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Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] · R–AK
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Future of America’s Workforce Act would require the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics to publish an annual workforce survey supplement with information about technologies that influence work decisions or adapt over time, including artificial intelligence. The agency would have to make results publicly available and explain missed publication requirements to Congress.
This Act may be cited as the Future of America’s Workforce Act.
(1) prepare and publish the Contingent Work Supplement to the Current Population Survey on an annual basis; and (2) include information on covered technologies in such supplement.
The term covered technologies means systems, including artificial intelligence, that— (i) inform, guide, recommend, or otherwise influence human decision-making in the performance of work, including in circumstances where a human retains oversight or final authority; or (ii) adapt, learn, or update their outputs or behavior based on data, user interaction, or operational experience over time.
If the Bureau of Labor Statistics fails to publish the Contingent Work Supplement in accordance with subsection (a), the Commissioner of Labor Statistics shall submit a report
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall make the results of each Contingent Work Supplement conducted under this section publicly available in a timely manner
The annual publication requirement would begin with the first Current Population Survey published after enactment. Each Contingent Work Supplement would have to include information on covered technologies.
Beginning with the first Current Population Survey published after the date of enactment of this Act, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor shall— (1) prepare and publish the Contingent Work Supplement to the Current Population Survey on an annual basis; and (2) include information on covered technologies in such supplement.
If the agency failed to meet the publication requirement, its Commissioner would have to tell the House Committee on Education and Workforce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions why and when publication was expected.
If the Bureau of Labor Statistics fails to publish the Contingent Work Supplement in accordance with subsection (a), the Commissioner of Labor Statistics shall submit a report to the Committee on Education and Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate describing— (1) the reasons for such failure; and (2) the expected date of publication.
The agency would have to keep survey results comparable across years as far as practicable. It would also have to document significant changes to survey definitions or methods and make that documentation public when publishing the supplement.
In carrying out this section, the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the Contingent Work Supplement remains comparable across survey years. Any material changes to survey definitions or methodology shall be documented and made publicly available at the time of publication.
The agency would have to release each supplement’s results promptly in formats that statistical software can commonly read and analyze.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall make the results of each Contingent Work Supplement conducted under this section publicly available in a timely manner and in machine-readable formats commonly used for statistical analysis.
Covered technologies would include systems that influence people’s decisions while working, even when a person keeps oversight or final authority. Systems that adapt, learn, or update their outputs or behavior over time based on data, user interaction, or operating experience would also qualify.
The term covered technologies means systems, including artificial intelligence, that— (i) inform, guide, recommend, or otherwise influence human decision-making in the performance of work, including in circumstances where a human retains oversight or final authority; or (ii) adapt, learn, or update their outputs or behavior based on data, user interaction, or operational experience over time.
When deciding whether a technology qualifies, the agency could consider changes to job tasks, productivity expectations, work pace, scheduling, pay arrangements, employment stability, employment classification, or workers’ independence. This could include automated systems that assign, evaluate, monitor, or manage work.
In determining whether a technology is a covered technology, the Bureau of Labor Statistics may consider whether the use of such technology has the effect of altering job tasks, productivity expectations, work pace, scheduling, compensation structures, employment stability, employment classification, or the degree of worker autonomy, including through the assignment, evaluation, monitoring, or management of work by automated or algorithmic means.
A technology could not be excluded solely because it does not fully automate work, make independent decisions, or replace workers.
The absence of full automation, independent decision-making, or the replacement of human workers shall not, by itself, exclude a technology from being a covered technology.
The proposal would use the definition of artificial intelligence from section 5002(3) of the fiscal year 2021 national defense authorization law, cited as 15 U.S.C. 9401(3).
The terms artifical intelligence has the meaning given such term under section 5002(3) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9401(3)).
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated September 10, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Education and Workforce on September 3, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-10T20:18:36Z. 2026-09-03: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. 2026-09-03: Introduced in House
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