[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 121 (Thursday, July 25, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5517-S5518]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3170. Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Peters) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1095. WORKFORCE DATA ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Workforce Data for Analyzing and Tracking Automation Act of 
     2024'' or the ``Workforce DATA Act''.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Automation.--The term ``automation'' means using 
     technology to produce a good or service previously produced 
     by human work.
       (2) Board; subcommittee.--The term ``Board'' or 
     ``Subcommittee'' means the advisory board or subcommittee 
     established or formed under subsection (d)(1).
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Labor.
       (c) Study by the National Academies of Sciences, 
     Engineering, and Medicine on Measuring the Impact of 
     Automation on the Workforce.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall request the 
     National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to 
     enter into an arrangement with the Secretary for the National 
     Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a 
     consensus study on how to measure the impact of automation on 
     the workforce, including job creation, job displacement, job 
     retention, and the shifting of skills in demand due to 
     automation.
       (2) Contents.--The study under paragraph (1) shall--
       (A) include a review of workforce data programs used by the 
     Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of the date of enactment of 
     this Act, for measuring the impact of automation on the 
     workforce;
       (B) identify and review other potential data sources for 
     measuring such impact;
       (C) identify appropriate statistical methods for using and 
     integrating other data sources to supplement or enhance the 
     workforce data programs described in subparagraph (A); and
       (D) advise the Bureau of Labor Statistics on research 
     needed to acquire, evaluate, and incorporate additional data 
     sources to adequately measure and assess, on an ongoing 
     basis--
       (i) industry sectors and occupations significantly impacted 
     by automation;
       (ii) jobs and occupations created or substantially changed 
     as a result of automation;
       (iii) occupational shifts in labor demand, including the 
     number of workers displaced (or with a change in earnings) 
     due to automation, and the demographics of such workers, such 
     as the race, gender, age, level of education, location, 
     employment status, and earnings of such workers;
       (iv) the consequences of displacement due to automation, 
     including the consequences of workers becoming subsequently 
     unemployed, exiting from the workforce, entering retraining, 
     changing positions within a company, and experiencing a 
     change in earnings;
       (v) changes to workforce skills in demand as a result of 
     automation; and

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       (vi) additional data recommended by the Board or 
     Subcommittee under section (d)(3)(A)(ii)(III).
       (3) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
     Congress, and make publicly available, a report on the 
     results of the study under paragraph (1).
       (4) Plan for bureau of labor statistics.--Not later than 1 
     year after the date on which the Secretary submits the report 
     to Congress under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall make 
     publicly available a plan for how the Bureau of Labor 
     Statistics shall respond to the findings of the study 
     contained in such report.
       (d) Input on Impact of Automation From Workforce Advisory 
     Board or Subcommittee.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish an advisory 
     board, or form a subcommittee of an advisory board that 
     exists on the date of enactment of this Act, to provide 
     recommendations on addressing the impact of automation on the 
     workforce.
       (2) Membership.--The Board or Subcommittee shall consist of 
     nationally representative members, including the balanced 
     participation of--
       (A) State boards, as defined in section 3 of the Workforce 
     Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102);
       (B) labor organizations;
       (C) industry representatives;
       (D) nonprofit entities, or community-based organizations, 
     with experience researching the impact of automation on the 
     workforce;
       (E) academic experts in the field of workforce development, 
     labor economics, and program evaluation; and
       (F) any other stakeholders the Secretary determines 
     appropriate.
       (3) Duties.--
       (A) Recommendations for additional data.--
       (i) Initial evaluation.--Not later than 6 months after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Board or Subcommittee 
     shall--

       (I) identify additional types of data related to the impact 
     of automation on the workforce that would inform actions of 
     business and labor stakeholders;
       (II) identify administrative data needed to guide policy 
     formation related to easing impacts of automation; and
       (III) for purposes of the assessment under subsection 
     (c)(2)(D), provide recommendations to the Secretary and the 
     National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 
     based on the additional data identified under subclauses (I) 
     and (II).

       (ii) Annual updates.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
     on which the recommendations are provided under clause (i), 
     and each year thereafter, the Board or Subcommittee shall 
     evaluate the additional data identified under such 
     subparagraph, and provide updated recommendations to the 
     Secretary based on such evaluation.
       (B) Recommendations based on bureau of labor statistics 
     measurements.--
       (i) In general.--Not later than 4 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Board or 
     Subcommittee shall--

       (I) evaluate strategies for workforce development, based on 
     measurements of impact on the workforce due to automation 
     determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and on other 
     relevant evidence; and
       (II) provide recommendations to the Secretary and to 
     Congress based on such evaluation.

       (ii) Public access.--The Secretary shall disseminate the 
     strategies recommended under clause (i) to relevant 
     stakeholders and make such strategies available to the 
     public.
       (4) Nonapplicability of federal advisory committee act.--
     Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to 
     the Board or Subcommittee.
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