# 119-s-5506: National Talent Strategy Act of 2026

119-s-5506, National Talent Strategy Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-5506
- Congress: 119
- Title: National Talent Strategy Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-24
- Sponsor: Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-17

## Summary

**Creates a federal talent governance structure to coordinate education, workforce, and talent policy.** This bill would set up an American Talent Working Group to align federal funding, data, and planning and to engage states, local leaders, industry, labor, and educational institutions in a national talent strategy. - Workers and jobseekers: The Working Group would drive a comprehensive Federal strategic talent plan and identify barriers to program reach, use, and outcomes. It would hold regional meetings and meet at least annually to surface workforce needs. - State, local, and education leaders: The bill would require formal, at-least-annual engagement with State and local officials, local workforce boards, secondary and postsecondary education, tribal leaders, industry, and labor unions to better coordinate training and hiring pipelines. - Federal agencies and policy alignment: Membership includes roughly 16 senior federal leaders, including Cabinet secretaries and agency heads such as Labor, Education, Commerce, NSF, and OMB. The Group must align workforce programs with updates to the President's List of Critical and Emerging Technologies and sunsets after eight years unless reauthorized.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Federal workforce planning and coordination: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Labor to form the American Talent Working Group within 120 days. The group would include senior officials across multiple federal agencies, meet at least once a year, host regional meetings, engage annually with state, local, Tribal, industry, lab…

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## Sources
- [119-s-5506 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5506)

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- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-4627: FARM AI Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4627)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-199: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-199)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5506 (as of 2026-10-17).