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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6553 

To promote a 21st century artificial intelligence workforce. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2022 

Mr. SOTO (for himself and Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To promote a 21st century artificial intelligence workforce. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Artificial Intelligence 

5 Job Opportunities and Background Summary Act of 

6 2022’’ or the ‘‘AI JOBS Act of 2022’’. 

7 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that technology can im9 prove the lives of individuals, but can also disrupt jobs, 

10 and for this reason, innovation should be encouraged while 

11 training and retraining American workers for the 21st 

12 century economy. 


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1 SEC. 3. REPORT ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 

2 (a) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 1 year 

3 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

4 of Labor, in collaboration with the individuals and entities 

5 described in subsection (b), shall prepare and submit to 

6 the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 

7 Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, 

8 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, a report on artificial 

9 intelligence and its impact on the workforce, which shall 

10 include the following: 

11 (1) Outline the specific data, and the avail12 ability of such data, necessary to properly analyze 

13 the impact and growth of artificial intelligence. 

14 (2) Identification of industries that are pro15 jected to have the most growth in artificial intel16 ligence use, and whether the technology will result in 

17 the enhancement of workers’ capabilities or their re18 placement. 

19 (3) Analysis of the expertise and education (in20 cluding computer science literacy) needed to develop, 

21 operate, or work alongside artificial intelligence over 

22 the next two decades, as compared to the levels of 

23 such expertise and education among the workforce 

24 as of the date of enactment of this Act. 

25 (4) Analysis of which demographics (including 

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1 perience expanded career opportunities, and which 

2 such demographics may be vulnerable to career dis3 placement, due to artificial intelligence. 

4 (5) Any recommendations to alleviate workforce 

5 displacement, prepare future workforce members for 

6 the artificial-intelligence economy, and any other rel7 evant observations or recommendations within the 

8 field of artificial intelligence. 

9 (b) COLLABORATION.—In preparing the report under 

10 subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall collaborate, 

11 through a series of public meetings, roundtables or other 

12 methods, with— 

13 (1) local educational agencies, institutions of 

14 higher education (including community colleges), 

15 workforce-training organizations, and National Lab16 oratories; 

17 (2) a broad range of industrial stakeholders in 

18 the technology, manufacturing, and service sectors, 

19 including companies (large and small), think tanks, 

20 and industry organizations; 

21 (3) the National Academies of Science, includ22 ing by sharing relevant information obtained as a re23 sult of the study conducted under section 5105 of 

24 the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 

25 2020; and 


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1 (4) the Secretary of Commerce, the National 

2 Science Foundation, and the heads of any other 

3 Federal agency the Secretary of Labor determines 

4 appropriate. 

5 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this Act: 

7 (1) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘ar8 tificial intelligence’’ has the meaning given the term 

9 in section 5002 of the National Artificial Intelligence 

10 Initiative Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 9401). 

11 (2) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu12 nity college’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘junior 

13 or community college’’ in section 312(f) of the High14 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)). 

15 (3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

16 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

17 meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher 

18 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 

19 (4) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

20 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

21 the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec22 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

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