Investing in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced
Summary
Retrains workers displaced by automation. This bill would create a Department of Labor competitive grant program to fund pilots and demonstrations that teach technology-focused skills and help workers transition into in-demand jobs as automation changes industries.
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- Workers: Dislocated or at-risk workers could access training in coding, systems engineering, and information technology security, plus stipends, job search help, and transition services. Grants may run up to four years and can buy equipment, fund staff, and pay training supports.
- Employers and incumbent workers: The bill backs incumbent worker training to retain and upskill staff and to support internal upward mobility. It also encourages filling pre-training openings with new hires to reduce disruption.
- Communities and partnerships: Priority goes to partnerships in areas with large shares of affected populations or high automation exposure, and to programs that offer supports like child care, paid leave, transportation stipends, or a shared transferable curriculum. Recipients must report who was trained, job and earnings outcomes, and demographics within one year of project completion, and all activities must follow existing labor and nondiscrimination rules.
*Would increase federal spending, including a dedicated $40 million each year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031, plus additional unspecified sums authorized as necessary for the competitive grant program.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Training grants for automation-displaced workers
This bill would create a new competitive grant program at the Labor Department starting in fiscal year 2027. Grants would run up to 4 years and pay for training, equipment, job search help, stipends, and supports like child care. The program would prioritize places with many affected or vulnerable workers and projects that train people for tech and other in-demand jobs. Grants and applications must follow existing WIOA labor standards and nondiscrimination rules. Grant projects would have to report, within one year after completion, how many people were trained, where they went, earnings, and outcomes broken out by age, gender, and race.
Extra $40 million yearly for dislocated workers
This bill would authorize $40,000,000 each year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 for National Dislocated Worker Grants. That money would be in addition to any funds already reserved for dislocated worker grants. The authorization would target aid for workers dislocated by automation, but it is a total yearly amount, not a per-person payment or guaranteed direct check.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
IL • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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