Instructs the Director of National Intelligence to establish a policy regarding user adoption metrics for contracts and other agreements for the procurement of AI and emerging technology software products.
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This is a binding statutory provision enacted by the U.S. Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, creating mandatory obligations for the Director of National Intelligence with specific timelines and enforcement through congressional oversight.
This document has minimal risk domain coverage, primarily addressing procurement and governance processes rather than specific AI risks. The only subdomain with minimal coverage is 6.5 Governance Failure, as the document establishes governance mechanisms for AI procurement oversight, though it does not explicitly discuss governance failures themselves.
This document exclusively governs the National Security sector, specifically establishing procurement and user adoption metric requirements for AI and emerging technology software products within the U.S. intelligence community. No other economic sectors are governed by this provision.
The document primarily focuses on the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, as it establishes requirements for procurement contracts and ongoing assessment of AI product adoption within the intelligence community. There is minimal coverage of the Plan and Design stage through requirements for anticipated use understanding.
The document explicitly covers 'artificial intelligence and emerging technology software products' but does not provide detailed definitions or distinguish between different types of AI systems, models, or technical specifications. No compute thresholds or specific AI categories are mentioned.
United States Congress
The document is Section 6717 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, which was enacted by the United States Congress as the legislative authority.
Director of National Intelligence; congressional intelligence committees; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
The Director of National Intelligence has authority to establish and implement the policy, while congressional committees provide oversight through mandatory policy submission and appropriations control.
congressional intelligence committees; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; heads of elements of the intelligence community
Congressional committees monitor implementation through mandatory policy submission, while heads of intelligence community elements are required to assess user adoption metrics for ongoing monitoring of covered products.
Director of National Intelligence; heads of elements of the intelligence community; commercial providers
The policy targets the Director of National Intelligence who must establish the policy, heads of intelligence community elements who must comply with procurement requirements, and commercial providers who supply AI and emerging technology software products under contract.