Bill orders plan to bring more foreign workers to AI jobs
S. 5307 — Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Talent Act · Filed by Christopher Coons (D-DE) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The Department of Homeland Security must create a plan within 180 days. The State Department and White House science office will help. The plan will look at what stops skilled immigrants from working in artificial intelligence. It will suggest changes to visa programs. These include H-1B visa reforms and a new visa type for AI entrepreneurs. National security checks must still happen.
Who it affects
Tech companies and research institutions would hire skilled workers from other countries more easily. U.S. workers in software engineering and data science may face more competition for jobs.
One thing to notice
The bill names the Trump administration's AI Action Plan from July 2025. It shows alignment with that administration's tech policy.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Aug 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- artificial intelligence — computer systems that can learn and make decisions like humans do
- H-1B visa — a permit that lets U.S. companies hire skilled workers from other countries
- visa — official permission to enter and work in a country
- national security — protection of a country from danger or harm
- entrepreneur — a person who starts and runs a new business
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (9,162 characters) on Aug 24, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 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 2026-09-17.
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