H.R. 10578 — AI DATA Act

This section directs the Secretary of Labor to conduct a monthly recurring establishment survey on job openings, hiring, separations, and other labor market turnover measures, with data grouped by industry, occupation, and geographic area and sufficient to assess changes in labor demand from technological change including artificial intelligence. It authorizes $8 million annually for fiscal year 2027 through fiscal year 2032 and defines artificial intelligence by reference to the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020.

This section requires the Secretary of Labor to conduct a recurring household survey measuring how individuals allocate time across work, caregiving, household production, education, and other activities, including the use of digital tools and emerging technologies. It directs annual dissemination of data evaluating how technological change, including artificial intelligence, affects work patterns and labor force participation, and authorizes $5 million annually for fiscal year 2027 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.

This section requires the Secretary of Labor to conduct longitudinal surveys that track individuals over time to assess employment, earnings, occupational mobility, education, training, and related outcomes, with new cohorts started every 10 years and measures to evaluate the long-term effects of technological change including artificial intelligence. It authorizes $20 million annually for these surveys for fiscal year 2027 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.

This section directs the Director of the Census, in coordination with the Secretary and the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, to add questions to the Business Trends and Outlook Survey on artificial intelligence and related technology adoption across industries and associated changes in hiring, separations, job openings, occupational demand, and business operations. It requires quarterly publication of the data collected and terminates the authority 10 years after enactment.

This section requires the Secretaries of Labor and Commerce to publish an annual report assessing the impact of artificial intelligence and related technologies on the U.S. workforce. The report must integrate industry-level data from the Census Bureau’s Business Trends and Outlook Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics labor market flow and projection data, and other relevant Federal sources, and must analyze changes in hiring, separations, occupational demand, earnings, job mobility, and training patterns, with authority terminating 10 years after enactment.

This section defines artificial intelligence by reference to existing law, the Business Trends and Outlook Survey as the Census Bureau's recurring survey of business conditions, and the Secretary as the Secretary of Labor, for purposes of sections 5 and 6. It authorizes such sums as may be necessary to carry out those sections.