Federal agencies would track how AI affects jobs

The Labor Secretary would run a monthly survey of job openings, hiring, and worker departures. The survey would cover job openings, hiring, separations such as quitting or layoffs, and other measures of labor turnover the Secretary considers relevant. Results would be grouped by industry, occupation, and geographic area, and gathered in enough detail to assess labor demand linked to technology, including AI and automation. The bill authorizes $8 million for fiscal year 2027 and each of the next five fiscal years. The bill authorizes funds for fiscal year 2027 and each of the five following fiscal years; it gives no survey start date.

The Labor Secretary would survey households about time use and follow groups of people over time. The long-term surveys would follow individuals to study employment, earnings, job changes, education, training, and related outcomes. The household survey would cover work, caregiving, household tasks, education, and other activities the Secretary considers relevant, including use of digital tools and new workplace technology. The long-term surveys would measure technology's effects on earnings, job stability, retraining, and economic mobility. The bill authorizes $5 million yearly for the household survey and $20 million yearly for the long-term surveys. The bill authorizes funding for fiscal year 2027 and each of the five following fiscal years. New long-term survey groups would start every ten years.

The Census Director would publish quarterly business survey data, and the Labor and Commerce Secretaries would publish yearly workforce reports. The business survey would cover businesses across industries; the reports would assess effects of AI and related technology on the U.S. workforce. The business survey would ask about AI and related technology use, and associated changes in hiring, separations, job openings, occupational demand, and business operations. The yearly report would combine federal data when practicable and examine effects on jobs, skills, earnings, job mobility, and training. The bill authorizes sums needed to carry out both duties. The authority for the business survey and workforce reports would end ten years after the Act's enactment.