# 119-hr-6371: No Robot Bosses Act 119-hr-6371, No Robot Bosses Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-05). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6371 - As of: 2026-09-05 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-6371 - Congress: 119 - Title: No Robot Bosses Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-12-03 - Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR) - Cosponsors: 13 - Policy area: Labor and Employment - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-09-05 ## Summary **This bill would stop employers from relying only on automated decision systems to hire, fire, promote, or manage workers.** It would require testing, clear disclosures, human review, and appeal rights when employers use those systems. - Workers and applicants would get notice before ADS use, a machine-readable copy of input data after a decision, post-decision documentation within 7 days, and the right to dispute and appeal to different humans. They could opt out of being managed by an ADS and choose a human manager instead. - Employers with 11 or more employees would face new rules: pre-deployment validation for accuracy and non-discrimination across many protected classes, annual independent bias testing with public results, operator training, and detailed recordkeeping about inputs and how outputs relate to job functions. - The Department of Labor would get a new Technology and Worker Protection Division to write regulations and advise agencies. States can sue as parens patriae. Statutory damages can reach $50,000 per violation or $100,000 for serious harm with prior violations. ## Cosponsors (13) - Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] (R-GU), 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2026-01-30T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2026-03-20T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2026-06-25T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] (D-TX), 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-08-20T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - New private damages for workers: benefit, high. You or your union would be able to sue in federal court for covered violations. Courts could award actual damages (including treble damages), injunctive relief, and attorney's fees. Statutory damages per violation would be set by type: for automated-decision violations $5,000–$20,000 (or $10,000–$4… - Ban robot-only hiring and give human review: benefit, medium. This bill would stop employers from relying only on automated decision systems (ADS) to make hiring, firing, promotion, or discipline decisions for covered people. Employers would have to test and validate systems before use, run annual independent bias tests and publish results, disclose ADS use b… - New Labor Department technology division: benefit, medium. The bill would create a Technology and Worker Protection Division at the Labor Department led by a Presidentially appointed Administrator. The Administrator could hire technologists into certain federal positions and set pay up to the Executive Schedule level V rate. The Division could set up regio… - State and Tribal waiver of immunity: benefit, medium. If a State or Tribal government receives or uses federal financial assistance for a program, that act would count as a waiver of sovereign immunity to suits by covered individuals for violations in that program. The waiver would apply to conduct after enactment and after the government first receiv… - State attorneys general can sue: benefit, medium. State attorneys general or state privacy regulators would be able to sue in state or federal court to stop violations and get damages, penalties, restitution, and fees. States must notify the Secretary of Labor before filing, and the Secretary may intervene. In State actions, courts could award up… - Federal rulemaking and agency coordination: benefit, low. The Secretary of Labor would write rules on automated decision systems that affect workers and consult agencies like the FTC, EEOC, and NLRB. The GAO, Library of Congress, and other covered agencies would issue matching regulations soon after the Secretary's rules. The bill would not override other… - Workplace inspections and record requirements: mixed, medium. The Secretary of Labor would be able to enter workplaces, inspect records, and question covered individuals to check compliance. The Secretary could require employers to file annual or special reports or answers under oath and conduct joint investigations with other agencies. Employers would have t… ## Related bills - 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act - 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act - 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026 - 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act ## Sources - [119-hr-6371 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6371) ## Related - [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877) - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971) - [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069) - [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853) - [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6371 (as of 2026-09-05).