for grants and must comply with program requirements, including various levels of government and public authorities involved in transportation.
4 subdomains (4 Minimal)