[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4476 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4476
To provide for voluntary disclosure by developers and users of
artificial intelligence regarding workforce data and for reporting by
the Secretary of Labor regarding the workforce data, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 30, 2026
Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Budd) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To provide for voluntary disclosure by developers and users of
artificial intelligence regarding workforce data and for reporting by
the Secretary of Labor regarding the workforce data, and for other
purposes.
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 ``Workforce Transparency Act of
2026''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Artificial intelligence systems are already, as of the
date of enactment of this Act, widely used by workers,
employers, and consumers across sectors of the United States
economy.
(2) The most immediate labor-market effects of artificial
intelligence are currently occurring at the task, skill, and
workflow level, rather than through the wholesale elimination
of occupations.
(3) Research shows that artificial intelligence is also
improving workforce productivity by accelerating routine
cognitive tasks, enabling workers to focus on higher-value
functions, and contributing positively to aggregate economic
growth, even as adoption and impacts vary by sector and over
time. Artificial intelligence also has the potential to create
new roles, consistent with previous patterns in which
technological change has led to significant changes in the
types of jobs people do over time.
(4) Policymakers, workers, educators, and employers lack
timely and standardized information about how artificial
intelligence systems are being used and how such use affects
productivity, skills, and workforce outcomes.
(5) Aggregated, privacy-preserving transparency, including
information voluntarily shared by a covered AI system provider
and complementary data published by the Federal Government, can
meaningfully improve workforce development, education policy,
and economic planning without revealing proprietary
information, trade secrets, individual-level data, or other
information that would undermine individual privacy.
(6) A Federal transparency framework that encourages
participation and supports modernization of government data
systems can establish a consistent national baseline, reduce
fragmentation across States, and provide a level playing field
among covered AI system providers.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to--
(1) establish a Federal framework for aggregated, de-
identified transparency or data-sharing regarding use of
artificial intelligence systems relevant to workforce impacts;
(2) support evidence-based workforce, education, and
economic policymaking through both voluntary participation by a
covered AI system provider and improved Federal labor-market
data;
(3) protect individual privacy, confidential business
information, and competition; and
(4) promote public trust through consistent, responsible,
and privacy-preserving data-sharing.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Aggregated workforce transparency data.--The term
``aggregated workforce transparency data'' means statistical
information that--
(A) is aggregated across users, accounts,
interactions, or customers;
(B) does not identify or reasonably permit the
identification of a particular person, household, or
employer; and
(C) does not disclose--
(i) proprietary model weights, training
data, source code, or system architecture; or
(ii) information that a covered AI system
provider has contractually defined as
confidential or not subject to disclosure.
(2) 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).
(3) Covered ai system.--The term ``covered AI system''
means an artificial intelligence system made available to
consumers or businesses other than such a system that is--
(A) designed and marketed by a person primarily for
internal business use by the person;
(B) used solely for academic or non-commercial
research; or
(C) designed for a narrow, discrete technical
function without general-purpose capabilities.
(4) Covered ai system provider.--The term ``covered AI
system provider'' means a person that develops, deploys, or
makes available a covered AI system.
(5) Enterprise customer.--The term ``enterprise customer''
means a business, governmental, or institutional customer that
accesses a covered AI system pursuant to a negotiated contract
governing data use, confidentiality, or disclosure.
(6) Participating entity.--The term ``participating
entity'' means a covered AI system provider or enterprise
customer that elects to submit data in accordance with section
4(a).
(7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Labor.
SEC. 4. WORKFORCE TRANSPARENCY REPORTING.
(a) In General.--A participating entity may submit to the
Secretary, in accordance with this Act and any regulations promulgated
by the Secretary under this Act, aggregated workforce transparency
data, including (as reasonably feasible) such data regarding the
following:
(1) Task or activity level use.--Aggregated distribution of
interactions across broad task or activity categories, such as
writing, coding, research, analysis, translation, or job-
related assistance (as established and periodically updated by
the Secretary through notice and comment rulemaking under
section 553 of title 5, United States Code).
(2) Geographic distribution.--Aggregated distribution of
interactions across broad task or activity categories, by State
or by metropolitan statistical area or comparable geographic
unit.
(3) Age ranges.--Aggregated distribution of interactions
across broad task or activity categories, by adult age ranges,
as reasonably feasible and consistent with privacy safeguards
or laws.
(4) Temporal trends.--Changes in usage patterns over time
based on task or activity category.
(b) Reporting Windows.--The Secretary shall establish a system for
submissions under subsection (a) that allows for such submissions by a
participating entity only for aggregated workforce transparency data
concerning information that is not more recent than 91 days before the
date of the submission, including, for purposes of the first submission
by the participating entity, such data with respect to the 2-year
period preceding the date on which the participating entity first
elects to make such a submission.
(c) Rule of Construction.--This Act shall not be construed to
require a covered AI system provider or enterprise customer to elect to
submit or otherwise be required to submit aggregated workforce
transparency data under this section.
SEC. 5. PRIVACY, SECURITY, AND CONFIDENTIALITY SAFEGUARDS.
(a) Prohibited Disclosures.--A participating entity may not submit
under section 4(a)--
(1) personal data or information linked or reasonably
linkable to an individual;
(2) employer-specific, customer-specific, or individual-
specific performance data;
(3) trade secrets, proprietary algorithms, model weights,
training datasets, or source code;
(4) information that a participating entity is
contractually prohibited from disclosing pursuant to agreements
or terms with consumers, users, or enterprise, governmental, or
institutional customers or that the participating entity
otherwise commits to protecting from disclosure in policies or
representations, including restrictions or commitments on data
use, aggregation, or secondary disclosure; or
(5) data in violation of a contract or other terms with an
enterprise customer, consumer, or user, including contractual
restrictions on data use, aggregation, disclosure, or secondary
analysis.
(b) Compliance With Applicable Laws.--In making submissions under
section 4(a), a participating entity shall exclude or further aggregate
data as necessary to comply with other applicable laws.
(c) Compliance With Contract Terms.--This Act shall not be
construed to obviate the terms, including privacy or data protections,
in any contract between a participating entity and its customers,
users, or other consumers.
(d) Safeguards.--In preparing data for purposes of making
submissions under section 4(a) and making such submissions, a
participating entity shall apply aggregation, anonymization, and de-
identification techniques consistent with guidance issued under section
6(c).
(e) Freedom of Information Act.--Any aggregated workforce
transparency data submitted under section 4(a) shall be exempt from the
disclosure requirements under section 552 of title 5, United States
Code (commonly known as the ``Freedom of Information Act'').
SEC. 6. REPORTING AND REGULATIONS.
(a) Lead Agency.--The Secretary of Labor, acting through the
Commissioner of Labor Statistics and in coordination with the Secretary
of Commerce acting through the Director of the Bureau of the Census,
shall administer this Act.
(b) Data Reporting.--
(1) Public database.--The Secretary shall establish and
maintain a publicly available, online database containing
aggregated workforce transparency data derived from submissions
under section 4(a).
(2) Annual report to congress.--The Secretary shall
annually submit a report to Congress summarizing aggregated
workforce transparency data derived from submissions under such
section.
(3) Requirements for data.--In carrying out this
subsection, the Secretary shall aggregate data from submissions
by participating entities under section 4(a) and ensure that
any published dataset, analysis, or report does not attribute
any submitted data to any specific participating entity or any
identifiable person.
(c) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall issue non-binding guidance regarding--
(1) standardized reporting formats and taxonomies for
purposes of submissions under section 4(a);
(2) acceptable aggregation, anonymization, and privacy-
preserving methods for purposes of submissions under such
section;
(3) procedures to minimize reporting burden for purposes of
such submissions, including alignment with existing Federal
data-collection efforts; and
(4) definitions and classifications for broad task or
activity categories used in workforce-related artificial
intelligence usage reporting.
(d) Rulemaking.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations
necessary to carry out this Act.
(2) Requirements.--The regulations issued under paragraph
(1) shall clarify the extent to which a participating entity
shall aggregate, anonymize, or otherwise ensure privacy
safeguards for aggregated workforce transparency data submitted
under section 4(a).
(e) Working Group.--The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner
of Labor Statistics and in coordination with other relevant agencies,
shall establish a working group to develop a process to publish or
enhance public labor-market data that combines age and occupational
information, in order to improve understanding of how artificial
intelligence affects entry-level workers and early-career
professionals.
SEC. 7. PROHIBITION REGARDING ADVERSE INFERENCES.
A Federal agency may not draw an adverse inference against any
covered AI system provider or enterprise customer that elects not to
make submissions under section 4(a).
SEC. 8. ENFORCEMENT.
The Secretary may seek injunctive relief in any court of competent
jurisdiction against a participating entity with respect to aggregated
workforce transparency data submitted under section 4(a) that the
Secretary determines is a knowing and willful misrepresentation by the
entity of the data.
SEC. 9. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision
to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the
remainder of this Act and the application of the provision to any other
person or circumstance, shall not be affected.
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