AI Talent Act
Sponsored By: Representative Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]
Introduced
Summary
Build federal AI hiring capacity. This bill would let agencies create dedicated technology and artificial intelligence talent teams to improve recruitment, assessments, and pooled hiring across the government.
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- Federal agencies and components would get specialized teams to support hiring for tech and AI roles, including help writing job announcements and sharing high-quality lists of eligible candidates. These teams could centralize guidance for high-need hiring areas.
- Hiring managers and human resources staff would gain access to standardized technical assessments and an online platform to share and customize those assessments. The Office of Personnel Management would expand a hiring experience team to scale pooled hiring best practices.
- Applicants and tech professionals would face job-specific examinations that can include structured interviews, work exercises, coding tests, or industry assessments. After five years the bill would generally bar relying only on automated self-assessments unless a waiver is posted with justification.
- The Director of the Office of Personnel Management could create a Federal technology and artificial intelligence talent team to lead cross-government hiring efforts and provide training and technology tools.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New federal AI hiring teams
This bill would let agencies create technology and AI talent teams to help hire tech workers. The Office of Personnel Management would be allowed to set up a central federal AI talent team to run pooled hiring, training, and online hiring tools. OPM would be required to run a website where agencies share and rate technical assessments. OPM would not have to independently validate other agencies' test content before it is shared.
New standards for tech tests
This bill would let agency experts work with HR to design job-related technical assessments for tech and AI roles. Allowed test types would include interviews, work exercises, coding tests, and resume review informed by experts. Five years after enactment, agencies could not rely only on automated self-assessments unless a waiver is posted by OPM. A Chief Human Capital Officer would have to send a written justification to OPM within 30 days for any waiver.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Obernolte
CA • R
Sponsored 12/10/2025
Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
OH • D
Sponsored 12/10/2025
Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]
TX • R
Sponsored 12/10/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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