Workforce of the Future Act of 2024

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Defunct
• Most recent activity date: 2025-01-03

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• Increased inequality and decline in employment

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Compromise of privacy
• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Power centralization and unfair distribution

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with limited focus on socioeconomic impacts (6.2 Increased inequality). The primary focus is on workforce development and education rather than AI risk mitigation. Coverage is concentrated in addressing employment displacement and skills gaps, with brief mentions of privacy and security considerations in educational contexts.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Educational Services

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
• Information
• Professional & Technical Services
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Management, Administrative & Support Services
• Accommodation, Food & Other Services
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This legislation governs AI workforce development across Educational Services as the primary sector, with significant coverage of Professional and Technical Services, and Scientific Research and Development Services. The document addresses workforce preparation broadly across multiple industries affected by AI deployment, though it does not regulate AI use within specific sectors beyond education and workforce development.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a proposed federal statute ('A BILL') with binding legal obligations using mandatory language ('shall') throughout, establishing grant programs with specific requirements, reporting obligations, and appropriations authority.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress; Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
• Summary: The document is a Congressional bill proposed by the United States Congress, as indicated by the enacting clause and legislative structure.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer, Affected_Stakeholder
• Entities: State educational agencies; local educational agencies; eligible Tribal schools; community colleges; technical colleges; labor organizations; State agencies with responsibility for workforce development programs; institutions of higher education; employers integrating AI into the workplace; workers in industries affected by AI
• Summary: The document targets multiple entity types: educational institutions that will receive grants to provide AI education (AI_Deployer role in education), employers who deploy AI in workplaces, and workers/students who are affected stakeholders. The bill applies to entities across the education and workforce development ecosystem.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Education; Secretary of Labor; Director of the National Science Foundation
• Summary: The Secretary of Education and Secretary of Labor are designated as the primary enforcement authorities responsible for awarding grants, establishing requirements, and ensuring compliance with grant conditions.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of Education; Secretary of Labor; third-party evaluators; Committee on Education and the Workforce; Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives; Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
• Summary: The Secretaries of Education and Labor are responsible for monitoring through grantee reporting requirements and third-party evaluations. Congressional committees receive reports for oversight purposes.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not focus on specific AI lifecycle stages of development but rather addresses the broader societal preparation for AI deployment through workforce education and skills development. It implicitly relates to the 'Deploy' and 'Operate and Monitor' stages by preparing workers to work alongside AI systems and monitoring AI's impact on employment.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions AI systems and artificial intelligence broadly, with references to computational thinking, algorithm design, and AI applications. It does not specifically distinguish between frontier AI, general purpose AI, or other AI subcategories, nor does it mention compute thresholds or open-weight models. The focus is on AI education and workforce preparation rather than technical AI model specifications.