[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 827 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 827

      To promote a 21st century artificial intelligence workforce.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2019

Mr. Soto (for himself, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Stefanik, Ms. Clarke of 
  New York, Mr. Gallagher, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Norman, Mr. Takano, Mr. 
  Mitchell, and Mr. Khanna) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
      To promote a 21st century artificial intelligence workforce.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Artificial Intelligence Job 
Opportunities and Background Summary Act of 2019'' or the ``AI JOBS Act 
of 2019''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that technology can improve the lives 
of individuals, but can also disrupt jobs, and for this reason, 
innovation should be encouraged while training and retraining American 
workers for our 21st century economy.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

    (a) Report Requirements.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor, in collaboration 
with the individuals and entities described in subsection (b), shall 
prepare and submit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate, a report on artificial intelligence and its 
impact on the workforce, which shall include the following:
            (1) Outline the specific data, and the availability of such 
        data, necessary to properly analyze the impact and growth of 
        artificial intelligence.
            (2) Identification of industries that are projected to have 
        the most growth in artificial intelligence use, and whether the 
        technology will result in the enhancement of workers' 
        capabilities or their replacement.
            (3) Analysis of the expertise and education (including 
        computer science literacy) needed to develop, operate, or work 
        alongside artificial intelligence over the next two decades, as 
        compared to the levels of such expertise and education among 
        the workforce as of the date of enactment of this Act.
            (4) Analysis of which demographics (including ethnic, 
        gender, economic, age, and regional) may experience expanded 
        career opportunities, and which such demographics may be 
        vulnerable to career displacement, due to artificial 
        intelligence.
            (5) Any recommendations to alleviate workforce 
        displacement, prepare future workforce members for the 
        artificial-intelligence economy, and any other relevant 
        observations or recommendations within the field of artificial 
        intelligence.
    (b) Collaboration.--In preparing the report under subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Labor shall collaborate, through a series of public 
meetings, roundtables or other methods, with--
            (1) local educational agencies, institutions of higher 
        education (including community colleges), workforce-training 
        organizations, and National Laboratories;
            (2) a broad range of industrial stakeholders in the 
        technology, manufacturing, and service sectors, including 
        companies (large and small), think tanks, and industry 
        organizations; and
            (3) the Secretary of Commerce and the heads of any other 
        Federal agency the Secretary of Labor determines appropriate.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial 
        intelligence'' means systems that--
                    (A) think like humans (including cognitive 
                architectures and neural networks);
                    (B) act like humans (such as passing the Turing 
                test using natural language processing, knowledge 
                representation, automated reasoning, and learning);
                    (C) think rationally (such as logic solvers, 
                inference, and optimization);
                    (D) act rationally (such as intelligent software 
                agents and embodied robots that achieve goals via 
                perception, planning, reasoning, learning, 
                communicating, decision making, and acting); or
                    (E) automate or replicate intelligent behavior.
            (2) Community college.--The term ``community college'' has 
        the meaning given the term ``junior or community college'' in 
        section 312(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        1058(f)).
            (3) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1002).
            (4) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational 
        agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        7801).
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