AI Workforce Impact Study Act of 2026

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study and submit to Congress a report, with respect to the period beginning on November 22, 2022, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act, on—

(1) the impacts of artificial intelligence on the workforce in the United States, including—

(A) the estimated number and percentage of individuals who have lost their jobs as a result of artificial intelligence, disaggregated in accordance with subsection (b);

(B) the estimated number and percentage of individuals who have been hired in jobs created as a result of artificial intelligence, disaggregated in accordance with subsection (b); and

(C) the ways in which jobs have been substantially altered, including the ways in which artificial intelligence is being used to monitor and replace workers; and

(2) the limitations of the data collected and reported by, and the data collection methods of, the Federal Government in measuring the impacts of artificial intelligence on the workforce in the United States.

The data collected in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1) shall be disaggregated—

(1) with respect to the jobs lost or jobs created—

(A) by geographic area; and

(B) by industry and occupation; and

(2) by demographic characteristics (including sex and race) of the individuals described in such subparagraphs.

The term artificial intelligence has the meaning given such term in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401).