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The bill directs a GAO study to quantify AI-related job losses/gains and produce detailed demographic breakdowns to better target policy and improve labor data, trading clearer, equity-focused information for policymakers against limits in causal precision, added resource burdens, and potential privacy risks.
Policymakers, state governments, and federal agencies will get a GAO estimate of how many workers lost jobs to AI and how many were hired into AI-created jobs (Nov 22, 2022–enactment) and an identification of federal data gaps, helping target workforce policy and guide improvements to labor statistics and program design.
Racial and ethnic minorities, low-income individuals, and middle-class families will benefit from a disaggregated report (by geography, industry, occupation, sex, race) that enables targeted support to communities disproportionately affected by AI-driven labor changes.
Policy-makers and state governments may still face uncertainty because the GAO study could be unable to produce precise causal estimates of job losses or gains attributable to AI, limiting how confidently policies can be targeted.
Federal employees and state data-collection programs could face strained resources because preparing a detailed, disaggregated report within one year may burden GAO and federal statistics programs.
Workers (including people with disabilities) could face privacy risks if detailed demographic and geographic employment data are collected and published without robust de-identification and safeguards.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the GAO to study and report within 1 year on AI’s job losses, job creation, job alterations, and federal data gaps covering Nov 22, 2022 through enactment.
Official title: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the impacts of artificial intelligence on the workforce in the United States, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 24, 2026 by Valerie Foushee · Last progress June 24, 2026
Directs the Government Accountability Office to complete a nationwide study, within one year of enactment, evaluating how artificial intelligence has affected the U.S. workforce from November 22, 2022 through the date of enactment. The study must estimate job losses and job creation tied to AI, describe ways jobs have been substantially altered, and assess gaps and limits in federal data and data-collection methods for measuring those impacts. Requires the GAO to disaggregate estimates by geography, industry, occupation, sex, race, and other demographic groups, and to use the statutory definition of “artificial intelligence.” The report is to be delivered to Congress and intended to inform future policy and data collection related to AI and work.