AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9352 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9352

   To require reports regarding artificial intelligence-related job
                    impacts, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2026

 Mr. Horsford (for himself, Mr. Moylan, and Ms. Jacobs) introduced the
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL

   To require reports regarding artificial intelligence-related job
                    impacts, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity
Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURES AND REPORTS REGARDING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-
              RELATED JOB IMPACTS.

    (a) Covered Entity Disclosures.--
            (1) In general.--Not more than 30 days after the last day
        of each quarter, a covered entity shall, with respect to such
        quarter, disclose to the Secretary any artificial intelligence-
        related job impact experienced by the entity in the United
        States (including any territory or possession of the United
        States), including--
                    (A) the number of individuals laid off by the
                covered entity in the United States (including any
                territory or possession of the United States) during
                the quarter that are substantially due to the
                replacement or automation by artificial intelligence of
                the functions performed by such individuals;
                    (B) the number of individuals hired by the covered
                entity in the United States (including any territory or
                possession of the United States) during the quarter
                that are substantially due to the incorporation of
                artificial intelligence;
                    (C) the number of positions of the covered entity
                in the United States (including any territory or
                possession of the United States) that were occupied at
                any point during the prior quarter for which the
                covered entity has decided not to fill based on a
                reason that is substantially due to the replacement or
                automation by artificial intelligence of the functions
                of such positions;
                    (D) the number of individuals in the United States
                (including any territory or possession of the United
                States) whom the covered entity is retraining, or
                assisting in retraining, based on a reason that is
                substantially due to artificial intelligence; and
                    (E) any other information related to artificial
                intelligence-related job impacts, as determined
                appropriate by the Secretary.
            (2) NAICS codes.--With respect to each artificial
        intelligence-related job impact disclosure under paragraph (1),
        the covered entity shall provide in such disclosure the
        corresponding North American Industry Classification System
        codes.
            (3) Surveys.--
                    (A) In general.--As determined appropriate by the
                Secretary, the Secretary may--
                            (i)(I) revise an existing survey conducted
                        by the Secretary as of the date of enactment of
                        this Act to incorporate the disclosures
                        required under this subsection into such a
                        survey; or
                            (II) collaborate with the Bureau of the
                        Census to revise an existing survey conducted
                        by the Bureau of the Census as of the date of
                        enactment of this Act, or an existing survey
                        conducted as of such date of enactment by the
                        Secretary in partnership with the Bureau of the
                        Census, to incorporate the disclosures required
                        under this subsection into such a survey; and
                            (ii) allow covered entities to comply with
                        the requirements of this subsection by making
                        such disclosures through such survey.
                    (B) Bureau of the census surveys.--In the case the
                disclosures required under this subsection are
                incorporated pursuant to subparagraph (A) into a survey
                conducted by the Bureau of the Census that is not a
                survey conducted in partnership with the Secretary, the
                Bureau of the Census shall, for each quarter, share the
                data from such disclosures with the Secretary in order
                for the Secretary to prepare the reports required under
                subsection (b).
    (b) Department of Labor Reports.--The Secretary, in consultation
with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall--
            (1) for each quarter, prepare a report--
                    (A) summarizing the data from disclosures submitted
                under subsection (a) during the quarter; and
                    (B) for the quarter ending on December 31,
                summarizing such data for the calendar year;
            (2) for every other quarter, prepare a report analyzing the
        net impact of the data contained in the report under paragraph
        (1) for such quarter and for the preceding quarter, and any
        other relevant data available to the Secretary with respect to
        artificial intelligence-related job impacts; and
            (3) not more than 60 days after the last day of each
        quarter--
                    (A) publish each report prepared for the quarter
                under paragraph (1) and, as applicable, paragraph (2),
                and the data underlying such reports on the website of
                the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and
                    (B) submit each such report to Congress.
    (c) Application to Non-Publicly-Traded Companies.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the
        Securities and Exchange Commission and the Secretary of the
        Treasury, shall issue regulations to determine the extent to
        which non-publicly-traded companies shall be included as
        subject to the reporting requirements under subsection (a).
            (2) Scope of rulemaking.--The regulations issued under this
        subsection shall--
                    (A) identify for such inclusion categories of non-
                publicly-traded companies that have a significant
                workforce, estimated enterprise value, or employment
                impact on a regional or national basis;
                    (B) consider for such inclusion thresholds with
                respect to non-publicly-traded companies, such as--
                            (i) the number of employees employed by
                        such companies;
                            (ii) the annual revenue of such companies;
                        or
                            (iii) the industry classification under the
                        North American Industry Classification System
                        for such companies;
                    (C) ensure that any reporting requirements under
                subsection (a) applicable to a non-publicly-traded
                company are proportionate to the size and capacity of
                such company; and
                    (D) establish procedures for the confidential
                submission and publication of data of non-publicly-
                traded companies in order to protect the proprietary or
                personally identifiable information of such companies.
            (3) Public comment.--In issuing the regulations under this
        subsection, the Secretary shall provide for notice and comment
        in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial
        intelligence'' has the meaning given the term in section 5002
        of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020
        (15 U.S.C. 9401).
            (2) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' means--
                    (A) an entity that is--
                            (i) a publicly-traded company; or
                            (ii) an agency, as defined in section 551
                        of title 5, United States Code; and
                    (B) an entity that--
                            (i) is a non-publicly-traded company; and
                            (ii) is identified by the Secretary through
                        regulations issued under subsection (c) for
                        inclusion as subject to the requirements under
                        subsection (a).
            (3) Non-publicly-traded company.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``non-publicly-traded
                company'' means a business entity engaged in interstate
                commerce that--
                            (i) is not an issuer, the securities of
                        which are listed on a national securities
                        exchange; and
                            (ii) is not otherwise required to file
                        reports with the Securities and Exchange
                        Commission under section 13 or 15(d) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m;
                        78o(d)).
                    (B) Securities definitions.--In this paragraph--
                            (i) the terms ``exchange'', ``issuer'', and
                        ``security'' have the meanings given those
                        terms in section 3(a) of the Securities
                        Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)); and
                            (ii) the term ``national securities
                        exchange'' means an exchange registered
                        pursuant to section 6 of the Securities
                        Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78f).
            (4) Publicly-traded company.--The term ``publicly-traded
        company'' has the meaning given the term in section 5003(a) of
        the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c(a)).
            (5) Quarter.--The term ``quarter'' has the meaning given
        the term ``calendar quarter'' in section 5061(d)(4)(C) of the
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
            (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Labor, acting through the Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
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