[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4498 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4498

      To promote a 21st century artificial intelligence workforce.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 6, 2023

 Mr. Soto (for himself, Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, Ms. Blunt Rochester, and 
Mr. Garbarino) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
    Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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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 ``Jobs of the Future Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) while the field of artificial intelligence is evolving 
        quickly and has potential to disrupt jobs, there are 
        opportunities to prepare the American workforce to develop and 
        work alongside this new technology and mitigate job 
        displacement; and
            (2) to ensure these opportunities, it is imperative to 
        identify the following:
                    (A) Data and data access necessary to properly 
                analyze the impact of artificial intelligence on the 
                United States workforce.
                    (B) Industries projected to be most impacted by 
                artificial intelligence.
                    (C) Opportunities for workers and other 
                stakeholders to influence the impact of artificial 
                intelligence across industries.
                    (D) Demographics whose career opportunities are 
                most likely to be affected by growth of artificial 
                intelligence.
                    (E) The skills, expertise, and education needed to 
                develop, operate, or work alongside artificial 
                intelligence.
                    (F) Methods to ensure necessary skills, expertise, 
                and education are accessible to all segments of the 
                current and future workforce.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Labor and the Director of the 
National Science Foundation shall, jointly and in collaboration with 
the individuals and entities described in subsection (c), prepare and 
submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions and the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of 
the Senate--
            (1) not later 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
        Act, an interim report on artificial intelligence and its 
        impact on the workforce of the United States, which shall 
        include the information and recommendations listed in 
        subsection (b); and
            (2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, a final report on artificial intelligence and its 
        impact on the workforce of the United States, which shall 
        include the information and recommendations listed in 
        subsection (b).
    (b) Required Information.--The following shall be included in each 
report submitted under subsection (a):
            (1) An identification of the specific data relating to the 
        workforce, and the availability of such data, necessary to 
        properly analyze the impact and growth of artificial 
        intelligence on the workforce of the United States and outline 
        how much of this data is privately owned, and the effectiveness 
        of Federal, State, or industry efforts (including public-
        private partnerships) to make privately owned data on the 
        workforce of the United States available for Federal research 
        purposes.
            (2) Identification of industries and occupations projected 
        to have the most growth in artificial intelligence use, whether 
        the technology is likely to result in the enhancement of 
        workers' capabilities or their replacement, and level of 
        education currently consistent with industries and occupations 
        identified.
            (3) Identification of opportunities for workers, educators, 
        institutions of higher education, Congress, or other relevant 
        stakeholders to influence the impact of artificial intelligence 
        on workers across various industries.
            (4) Analysis of which demographics (including ethnic, 
        gender, economic, age, and regional) currently stand to 
        experience expanded career opportunities, and which 
        demographics currently appear most vulnerable to career 
        displacement, due to artificial intelligence.
            (5) Analysis of the skills, 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, with a differentiation between core competencies 
        required across the entire workforce and competencies required 
        within the industries and occupations identified in paragraph 
        (2).
            (6) Identification of methods by which necessary skills, 
        expertise, and education can be effectively delivered to 
        various segments of the United States workforce.
            (7) Identification of industry leaders and institutions of 
        higher education at the forefront of research and application 
        of artificial intelligence in the industries and occupations 
        identified in paragraph (2).
            (8) Identification of the resources and opportunities 
        required for institutions of higher education, including two 
        year institutions, minority-serving institutions, and 
        institutions of higher education serving rural areas to deliver 
        skills, expertise, and education identified in paragraph (5).
            (9) 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, 
        which shall include recommendations on--
                    (A) methods to expand public access to privately-
                owned workforce data, for the purpose of researching 
                the effect of emerging technologies on the United 
                States workforce;
                    (B) avenues for stakeholders (workers, educators, 
                institutions of higher education, Congress, or other 
                relevant stakeholders) to effectively mitigate 
                perceived negative impacts of artificial intelligence 
                on segments of the United States workforce;
                    (C) methods to reskill or otherwise offset 
                socioeconomic harm to demographics identified in 
                paragraph (4) as most vulnerable to career 
                displacement, due to artificial intelligence;
                    (D) methods to encourage low cost, open source 
                sharing of industry valued credentials certifying the 
                types of skills, expertise, and education identified in 
                paragraph (5);
                    (E) methods to ensure core skills and competencies 
                identified in paragraph (5) can be evaluated, updated, 
                and made public by relevant stakeholders as needed, 
                given rapid developments in the field of artificial 
                intelligence;
                    (F) methods to ensure 2-year institutions of higher 
                education, minority-serving institutions, and 
                institutions of higher education serving rural areas 
                receive resources and opportunities identified in 
                paragraph (8);
                    (G) methods to promote knowledge sharing and 
                capacity building between industry leaders and 
                institutions identified in paragraph (7) and two year 
                institutions, minority-serving institutions, and rural 
                institutions of higher education; and
                    (H) other methods to ensure that the skills, 
                expertise, and education needed to develop, operate, or 
                work alongside artificial intelligence are delivered to 
                vulnerable demographics identified in paragraph (4), 
                rural workers, and other historically underserved 
                segments of the United States workforce (to include 
                workers with disabilities).
    (c) Collaboration.--In preparing the report under subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Labor and the Director of the National Science 
Foundation shall collaborate, through a series of public meetings, 
roundtables or other methods, with--
            (1) local educational agencies, institutions of higher 
        education (including community colleges, minority-serving 
        institutions of higher education, and institutions of higher 
        education serving rural areas), workforce-training 
        organizations, and National Laboratories;
            (2) a broad range of industrial stakeholders in the 
        technology, manufacturing, employment, human resources, and 
        service sectors, including companies (large and small), think 
        tanks, and industry organizations;
            (3) the National Academies of Science, including by sharing 
        relevant information obtained as a result of the study 
        conducted under section 5105 of the National Artificial 
        Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020; and
            (4) the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Education, 
        the Director of the White House Office of Science and 
        Technology Policy, the Director of the National Artificial 
        Intelligence Initiative Office, the National Cyber Director, 
        and the heads of any other Federal agency the Secretary of 
        Labor and the Director of the National Science Foundation 
        determine appropriate.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) 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).
            (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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