Workforce Transparency Act of 2026

Voluntary AI workforce data program

This bill would set up a voluntary federal program run by the Department of Labor, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics and in coordination with the Census Bureau, to collect and publish aggregated, de‑identified data on how covered AI systems are used. Participating companies and enterprise customers would be optional and could submit only aggregated, anonymized task, place, age‑range, and time‑trend data. The bill would bar submission of personal data, employer‑ or customer‑specific performance, trade secrets, source code, model weights, training data, and contract‑protected information. Submissions could not include data newer than 91 days, and a first submission could include the prior two years; the Secretary would issue guidance and regulations within 180 days. Aggregated data would be published in a public database and in an annual report, would be protected from FOIA disclosure as specified, and the Secretary could seek injunctions for knowing, willful misrepresentations. Federal agencies would be prohibited from drawing adverse inferences from an entity's choice not to participate, and a working group would be formed to publish improved age‑and‑occupation labor data to study entry‑level and early‑career effects.