Sec. 101. Information collection and discussion
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Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make available, on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Labor, a request for comment, to allow interested persons to submit views on the best means of implementing this Act. The comment period during which interested persons may submit such views shall be 60 days. In making the request under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall solicit written views on— the design and implementation of data collection, forecasting, and other tools directed or authorized by this Act (such as new survey questions, prize competitions, statements required under section 3(e) of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act ( 29 U.S.C. 2102(e) ), as added by section 204, and data-sharing efforts directed under section 202), including details on— which data, tools, data-sharing partnerships, or deeper analyses (such as generation of statistical series under section 104 of occupations specified under section 104(a)(3) and prediction intervals under section 301 for occupations listed under section 301(a)(1)) would be highly valuable for improving forecasts or policymaking under this Act; and cost-effective methods for collecting valid, timely, and reliable data, developing tools, or otherwise implementing this Act; cost-effective reforms to increase researchers’ access to data from the Bureau of the Census, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other Federal agencies, including researcher access to data at the individual unit or record level, in a manner that is secure and protects the privacy of persons with information contained in the data, including requiring researcher compliance with such regulations as the Secretary may require based on section 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Privacy Act of 1974 ); best practices in forecasting the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce, including ways in which the Department of Labor could improve the accuracy and value of its occupational forecasts and low-cost methods for producing benchmark forecasts such as the forecast required under section 301(b)(4); how to improve the efficacy of programs of grants for training programs in light of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce; methods for qualitatively or quantitatively evaluating the value of information from data collection and forecasting directed or authorized by this Act, to support effective prioritization of efforts; appropriate data governance policies and methods for maintaining the security of data collected or aggregated during implementation of this Act; and other topics that are determined to be appropriate by the Secretary.
Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make available, on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Labor, the comments received in response to the request described in paragraph (1). Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convene an initial workshop, to discuss responses to comments received under subsection
(a)and discuss important points of agreement or disagreement among experts on the best means of implementing this Act. The Secretary may limit the workshop to invited participants and shall invite to the workshop— as economic and technical experts— economists; technical experts on artificial intelligence from academia and nonprofit organizations; such technical experts from industry and labor organizations; researchers or practitioners in scored forecasting involving expert elicitation; and other experts as the Secretary determines appropriate; as representatives of entities that will be significantly affected by the implementation of this Act— a representative of the— Census Bureau; Office of Science and Technology Policy; Council of Economic Advisers; Center for AI Standards and Innovation; and Bureau of Economic Analysis; representatives of labor organizations; and State and Federal entities that award or receive grants, including grants under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq. ); a representative of the Workforce Information Advisory Council; a representative of the Government Accountability Office; and other stakeholders the Secretary determines to be appropriate. In inviting participants, the Secretary shall include experts who hold materially different perspectives on the important disagreements or uncertainties relevant to implementation of this Act, such as the degree and rate of artificial intelligence’s impact on labor demand, so the workshop participants can better detect important disagreements and uncertainties relevant to that implementation and identify information that could be collected or produced to resolve them. The Secretary shall not limit the invitations to individuals, or representatives of entities, that responded to any prior request for comment. The Secretary shall provide presentation time for groups of participants described in subparagraph (B). The topics discussed at the workshop shall include the topics described in subsection (a)(3). The workshop shall feature at least one exercise to critically evaluate the analytical assumptions of the Bureau of Labor Statistics regarding the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce. The workshop participants shall seek to quantify or rank the expected value of information to be gained through proposals for data collection, tool development, or other policy reforms. Not later than 45 days after the end of the workshop, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress a report that— summarizes written comments received under subsection
(a)and workshop discussions; identifies at least 5 datasets, metrics (including model capability benchmarks), or analyses that could be produced pursuant to this Act or similar authorities within 2 years and that, if produced, would provide the highest value of valid and reliable information at a reasonable cost, based on the Secretary’s evaluation of the input gathered under this section; and lists recommendations made at the workshop about agency actions, timelines, and estimated costs, to implement this Act. On the same date on which the report is submitted to Congress, the Secretary shall publish the report on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Labor and disseminate such report to each State workforce agency. In preparing the report, the Secretary may anonymize information as appropriate, to promote full and open involvement of workshop participants. Beginning not later than 1 year after the end of the initial workshop held under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall host at least 1 subsequent workshop each fiscal year. The requirements of subparagraphs
(B)and
(C)of paragraph
(1)shall not apply to such subsequent workshop. The Secretary shall determine the participants of such workshops, including choosing participants with diverse viewpoints. The requirements of subsections
(a)and
(b)shall not apply beginning on the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $2,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
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