S. 4476

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4476 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4476

To provide for voluntary disclosure by developers and users of 
artificial intelligence regarding workforce data and for reporting by 
the Secretary of Labor regarding the workforce data, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 30, 2026

Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Budd) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions

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A BILL

To provide for voluntary disclosure by developers and users of 
artificial intelligence regarding workforce data and for reporting by 
the Secretary of Labor regarding the workforce data, 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 ``Workforce Transparency Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Artificial intelligence systems are already, as of the 
date of enactment of this Act, widely used by workers, 
employers, and consumers across sectors of the United States 
economy.
(2) The most immediate labor-market effects of artificial 
intelligence are currently occurring at the task, skill, and 
workflow level, rather than through the wholesale elimination 
of occupations.
(3) Research shows that artificial intelligence is also 
improving workforce productivity by accelerating routine 
cognitive tasks, enabling workers to focus on higher-value 
functions, and contributing positively to aggregate economic 
growth, even as adoption and impacts vary by sector and over 
time. Artificial intelligence also has the potential to create 
new roles, consistent with previous patterns in which 
technological change has led to significant changes in the 
types of jobs people do over time.
(4) Policymakers, workers, educators, and employers lack 
timely and standardized information about how artificial 
intelligence systems are being used and how such use affects 
productivity, skills, and workforce outcomes.
(5) Aggregated, privacy-preserving transparency, including 
information voluntarily shared by a covered AI system provider 
and complementary data published by the Federal Government, can 
meaningfully improve workforce development, education policy, 
and economic planning without revealing proprietary 
information, trade secrets, individual-level data, or other 
information that would undermine individual privacy.
(6) A Federal transparency framework that encourages 
participation and supports modernization of government data 
systems can establish a consistent national baseline, reduce 
fragmentation across States, and provide a level playing field 
among covered AI system providers.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to--
(1) establish a Federal framework for aggregated, de-
identified transparency or data-sharing regarding use of 
artificial intelligence systems relevant to workforce impacts;
(2) support evidence-based workforce, education, and 
economic policymaking through both voluntary participation by a 
covered AI system provider and improved Federal labor-market 
data;
(3) protect individual privacy, confidential business 
information, and competition; and
(4) promote public trust through consistent, responsible, 
and privacy-preserving data-sharing.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Aggregated workforce transparency data.--The term 
``aggregated workforce transparency data'' means statistical 
information that--
(A) is aggregated across users, accounts, 
interactions, or customers;
(B) does not identify or reasonably permit the 
identification of a particular person, household, or 
employer; and
(C) does not disclose--
(i) proprietary model weights, training 
data, source code, or system architecture; or
(ii) information that a covered AI system 
provider has contractually defined as 
confidential or not subject to disclosure.
(2) 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).
(3) Covered ai system.--The term ``covered AI system'' 
means an artificial intelligence system made available to 
consumers or businesses other than such a system that is--
(A) designed and marketed by a person primarily for 
internal business use by the person;
(B) used solely for academic or non-commercial 
research; or
(C) designed for a narrow, discrete technical 
function without general-purpose capabilities.
(4) Covered ai system provider.--The term ``covered AI 
system provider'' means a person that develops, deploys, or 
makes available a covered AI system.
(5) Enterprise customer.--The term ``enterprise customer'' 
means a business, governmental, or institutional customer that 
accesses a covered AI system pursuant to a negotiated contract 
governing data use, confidentiality, or disclosure.
(6) Participating entity.--The term ``participating 
entity'' means a covered AI system provider or enterprise 
customer that elects to submit data in accordance with section 
4(a).
(7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
of Labor.

SEC. 4. WORKFORCE TRANSPARENCY REPORTING.

(a) In General.--A participating entity may submit to the 
Secretary, in accordance with this Act and any regulations promulgated 
by the Secretary under this Act, aggregated workforce transparency 
data, including (as reasonably feasible) such data regarding the 
following:
(1) Task or activity level use.--Aggregated distribution of 
interactions across broad task or activity categories, such as 
writing, coding, research, analysis, translation, or job-
related assistance (as established and periodically updated by 
the Secretary through notice and comment rulemaking under 
section 553 of title 5, United States Code).
(2) Geographic distribution.--Aggregated distribution of 
interactions across broad task or activity categories, by State 
or by metropolitan statistical area or comparable geographic 
unit.
(3) Age ranges.--Aggregated distribution of interactions 
across broad task or activity categories, by adult age ranges, 
as reasonably feasible and consistent with privacy safeguards 
or laws.
(4) Temporal trends.--Changes in usage patterns over time 
based on task or activity category.
(b) Reporting Windows.--The Secretary shall establish a system for 
submissions under subsection (a) that allows for such submissions by a 
participating entity only for aggregated workforce transparency data 
concerning information that is not more recent than 91 days before the 
date of the submission, including, for purposes of the first submission 
by the participating entity, such data with respect to the 2-year 
period preceding the date on which the participating entity first 
elects to make such a submission.
(c) Rule of Construction.--This Act shall not be construed to 
require a covered AI system provider or enterprise customer to elect to 
submit or otherwise be required to submit aggregated workforce 
transparency data under this section.

SEC. 5. PRIVACY, SECURITY, AND CONFIDENTIALITY SAFEGUARDS.

(a) Prohibited Disclosures.--A participating entity may not submit 
under section 4(a)--
(1) personal data or information linked or reasonably 
linkable to an individual;
(2) employer-specific, customer-specific, or individual-
specific performance data;
(3) trade secrets, proprietary algorithms, model weights, 
training datasets, or source code;
(4) information that a participating entity is 
contractually prohibited from disclosing pursuant to agreements 
or terms with consumers, users, or enterprise, governmental, or 
institutional customers or that the participating entity 
otherwise commits to protecting from disclosure in policies or 
representations, including restrictions or commitments on data 
use, aggregation, or secondary disclosure; or
(5) data in violation of a contract or other terms with an 
enterprise customer, consumer, or user, including contractual 
restrictions on data use, aggregation, disclosure, or secondary 
analysis.
(b) Compliance With Applicable Laws.--In making submissions under 
section 4(a), a participating entity shall exclude or further aggregate 
data as necessary to comply with other applicable laws.
(c) Compliance With Contract Terms.--This Act shall not be 
construed to obviate the terms, including privacy or data protections, 
in any contract between a participating entity and its customers, 
users, or other consumers.
(d) Safeguards.--In preparing data for purposes of making 
submissions under section 4(a) and making such submissions, a 
participating entity shall apply aggregation, anonymization, and de-
identification techniques consistent with guidance issued under section 
6(c).
(e) Freedom of Information Act.--Any aggregated workforce 
transparency data submitted under section 4(a) shall be exempt from the 
disclosure requirements under section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ``Freedom of Information Act'').

SEC. 6. REPORTING AND REGULATIONS.

(a) Lead Agency.--The Secretary of Labor, acting through the 
Commissioner of Labor Statistics and in coordination with the Secretary 
of Commerce acting through the Director of the Bureau of the Census, 
shall administer this Act.
(b) Data Reporting.--
(1) Public database.--The Secretary shall establish and 
maintain a publicly available, online database containing 
aggregated workforce transparency data derived from submissions 
under section 4(a).
(2) Annual report to congress.--The Secretary shall 
annually submit a report to Congress summarizing aggregated 
workforce transparency data derived from submissions under such 
section.
(3) Requirements for data.--In carrying out this 
subsection, the Secretary shall aggregate data from submissions 
by participating entities under section 4(a) and ensure that 
any published dataset, analysis, or report does not attribute 
any submitted data to any specific participating entity or any 
identifiable person.
(c) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall issue non-binding guidance regarding--
(1) standardized reporting formats and taxonomies for 
purposes of submissions under section 4(a);
(2) acceptable aggregation, anonymization, and privacy-
preserving methods for purposes of submissions under such 
section;
(3) procedures to minimize reporting burden for purposes of 
such submissions, including alignment with existing Federal 
data-collection efforts; and
(4) definitions and classifications for broad task or 
activity categories used in workforce-related artificial 
intelligence usage reporting.
(d) Rulemaking.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations 
necessary to carry out this Act.
(2) Requirements.--The regulations issued under paragraph 
(1) shall clarify the extent to which a participating entity 
shall aggregate, anonymize, or otherwise ensure privacy 
safeguards for aggregated workforce transparency data submitted 
under section 4(a).
(e) Working Group.--The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner 
of Labor Statistics and in coordination with other relevant agencies, 
shall establish a working group to develop a process to publish or 
enhance public labor-market data that combines age and occupational 
information, in order to improve understanding of how artificial 
intelligence affects entry-level workers and early-career 
professionals.

SEC. 7. PROHIBITION REGARDING ADVERSE INFERENCES.

A Federal agency may not draw an adverse inference against any 
covered AI system provider or enterprise customer that elects not to 
make submissions under section 4(a).

SEC. 8. ENFORCEMENT.

The Secretary may seek injunctive relief in any court of competent 
jurisdiction against a participating entity with respect to aggregated 
workforce transparency data submitted under section 4(a) that the 
Secretary determines is a knowing and willful misrepresentation by the 
entity of the data.

SEC. 9. SEVERABILITY.

If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision 
to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the 
remainder of this Act and the application of the provision to any other 
person or circumstance, shall not be affected.
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