{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/press_releases/hickenlooper-banks-hassan-husted-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-better-forecast-ais-impact-on-workforce/", "Hickenlooper, Banks, Hassan, Husted Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Better Forecast AI\u2019s Impact on Workforce", "2025-12-05", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "CO", "John W. Hickenlooper", "H000273", "www.hickenlooper.senate.gov", "hickenlooper", "https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/press/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Jim Banks, Maggie Hassan, and Jon Husted introduced the bipartisan AI Workforce PREPARE Act to assess AI\u2019s impact on America\u2019s workforce and make education and job training programs more effective.\n\n\u201cWe can\u2019t sit in the backseat while AI transforms our workforce,\u201d said Hickenlooper, Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety. \u201cWorkers, employers, and educators need a roadmap to understand these new directions. Our bipartisan bill will help deliver that map so that we can leverage AI and make sure American workers lead the way.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe have to understand how AI is changing the workforce so we can equip American workers with the skills necessary to stay ahead of China and lead the world,\u201d said Banks.\n\n\u201cThere is no question that AI will significantly transform the way we work in the coming years, and it\u2019s important that we have the facts on how our workforce will be impacted and evolve,\u201d said Husted. \u201cAmerica must lead and win the global innovation race, and this bill ensures our workforce not only avoids being left behind, but is prepared to lead the way in developing and using new technology.\u201d\n\nThe legislation directs the Department of Labor (DOL) to work with NIST, NSF, and the Census Bureau to create a framework for measuring and forecasting AI\u2019s workforce impacts.\n\nKey provisions would:\n\nSolicit ideas from the public and convene researchers, technical experts, business, and labor to improve data collection on AI and the workforce\n\nEnhance the Labor Department\u2019s authorities to hire a core group of AI experts\n\nCreate an AI Workforce Research Hub to help implement the White House\u2019s AI Action Plan\n\nCarry out a pilot project to produce statistics on workers\u2019 movements between occupations as they are affected by AI\n\nIncrease researchers\u2019 access to the federal government\u2019s workforce data\n\nConduct prize competitions to better understand AI adoption, job impacts, labor-market outcomes, and how AI systems augment or automate tasks in particular occupations\n\nFacilitate voluntary public-private partnerships to share anonymized data on how users are adopting AI\n\nImprove AI-related questions in federal surveys\n\nUpdate the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice (WARN) Act to provide basic information to employees, if AI is a substantial factor in a layoff\n\nImprove the Bureau of Labor Statistics\u2019 occupational projections\n\nProduce a report on how better AI forecasts can be incorporated into grantmaking decisions\n\nConduct a study on how to design more effective rapid retraining programs to assist workers displaced by AI\n\n\u201cOur workforce is potentially facing a large-scale disruption as AI is integrated in our economy. In order to respond effectively with programs that support workers during an era of unprecedented automation, we need better data. Policymakers need to know what jobs are being eliminated, what new work is being created, and how we can train a workforce prepared for the future,\u201d said Americans for Responsible Innovation President Brad Carson. \u201cThe AI Workforce PREPARE Act gets right to the heart of that issue by supporting high-quality economic data collection, analysis, and forecasting on AI\u2019s impact.\u201d\n\nHickenlooper previously proposed a \u201cTrust, but Verify Framework\u201d, which included a call to establish auditing standards for Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems in order to increase transparency and adoption of AI while protecting consumers, and introduced the bipartisan Validation and Evaluation for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (VET AI) Act to do just that.\n\nHis VET AI Act directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to work with federal agencies and stakeholders across industry, academia, and civil society to develop detailed specifications, guidelines, and recommendations for third-party evaluators to work with AI companies to provide robust independent external assurance and verification of how their AI systems are developed and tested. He initially introduced the bill in the 118th Congress and helped pass it out of the Senate Commerce Committee last year.\n\nFull text of the bill available HERE.\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://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/press_releases/hickenlooper-banks-hassan-husted-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-better-forecast-ais-impact-on-workforce/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4856127090752125, "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"}