Official name: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Section 233 ("Limitation on use of funds for certain navy software")
Prohibits expending funds on Navy's unmanned vessel software unless the Secretary of the Navy reports program schedules, cost estimates, performance assessments, and capability delivery assessments to congressional defense committees, and the Chief of Naval Operations validates operational user needs.
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This is a binding statutory provision within the National Defense Authorization Act that prohibits the expenditure of federal funds unless specific reporting and validation requirements are met, with mandatory language and enforcement through budgetary control.
This document has minimal risk domain coverage, primarily addressing governance failure (6.5) through its focus on oversight mechanisms for Navy software programs. It implicitly touches on system safety concerns (7.3) through requirements for performance assessments and capability validation.
This document exclusively governs the National Security sector, specifically addressing AI systems (autonomy software) for Navy unmanned surface vessels. It establishes oversight requirements for military AI development and deployment programs.
The document covers multiple AI lifecycle stages with primary focus on Verify and Validate, Deploy, and Operate and Monitor stages. It requires comprehensive reporting on testing, performance assessments, and operational validation before deployment can proceed.
The document explicitly addresses AI systems (autonomy baseline manager and common control system) for unmanned surface vessels. It does not use terminology like frontier AI, general purpose AI, or foundation models, focusing instead on specific military autonomy systems.
United States Congress
The document is Section 233 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, which is proposed and enacted by the United States Congress as the legislative authority.
Congressional defense committees; United States Congress
The congressional defense committees enforce compliance through their oversight authority and control of appropriations. The funding limitation mechanism gives Congress enforcement power by prohibiting expenditure of funds unless conditions are met.
Congressional defense committees; Defense Innovation Unit
The congressional defense committees monitor compliance through required submissions of schedules, cost estimates, test reports, and assessments. The Defense Innovation Unit provides market assessments that support monitoring of program performance against industry capabilities.
United States Navy; Secretary of the Navy; Chief of Naval Operations
The document specifically targets the Navy's unmanned vessel software programs, restricting how the Navy can develop, procure, and operate autonomy systems. The Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations are the specific entities subject to the requirements.
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