Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “AI Workforce Projections, Research, and Evaluations to Promote AI Readiness and Employment Act” or the “AI Workforce PREPARE Act”.
AI Workforce Projections, Research, and Evaluations to Promote AI Readiness and Employment Act
A BILL
To better forecast and plan for the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce of the United States, to provide data to improve training programs for in-demand industry sectors and occupations, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Findings and purposes
Findings— Congress finds the following:
Artificial intelligence could cause significant shifts in demand for workers, with some tasks or occupations becoming automated or augmented and some tasks or occupations seeing increased demand.
Policymakers, training providers and educators, and workers require better data and forecasts to anticipate and mitigate worker dislocation or potential worker shortages due to artificial intelligence.
Closing data and forecasting gaps relating to the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce (including the impact on jobs) will help the United States prepare its workforce for technology that enhances the Nation's economic competitiveness and national security.
Purposes— The purposes of this Act are—
to measure the evolving capabilities of artificial intelligence with respect to automating or augmenting tasks or occupations;
to collect information on artificial intelligence adoption and artificial intelligence-related layoffs through existing Federal surveys, voluntary industry reporting, and improved disclosures under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act;
to produce short- and medium-term occupational employment forecasts that include prediction intervals reflecting uncertainty about the trajectory of artificial intelligence;
to build the Federal Government’s technical capacity through temporary hiring authority for qualified technology talent; and
to inform policy concerning reforms of grantmaking for training programs, as well as other potential policy reforms.
Sec. 3 Definitions
In this Act:
Artificial intelligence— The term artificial intelligence has the meaning given the term in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).
Secretary— Except as otherwise provided, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Labor.
Training program— The term training program means a program of workforce investment activities as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) or another training program administered by the Secretary of Labor.