Jurisdiction
United States: Agent Authority Ledger
United States carries 4 records on the Agent Authority Ledger as of September 2026: 3 verified at a primary source, 0 reported, 0 announced with no document yet, 1 searched and absent, and 0 open questions. By kind: standard or protocol 1, draft in progress 1, guidance 1, binding law 1.
Standard or protocol
1 record
NIST SP 800-63-4 Digital Identity Guidelines
United States · verified 15 September 2026
The guidelines apply to all online services for which some level of assurance in a digital identity is required, regardless of the constituency.
Draft in progress
1 record
NIST concept paper on software and AI agent identity and authorization
United States · verified 15 September 2026
The paper is titled Accelerating the Adoption of Software and Artificial Intelligence Agent Identity and Authorization.
Guidance
1 record
NIST AI Agent Standards Initiative
United States · verified 15 September 2026
NIST states it aims to catalyze an ecosystem where agents function securely on behalf of users and interoperate smoothly across the digital landscape.
Binding law
1 record
No binding United States federal law defines an AI agent's identity or authorization
United States · verified 15 September 2026
The federal work on agent identity sits in NIST's voluntary standards programme, not in statute.
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What people ask about United States
What is settled in United States?
NIST SP 800-63-4 Digital Identity Guidelines (verified). Each record page quotes the document and says what it changes for a team deploying an agent.
What is being written in United States?
NIST concept paper on software and AI agent identity and authorization (verified). Each record page quotes the document and says what it changes for a team deploying an agent.
What do regulators and security bodies advise in United States?
NIST AI Agent Standards Initiative (verified). Each record page quotes the document and says what it changes for a team deploying an agent.
What binds an agent's operator today in United States?
No binding United States federal law defines an AI agent's identity or authorization (absent). Each record page quotes the document and says what it changes for a team deploying an agent.
What has nobody settled in United States?
No open question for United States is on the ledger yet.
What does United States not have?
No binding United States federal law defines an AI agent's identity or authorization. Each absent record says where the ledger looked and when, so the search can be repeated.
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