Bill funds AI worker retraining with $3 billion tax break.
S. 5055 — National Workforce Transition Fund Act of 2026 · Filed by Mark Warner (D-VA) · Introduced Jul 21, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill sets up a National Workforce Transition Board. It creates a fund with over $3 billion over five years. The money helps workers who lose jobs because of AI. Workers can get training, education, and money to help them. The bill pays for this by letting AI data centers deduct costs faster.
Who it affects
Workers who lose jobs to AI can get training and help. AI data center companies pay less in taxes. Training companies and schools get money to teach workers new skills.
One thing to notice
The fund lasts only five years. AI will keep changing jobs for much longer. Workers may need help after the money runs out.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jul 21, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 21, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Finance · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- National Workforce Transition Board — A group that decides how to spend money on worker training and help.
- data centers — Big buildings full of computers that store and process information for companies.
- deduct — To subtract a cost from taxes owed to the government.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (41,734 characters) on Aug 12, 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.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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