Amends the FAST Act, adding AI and machine learning technology-related infrastructure to the FAST Act permitting program.
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This is a binding federal statute enacted by the U.S. Congress that amends existing law (the FAST Act). It creates legally enforceable obligations regarding federal permitting processes for AI-related infrastructure projects.
This document has no meaningful coverage of AI risk domains. It is a brief legislative amendment that simply adds AI and related technologies to an existing federal permitting program. It does not address any specific AI risks, harms, safety measures, or governance mechanisms related to AI systems.
This document primarily governs infrastructure projects in the Information sector (data processing, computing infrastructure) and Scientific Research and Development Services sector (AI/ML research facilities). It also has implications for Manufacturing (semiconductors, computer hardware) and Professional and Technical Services (IT infrastructure).
The document does not address specific AI lifecycle stages. It is a legislative amendment that adds AI-related infrastructure projects to a federal permitting program, focusing on the physical infrastructure needed to support AI development rather than the AI development process itself.
The document mentions AI and machine learning as categories of technology-related infrastructure projects but does not define or distinguish between AI models, AI systems, or any specific types of AI. It focuses on physical infrastructure projects rather than AI technical specifications.
United States Congress; Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
The document explicitly states it was enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, which are the legislative bodies of the U.S. Congress that proposed and passed this amendment.
While not explicitly named in this brief amendment, the enforcers would be the federal agencies responsible for administering the FAST Act permitting program under title XLI. The amendment modifies the scope of projects covered by that existing program.
Similar to enforcement, monitoring would be conducted by the federal agencies administering the FAST Act permitting program, though no specific monitoring bodies are named in this amendment.
The amendment targets entities involved in 'semiconductors, artificial intelligence and machine learning, high-performance computing and advanced computer hardware and software, quantum information science and technology, data storage and data management, cybersecurity' projects that would fall under the Federal permitting program. These would be infrastructure providers and developers of AI-related technologies.