Official name: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2023, Sec. 116(f) ("National Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Observing Network")
Integrates Federal, State, regional, and local capabilities to establish a national network for harmful algal bloom monitoring, incorporating artificial intelligence. Establishes a Harmful Algal Bloom Data Assembly Center for data integration and ecological forecasting support.
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This is a binding federal statute enacted by the United States Congress with mandatory language requiring specific actions by federal agencies.
This document has minimal risk domain coverage, focusing primarily on establishing an observational network infrastructure rather than addressing AI-specific risks. The only substantive coverage relates to AI system capabilities and limitations (7.3) through the establishment of monitoring and forecasting systems.
This document primarily governs Public Administration (federal agencies like NOAA) and Scientific Research and Development Services (ecological forecasting and environmental monitoring). It also has implications for Agriculture through harmful algal bloom monitoring that affects water quality for agricultural use.
The document primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle by establishing infrastructure for integrating AI technologies into an observing network and creating mechanisms for ongoing data integration and ecological forecasting support.
The document mentions artificial intelligence as an emerging technology to be incorporated into the observing network but does not provide detailed definitions or specify particular types of AI models or systems. It focuses on AI as a tool for data integration and ecological forecasting.
This is a section of the Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2023, which is federal legislation enacted by Congress.
The Under Secretary of NOAA and the IOOS Program Office are given direct authority and responsibility to implement and coordinate the requirements of this section.
The IOOS Program Office is responsible for coordination and establishing the Data Assembly Center, which will integrate and disseminate data, providing ongoing monitoring of the network's operations.
The document mandates actions by specific NOAA offices and requires integration of Federal, State, regional, and local observing capabilities into the network.