Sponsor
Tim Walberg
Representative · R-MI
Representative · R-MI
The bill improves government data and standardized definitions to help workers, employers, researchers, and policymakers respond to AI-driven labor changes, but raises privacy concerns, implementation costs, reporting burdens, and risks of uneven coverage or rigid scope.
Workers and employers will get clearer, standardized data on AI adoption and task changes, helping workers reskill and employers plan staffing to reduce displacement.
Policymakers and government agencies will have improved labor-market measurement and evidence to design targeted workforce-development, retraining programs, and more accurate employment projections.
Researchers, developers, and federal agencies will gain standardized AI adoption metrics and a consistent legal definition of 'artificial intelligence,' reducing compliance uncertainty and supporting research and consistent implementation.
Workers may face increased privacy and surveillance risks from collection of detailed worker- and employer-level AI usage data.
Implementing expanded AI measurement will impose federal costs that could require new funding or reallocation, increasing taxpayer burden or diverting resources from other programs.
Small businesses and other employers may face added reporting burdens if new data collection requires employer-provided information about AI use.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics to collect and report monthly statistics on the "usage of artificial intelligence," starting within 18 months.
Official title: To direct the Bureau of Labor Statistics to report on the usage of artificial intelligence in the workplace.
Introduced June 22, 2026 by Tim Walberg · Last progress June 22, 2026
Requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics to start collecting and reporting a new monthly statistic on the "usage of artificial intelligence" alongside existing monthly labor measures. The BLS must begin gathering this AI usage data within 18 months of the law taking effect, using the existing federal definition of artificial intelligence. The law adds AI usage to standard employer-side monthly reporting (employment, wages, hours) to fill gaps in data about how AI affects jobs, tasks, hiring, wages, training, and workforce needs and to support workforce analysis, projections, and policy decisions.