{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://shontelbrown.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-brown-leads-bipartisan-and-bicameral-bill-reps-jacobs-obernolte-fallon-and", "Rep. Brown Leads Bipartisan and Bicameral Bill with Reps. Jacobs, Obernolte, Fallon and Sens. Kim, Husted to Recruit Top AI Talent to Federal Government", "2025-12-10", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "OH", "Shontel M. Brown", "B001313", "shontelbrown.house.gov", "shontelbrown", "https://shontelbrown.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) is a co-lead on bipartisan and bicameral legislation to improve federal agencies\u2019 abilities to recruit and retain the AI and technical talent needed to better compete in the AI race. The AI Talent Act would modernize federal hiring for AI and other high-demand technical roles by creating specialized talent teams, enabling skills-based hiring, and providing shared tools that help agencies identify and onboard qualified candidates faster.\n\nThe bill was introduced by Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51), with Rep. Brown, Rep. Jay Obernolte (CA-23), and Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04) as co-leads. Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Jon Husted (R-OH) introduced the bill in the Senate.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s past time to modernize the federal government\u2019s hiring process so we bring in the skilled workers needed to stay competitive in fast-growing fields like Artificial Intelligence. I am proud to co-lead this bipartisan bill that will help ensure AI is used responsibly throughout government and strengthen U.S. leadership in the technologies of the future,\u201d said Congresswoman Shontel Brown.\n\nRep. Sara Jacobs said: \u201cThe United States can\u2019t fully deliver on its national security mission, lead in responsible AI, and compete in the AI race if our federal agencies don\u2019t have the talent to meet this moment. Right now, the government is competing with the private sector, which can hire faster and pay more, leaving critical roles unfilled and U.S. potential untapped. That\u2019s why I\u2019m proud to introduce the bipartisan and bicameral AI Talent Act to modernize hiring, recruit and retain top technical experts into public service, and guarantee the United States has the in-house capabilities to innovate safely, protect our country, and deliver for the American people.\u201d\n\nCongressman Jay Obernolte said: \u201cModernizing the way our government hires technical talent is essential to America\u2019s competitiveness and national security. The AI Talent Act gives federal agencies the tools they need to recruit experts with real, demonstrated skills so we can responsibly adopt AI and strengthen mission delivery across government. This bipartisan bill helps ensure the United States continues to lead the world in innovation by bringing the best equipped people into public service at the right time.\u201d\n\n\u201cAmerica\u2019s strength has always come from leading the world in innovation and technology,\u201d commented Rep. Pat Fallon (TX04). \u201cTo keep that edge and protect our national security, we must have the world\u2019s best AI talent. Right now, an outdated, bureaucratic hiring system is pushing that talent elsewhere. The AI Talent Act fixes this so that we can recruit, retain, and deploy innovators who will ensure that our nation remains the global leader in AI for decades to come and can compete in the face of evolving technological threats.\u201d\n\nSenator Andy Kim said: \u201cWe should have strong bipartisan support for the importance of recruiting talent in government and uplifting the next generation of public servants. By providing specialized tools to recruit for expertise in emerging technologies like AI, this legislation can make us more competitive and build a well-equipped federal workforce to leverage AI for a more secure and stable future.\u201d\n\nSenator Jon Husted said: \u201cAI will dominate the technology landscape of the future, and our country must be prepared. To win the AI race, we need every part of our government to understand and use this technology effectively. This bill would bring critical AI expertise into federal agencies, and I\u2019m proud to lead it to make sure we\u2019re hiring for the future.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe applaud Reps. Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Pat Fallon (R-TX), and Sens. Jon Husted (R-OH) and Andy Kim (D-NJ) on their bipartisan efforts to ensure that the federal government has a skilled artificial intelligence (AI) workforce to serve the American people. As demand for sharp AI minds reaches an all-time high, this legislation would make it easier for government agencies to identify, hire, and retain first-class AI talent,\u201d says Michele Stockwell, president of Bipartisan Policy Center Action (BPC Action).\n\n\u201cModernizing the way government recruits AI and technology talent is crucial for national competitiveness and public trust. This bill takes the smartest lessons from industry\u2014skills-based assessments, pooled hiring, and subject-matter expertise\u2014and puts them to work for the public good. This is a commonsense, bipartisan approach to bringing world-class technologists into federal service faster and more fairly,\u201d said Sunny Gandhi, Vice President of Political Affairs, Encode AI.\n\n\u201cTo make AI work for the American people and ensure its benefits are realized at home, government needs the talent to deploy it effectively. This bill takes a critical step toward building that capacity and accelerating trusted AI adoption across agencies,\u201d said Hodan Omaar, Senior Policy Manager at ITIF\u2019s Center for Data Innovation.\n\nThe AI Talent Act would:\n\nEstablish Agency Tech & AI Talent Teams to improve recruiting, assessments, job announcements, and candidate evaluation.\n\nAuthorize OPM to create a central AI and tech talent team to lead pooled hiring, provide training and support to agency hiring teams, and develop shared resources.\n\nAllow subject-matter experts to develop and administer skills-based assessments to ensure candidates demonstrate real technical proficiency.\n\nEnable agencies to share qualified candidate pools (\u201cshared certificates\u201d), reducing duplicate hiring cycles and speeding placement.\n\nCreate a shared online platform to reuse and customize validated technical assessments across government.\n\nPhase out automated self-assessments over five years, with limited, publicly posted waivers.\n\nAllow agencies to stand up additional talent teams in other high-need areas (e.g., cybersecurity, data science, health care, IT).\n\nAuthorize OPM to establish additional government-wide talent teams for high-need hiring priorities beyond AI and tech.\n\nThe AI Talent Act is endorsed by Encode AI, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), and the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC).\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://shontelbrown.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-brown-leads-bipartisan-and-bicameral-bill-reps-jacobs-obernolte-fallon-and"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.3588381484150887, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}