Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and Safe Drinking Water Act to authorize grants for smart water infrastructure technology. Supports AI and intelligent optimization tools to improve water systems' efficiency, reliability, and decision-making.
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This is a binding federal statute enacted by the United States Congress that amends existing federal water pollution and drinking water acts. It contains mandatory language throughout, establishes legal obligations for the Administrator to make grants, and creates enforceable requirements including compliance with Buy America provisions.
This document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with only subdomain 7.3 (Lack of robustness) receiving a coverage score of 2. The document primarily focuses on authorizing grants for smart water infrastructure technology that uses AI and intelligent optimization tools, but does not substantively address the risks and harms associated with AI systems. The brief mentions relate to improving system reliability and decision-making, which implicitly touch on capability concerns.
This document primarily governs the Trade, Transportation and Utilities sector, specifically the utilities subsector focused on water and wastewater infrastructure. It also has coverage of Public Administration excluding National Security through its regulation of publicly owned treatment works and community water systems operated by government entities.
The document covers multiple AI lifecycle stages with primary focus on Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages. It addresses planning, design, construction, implementation, training, and operations of AI-enabled smart water infrastructure systems. The Build and Use Model stage is implicitly covered through references to AI and intelligent optimization tools, while Verify and Validate receives minimal coverage.
The document explicitly mentions AI systems in the context of water infrastructure, specifically referencing 'artificial intelligence and other intelligent optimization tools'. It does not mention AI models as distinct from AI systems, nor does it reference frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds. The focus is on applied AI technologies for water infrastructure optimization.
United States Congress; Mr. Gallego; Mr. Duarte; Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Committee on Energy and Commerce
The document was introduced in the House of Representatives by Mr. Gallego and Mr. Duarte and referred to two congressional committees. Congress is the legislative body proposing this governance instrument.
Administrator (Environmental Protection Agency)
The Administrator has authority to approve or deny grant applications, issue guidance, disburse funds, waive cost-share requirements, and ensure compliance with Buy America provisions. The Administrator is responsible for implementing and overseeing the grant program.
Administrator (Environmental Protection Agency); United States Congress
The Administrator is required to submit annual reports to Congress describing projects awarded grants and improvements in resiliency. Congress receives these reports and monitors implementation through its oversight function.
owners and operators of publicly owned treatment works; owners or operators of community water systems
The document explicitly targets owners and operators of water infrastructure systems who would deploy AI and intelligent optimization tools in their operations. These entities are the recipients of grants and would implement the smart water technologies.