[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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