AI Workforce Impact Study Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]
Introduced
Summary
Directs the U.S. Government Accountability Office to produce a comprehensive study of how artificial intelligence is reshaping the U.S. workforce. The study would measure job losses, job gains, and how job duties are changing under the statutory AI definition from the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020.
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- Workers and families: The report would estimate the number and share of people who lost jobs because of AI and those hired into AI-created jobs, with breakdowns by geography, industry, occupation, sex, and race.
- Workers' daily experience: It must describe ways jobs have been substantially altered, including how AI is used to monitor or replace workers.
- Policymakers and agencies: GAO must identify limits in federal data and data-collection methods so Congress and agencies have clearer evidence when considering labor or technology policy.
- Scope and timing: The study would cover November 22, 2022 through the date of enactment and use the AI definition in the 2020 National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act.
*GAO must submit the report to Congress within one year after enactment.*
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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GAO study on AI workforce impacts
If enacted, the bill would require the Comptroller General (GAO) to study how artificial intelligence affects the U.S. workforce and to send Congress a report within 1 year of enactment. The study would cover November 22, 2022 through the date of enactment. It would estimate the number and share of people who lost jobs because of AI and the number and share hired into jobs created by AI. Those estimates would be broken down by geographic area, industry and occupation, and demographic traits (including sex and race). The study would describe how jobs have been substantially altered, including ways AI is used to monitor or replace workers, and would assess limits in Federal data and data collection methods. The GAO would use the definition of "artificial intelligence" in 15 U.S.C. 9401 for the study.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]
NC • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]
TX • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
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