Study on Rapid Artificial Intelligence Adjustment Assistance Program

(a) Study (1) In general Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, directly or by grant, provide for a study on potential design options and challenges for a Rapid AI Adjustment Assistance Program to help workers dislocated or job-seekers impacted by artificial intelligence (referred to in this section as an impacted worker). (2) Components The Secretary, directly or indirectly, shall, in carrying out the study— (A) draw on the data and forecasts developed pursuant to this Act, as well as lessons from the program of trade adjustment assistance under chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.) and other examples of adjustment assistance programs as appropriate; and (B) examine and propose answers to questions such as— (i) how to rapidly and reliably determine who should qualify as an impacted worker due to artificial intelligence for purposes of receiving rapid artificial intelligence adjustment assistance, including questions regarding— (I) which data would be highly valuable for determining eligibility; (II) what regulatory barriers exist to collecting or analyzing valuable data; (III) what thresholds of evidence would be appropriate for those determinations; (IV) how could the Department of Labor use artificial intelligence to support adjudication of approval of petitions described in subclause (VI) or related decisions; (V) whether a tiered approval process involving preliminary approval would be appropriate; and (VI) whether the process should be structured as a petition-based system, and if so, should the Department of Labor evaluate petitions at the individual, group, or other levels; (ii) the anticipated positive and negative effects of different forms of adjustment assistance, including credits for retraining or education, as well as how to support such individuals’ transitions to alternative employment that is unlikely to face similar dislocation in the near future; (iii) the compatibility of a program described in paragraph (1) with existing laws and regulatory barriers to effective program execution; (iv) how the program could support evidence collection and incorporate ongoing performance evaluation, including through use of pilot programs with randomized assignment or other experimental methods where appropriate; (v) how much would the overall program cost under different design choices; (vi) how the program could support effective collaboration between labor organizations, workforce development agencies, and educational institutions to meet impacted workers’ needs; and (vii) other questions determined to be appropriate by the Secretary. (b) Publication The Secretary shall ensure that, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the study shall be completed and the results of the study shall be published on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Labor. (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $1,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.