New tax on AI pays for jobs with union protections.
H.R. 10044 — AI Tax and Work Protection Act · Filed by Gregorio Casar (D-TX) · 4 cosponsors · Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill creates a tax on AI transactions. Money from this tax goes into a fund. The fund pays for a new Work Protection Administration in the Department of Labor. This administration gives grants to states, cities, schools, and nonprofits. Grants pay to hire workers for child care, education, health care, infrastructure, environment, and journalism. Workers get prevailing wages, health insurance, paid leave, and union rights.
Who it affects
Workers gain access to well-paying public jobs with benefits and union rights. States, cities, schools, and nonprofits can apply for grants to hire workers. Companies that do AI transactions pay the new tax.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say what counts as an AI transaction. The bill does not say what the tax rate is. The Secretary of the Treasury will decide these details later.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
4 cosponsors: 4 Democrats.
- Aug 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means and House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- prevailing wages — The standard pay rate for a job in a specific area.
- Work Protection Administration — A new government office that gives grants to hire workers.
- union — A group of workers who join together to negotiate pay and conditions.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (19,006 characters) on Aug 7, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
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As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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