[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3677]
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SA 6546. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 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 G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1094. DISCLOSURES AND REPORTS REGARDING ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE-RELATED JOB IMPACTS.
(a) Covered Entity Disclosures.--
(1) In general.--Not more than 30 days after the last day
of each quarter, a covered entity shall, with respect to such
quarter, disclose to the Secretary any artificial
intelligence-related job impact experienced by the entity in
the United States (including any territory or possession of
the United States), including--
(A) the number of individuals laid off by the covered
entity in the United States (including any territory or
possession of the United States) during the quarter that are
substantially due to the replacement or automation by
artificial intelligence of the functions performed by such
individuals;
(B) the number of individuals hired by the covered entity
in the United States (including any territory or possession
of the United States) during the quarter that are
substantially due to the incorporation of artificial
intelligence;
(C) the number of positions of the covered entity in the
United States (including any territory or possession of the
United States) that were occupied at any point during the
prior quarter for which the covered entity has decided not to
fill based on a reason that is substantially due to the
replacement or automation by artificial intelligence of the
functions of such positions;
(D) the number of individuals in the United States
(including any territory or possession of the United States)
whom the covered entity is retraining, or assisting in
retraining, based on a reason that is substantially due to
artificial intelligence; and
(E) any other information related to artificial
intelligence-related job impacts, as determined appropriate
by the Secretary.
(2) NAICS codes.--With respect to each artificial
intelligence-related job impact disclosure under paragraph
(1), the covered entity shall provide in such disclosure the
corresponding North American Industry Classification System
codes.
(3) Surveys.--
(A) In general.--As determined appropriate by the
Secretary, the Secretary may--
(i)(I) revise an existing survey conducted by the Secretary
as of the date of enactment of this Act to incorporate the
disclosures required under this subsection into such a
survey; or
(II) collaborate with the Bureau of the Census to revise an
existing survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census as of
the date of enactment of this Act, or an existing survey
conducted as of such date of enactment by the Secretary in
partnership with the Bureau of the Census, to incorporate the
disclosures required under this subsection into such a
survey; and
(ii) allow covered entities to comply with the requirements
of this subsection by making such disclosures through such
survey.
(B) Bureau of the census surveys.--In the case the
disclosures required under this subsection are incorporated
pursuant to subparagraph (A) into a survey conducted by the
Bureau of the Census that is not a survey conducted in
partnership with the Secretary, the Bureau of the Census
shall, for each quarter, share the data from such disclosures
with the Secretary in order for the Secretary to prepare the
reports required under subsection (b).
(b) Department of Labor Reports.--The Secretary, in
consultation with the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget and the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management, shall--
(1) for each quarter, prepare a report--
(A) summarizing the data from disclosures submitted under
subsection (a) during the quarter; and
(B) for the quarter ending on December 31, summarizing such
data for the calendar year;
(2) for every other quarter, prepare a report analyzing the
net impact of the data contained in the report under
paragraph (1) for such quarter and for the preceding quarter,
and any other relevant data available to the Secretary with
respect to artificial intelligence-related job impacts; and
(3) not more than 60 days after the last day of each
quarter--
(A) publish each report prepared for the quarter under
paragraph (1) and, as applicable, paragraph (2), and the data
underlying such reports on the website of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics; and
(B) submit each such report to Congress.
(c) Application to Non-Publicly-Traded Companies.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Secretary of
the Treasury, shall issue regulations to determine the extent
to which non-publicly-traded companies shall be included as
subject to the reporting requirements under subsection (a).
(2) Scope of rulemaking.--The regulations issued under this
subsection shall--
(A) identify for such inclusion categories of non-publicly-
traded companies that have a significant workforce, estimated
enterprise value, or employment impact on a regional or
national basis;
(B) consider for such inclusion thresholds with respect to
non-publicly-traded companies, such as--
(i) the number of employees employed by such companies;
(ii) the annual revenue of such companies; or
(iii) the industry classification under the North American
Industry Classification System for such companies;
(C) ensure that any reporting requirements under subsection
(a) applicable to a non-publicly-traded company are
proportionate to the size and capacity of such company; and
(D) establish procedures for the confidential submission
and publication of data of non-publicly-traded companies in
order to protect the proprietary or personally identifiable
information of such companies.
(3) Public comment.--In issuing the regulations under this
subsection, the Secretary shall provide for notice and
comment in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United
States Code.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(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) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' means--
(A) an entity that is--
(i) a publicly-traded company; or
(ii) an agency, as defined in section 551 of title 5,
United States Code; and
(B) an entity that--
(i) is a non-publicly-traded company; and
(ii) is identified by the Secretary through regulations
issued under subsection (c) for inclusion as subject to the
requirements under subsection (a).
(3) Non-publicly-traded company.--
(A) In general.--The term ``non-publicly-traded company''
means a business entity engaged in interstate commerce that--
(i) is not an issuer, the securities of which are listed on
a national securities exchange; and
(ii) is not otherwise required to file reports with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m;
78o(d)).
(B) Securities definitions.--In this paragraph--
(i) the terms ``exchange'', ``issuer'', and ``security''
have the meanings given those terms in section 3(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)); and
(ii) the term ``national securities exchange'' means an
exchange registered pursuant to section 6 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78f).
(4) Publicly-traded company.--The term ``publicly-traded
company'' has the meaning given the term in section 5003(a)
of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c(a)).
(5) Quarter.--The term ``quarter'' has the meaning given
the term ``calendar quarter'' in section 5061(d)(4)(C) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Labor, acting through the Commissioner of Labor
Statistics.
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