Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to evaluate AI use in workforce programs for labor market data and service delivery. Requires studies on AI and technology in workforce systems, addressing AI bias, and impacts of automation on employment.
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This is a binding legislative amendment to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act passed by the United States Congress, containing mandatory obligations with enforcement mechanisms through federal oversight and reporting requirements.
The document has minimal coverage of AI risks, primarily addressing AI system security and bias (2.2), unfair discrimination (1.1), and lack of robustness (7.3) through requirements to study AI effectiveness, accuracy, and exhibited bias in workforce systems. Coverage is limited to brief mentions requiring future studies rather than establishing comprehensive governance measures.
This document primarily governs the Public Administration sector (excluding National Security) through requirements for federal and state workforce development agencies to study and evaluate AI use in workforce programs. It also has minimal coverage of the Educational Services sector through references to alignment between education and workforce systems.
The document primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle through requirements to study AI implementation in workforce systems, measure effectiveness, analyze accuracy and bias, and evaluate impacts on employment. It implicitly covers Verify and Validate through requirements to analyze accuracy and identify bias in deployed AI systems.
The document explicitly mentions artificial intelligence and machine learning as emerging technologies used in workforce development systems. It does not specifically define or distinguish between AI models, AI systems, or specialized categories like frontier AI, general purpose AI, or foundation models. The focus is on practical applications of AI in workforce programs rather than technical AI classifications.
United States Congress
This is a Congressional amendment to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, as indicated by the legislative format and references to enactment by Congress.
Secretary of Labor, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives
The Secretary of Labor is responsible for conducting mandated studies and evaluations, with Congressional committees receiving reports for oversight. The document includes a prohibition mechanism preventing the Secretary from using certain authority if evaluations are not completed.
Secretary of Labor, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, Department of Labor (through public website)
The Secretary of Labor conducts evaluations and studies to monitor AI use in workforce systems, with results disseminated to Congressional committees and the public through the Department's website.
Secretary of Labor, State workforce development systems, workforce program operators using AI technology
The document targets the Secretary of Labor with mandatory study requirements and implicitly targets State workforce systems and entities using emerging technology (including AI) in workforce programs through evaluation requirements.
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