Requires the Department of Homeland Security to plan integrating AI and emerging technologies for border awareness. Specifies assessments, cost estimates, capability gaps, and coordination with other agencies. Emphasizes transitioning new technologies and incentivizing private sector development.
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This is a binding legislative bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that, if enacted, would impose mandatory legal obligations on the Department of Homeland Security. The document uses mandatory language ('shall develop and submit') and creates enforceable requirements with specific deadlines.
This document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with only implicit references to a few subdomains. The document primarily focuses on planning and deploying emerging technologies for border security rather than addressing specific AI risks. There are no explicit discussions of AI-related harms, safety measures, or risk mitigation strategies.
This document primarily governs AI use in the Public Administration excluding National Security sector, specifically focusing on border security operations by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. It also has minimal coverage of the Scientific Research and Development Services sector through coordination with DHS's Science and Technology Directorate, and references private sector technology development without governing specific commercial sectors.
The document primarily covers the Plan and Design stage, requiring DHS to develop a comprehensive plan for identifying, deploying, and integrating AI and emerging technologies. It also addresses the Deploy stage through requirements for scaling existing programs and transitioning new technology systems. The Operate and Monitor stage is covered through requirements for metrics, multi-domain awareness capabilities, and coordination with the Science and Technology Directorate.
The document explicitly mentions artificial intelligence and machine-learning as emerging technologies to be deployed for border security. It does not distinguish between different types of AI (frontier, general purpose, task-specific, foundation models, generative, or predictive AI) and does not mention compute thresholds or open-weight models. The focus is on AI as one of several emerging technologies for situational awareness.
Ms. Slotkin; Ms. Spanberger; Mr. Garbarino; Mr. Duarte; United States Congress; Committee on Homeland Security
The bill was introduced by four members of Congress (Ms. Slotkin, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. Garbarino, and Mr. Duarte) and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security. These are legislative actors proposing governance requirements for AI and emerging technologies in border security.
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; United States Congress
The Congressional committees are designated as the oversight bodies that will receive and review the required plan. Congress has the authority to enforce compliance through its oversight powers, budget authority, and legislative mechanisms.
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate
The Congressional committees will monitor compliance through the required plan submission. The DHS Science and Technology Directorate is also mentioned as coordinating on research and development, suggesting an internal monitoring role for technology development and deployment.
Department of Homeland Security; U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate; private sector
The primary target is the Department of Homeland Security and its component agency U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which are required to develop and implement the plan. The private sector is also indirectly targeted as entities to be incentivized to develop technologies. DHS acts as both a governance actor (creating the plan) and a deployer (implementing AI technologies).