Congress orders federal labor data on AI workplace adoption
H.R. 9381 — AWARE Act · Filed by Tim Walberg (R-MI) · Introduced Jun 22, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics to begin collecting and reporting data on how artificial intelligence is being used in workplaces—including employer adoption rates, worker-level AI use, changes to job tasks, AI-related training, and effects on hiring, wages, and employment. The BLS must start this data collection within 18 months of the bill's enactment.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is a directive to a federal statistical agency to expand its data-collection scope. It is a straightforward information-gathering mandate with no regulatory, tax, or subsidy provisions.
What the text implies
- Expanded BLS data collection may reveal AI adoption disparities across industries, regions, and worker demographics, potentially informing future targeted workforce policy or retraining programs.
- Standardized federal AI-in-workplace metrics could become a baseline for state and local workforce planning, education, and training investments.
- Data on AI-driven task changes and wage effects may expose labor-market vulnerabilities and inform future labor-protection or wage-support legislation.
- Employers subject to BLS surveys will face new reporting requirements on AI adoption and use, creating modest compliance costs but no direct regulatory burden on workers.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Workers and policymakers gain access to timely, representative data on AI's labor-market effects, enabling better workforce planning, training, and policy responses. The bill creates no new restrictions on workers or citizens, imposes no costs, and addresses a documented gap in federal labor statistics that currently leaves workers and educators flying blind as AI reshapes job markets.
Named in the bill
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020, Section 5002 (AI definition)
Where it stands
- Jun 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 22, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce”
- Jun 25, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jun 25, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 14”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
4 lobbying clients named this bill on 4 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $1,150,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 8 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 72% of bills with at least one filing.
Tim Walberg, the sponsor, reported $825,948 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- AFL-CIO — $760,000 on 1 filing
- Linkedin Corporation — $280,000 on 1 filing
- Microsoft Corporation — $80,000 on 1 filing
- Business Roundtable — $30,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,151 characters) on Jul 9, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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