This bill, known as the AI DATA Act, seeks to significantly enhance the federal government's ability to collect and analyze labor market data, specifically focusing on the impacts of artificial intelligence and related technological changes on the workforce. It mandates several new data collection activities by amending the Wagner-Peyser Act, ensuring a more comprehensive understanding of evolving employment trends. Key provisions include requiring the Secretary of Labor to conduct a monthly recurring establishment survey on job openings, hiring, and separations, grouped by industry, occupation, and geographic area, to assess technological change. Additionally, a recurring household survey will measure how individuals allocate time across various activities, including the use of digital tools, to evaluate AI's effects on work patterns and labor force participation. The bill also mandates longitudinal surveys to track individuals' employment, earnings, and occupational mobility over extended periods, specifically to assess the long-term impacts of technological change, including AI, on economic outcomes. Furthermore, the Director of the Census, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor and Commissioner of Labor Statistics, must incorporate questions into the Business Trends and Outlook Survey to assess AI adoption and its workforce impacts, with data published quarterly. Finally, the Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Commerce are required to publish an annual report assessing AI's impact on the U.S. workforce, integrating data from these new surveys and existing federal sources. These provisions, including the Business Trends and Outlook Survey and the annual report, are set to sunset after 10 years.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Labor and Employment
AI DATA Act
USA119th CongressS-4742| Senate
| Updated: 6/10/2026
This bill, known as the AI DATA Act, seeks to significantly enhance the federal government's ability to collect and analyze labor market data, specifically focusing on the impacts of artificial intelligence and related technological changes on the workforce. It mandates several new data collection activities by amending the Wagner-Peyser Act, ensuring a more comprehensive understanding of evolving employment trends. Key provisions include requiring the Secretary of Labor to conduct a monthly recurring establishment survey on job openings, hiring, and separations, grouped by industry, occupation, and geographic area, to assess technological change. Additionally, a recurring household survey will measure how individuals allocate time across various activities, including the use of digital tools, to evaluate AI's effects on work patterns and labor force participation. The bill also mandates longitudinal surveys to track individuals' employment, earnings, and occupational mobility over extended periods, specifically to assess the long-term impacts of technological change, including AI, on economic outcomes. Furthermore, the Director of the Census, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor and Commissioner of Labor Statistics, must incorporate questions into the Business Trends and Outlook Survey to assess AI adoption and its workforce impacts, with data published quarterly. Finally, the Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Commerce are required to publish an annual report assessing AI's impact on the U.S. workforce, integrating data from these new surveys and existing federal sources. These provisions, including the Business Trends and Outlook Survey and the annual report, are set to sunset after 10 years.