# 119-s-5055: National Workforce Transition Fund Act of 2026

119-s-5055, National Workforce Transition Fund Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-13).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-5055
- Congress: 119
- Title: National Workforce Transition Fund Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-07-21
- Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-13

## Summary

**A National Workforce Transition Fund** would be created to help workers move into stable jobs as artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies reshape labor markets. The bill pairs a new National Workforce Transition Board with a five‑year funding plan tied to temporary tax changes for AI data centers. - Workers and jobseekers would get a package of transition services. That includes access to training through individual training accounts, employer retention and redeployment programs, and priority for dislocated workers, recent graduates, and those with wage losses; training cost sharing requires participants to pay one‑third at enrollment and another one‑third if they do not complete. - States, local workforce boards, and training providers would run grants and programs under stricter quality standards. Local allocations follow existing local funding shares, State higher education agencies would oversee credential grants, and providers must meet completion, placement, earnings, and credential portability criteria. - Funding would come from a temporary expansion of bonus depreciation for defined "AI data centers" and an annual Treasury transfer of the revenue increase to the Fund for five years. An "AI data center" must include at least one graphics processing unit and at least 20 percent AI use.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Tax break for AI data center investment: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would let owners claim bonus depreciation for property used in an "AI data center" placed in service after enactment. An AI data center would be a permanent facility (or group of structures) with centralized IT and at least one GPU, where at least 20% is used for developing or…
- New national workforce oversight board: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create a National Workforce Transition Board at the Department of Labor. The Labor, Education, and Commerce Secretaries would serve on it and non-federal members would be split one-third business, one-third labor, and one-third government and higher education. Non-federal…
- New Treasury fund and funding rules: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create a National Workforce Transition Fund inside the Treasury to pay for workforce transition programs. The Treasury Secretary would be trustee and could invest unused money in U.S. obligations. The Treasury would each year transfer to the Fund an amount equal to the in…
- Grants, training, and participant costs: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Fund would pay grants to modernize labor market data, to states for education and training, and to local areas for individual training accounts. Selected students and incumbent workers would pay one-third of program costs when they enroll and would owe another one-third if they do n…

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- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-2982: Federal Employees Civil Relief Act
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act

## Sources
- [119-s-5055 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5055)

## Related
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- [119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2763)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-2982: Federal Employees Civil Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2982)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5055 (as of 2026-08-13).