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Official title: To establish the Economy of the Future Commission, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 16, 2026 by Jay Obernolte · Last progress April 16, 2026
The bill seeks a fast, bipartisan, evidence-based AI policy roadmap and recommendations (including education, R&D, and small-business support) but does so with constrained timelines, limited transparency, potential politicization, and subpoena powers that create compliance burdens.
Federal policymakers (Congressional committees and federal agencies) receive a bipartisan, evidence-based report with legislative recommendations on AI within 13 months, giving them timely, actionable guidance for AI-related lawmaking.
Students and workers gain proposed recommendations to expand AI education and reskilling programs, potentially improving job readiness and career transitions in AI-related fields.
U.S. research and manufacturing priorities could be steered toward AI-intensive technologies and cloud lab resources, boosting domestic R&D capacity and support for scientists, researchers, and domestic firms.
The Commission is exempt from FOIA and FACA, reducing public access to records and external oversight and potentially undermining transparency and public trust.
Broad subpoena and information-gathering authority could impose significant compliance burdens and costs on small businesses, nonprofits, and agencies required to produce documents or testify.
Appointment control by congressional leaders may politicize member selection despite conflict-of-interest rules, risking perceived or actual bias in the Commission's work and recommendations.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates a bipartisan congressional Commission to produce consensus legislative recommendations on economic effects of artificial intelligence.
Creates a bipartisan, legislative-branch Economy of the Future Commission to develop consensus recommendations for Congress about economic changes from adoption of artificial intelligence. The Commission will include 12 voting members appointed by congressional leaders, four nonvoting federal ex officio members, bipartisan co-chairs, rules to avoid conflicts of interest, and firm deadlines for appointment and initial meetings.