To amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and the Older Americans Act of 1965.

• 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

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

• Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
• Unequal performance across groups
• Compromise of privacy
• False or misleading information
• Increased inequality and decline in employment
• Economic and cultural devaluation of human effort
• Lack of capability or robustness
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risks, primarily addressing AI system security and bias (2.2), unfair discrimination (1.1), and lack of robustness (7.3) through requirements to study AI effectiveness, accuracy, and exhibited bias in workforce systems. Coverage is limited to brief mentions requiring future studies rather than establishing comprehensive governance measures.

Sector coverage

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

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

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

• Educational Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs the Public Administration sector (excluding National Security) through requirements for federal and state workforce development agencies to study and evaluate AI use in workforce programs. It also has minimal coverage of the Educational Services sector through references to alignment between education and workforce systems.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative amendment to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act passed by the United States Congress, containing mandatory obligations with enforcement mechanisms through federal oversight and reporting requirements.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: This is a Congressional amendment to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, as indicated by the legislative format and references to enactment by Congress.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor, AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Summary: The document targets the Secretary of Labor with mandatory study requirements and implicitly targets State workforce systems and entities using emerging technology (including AI) in workforce programs through evaluation requirements.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Secretary of Labor is responsible for conducting mandated studies and evaluations, with Congressional committees receiving reports for oversight. The document includes a prohibition mechanism preventing the Secretary from using certain authority if evaluations are not completed.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Secretary of Labor conducts evaluations and studies to monitor AI use in workforce systems, with results disseminated to Congressional committees and the public through the Department's website.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

• Collect and Process Data
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle through requirements to study AI implementation in workforce systems, measure effectiveness, analyze accuracy and bias, and evaluate impacts on employment. It implicitly covers Verify and Validate through requirements to analyze accuracy and identify bias in deployed AI systems.

Technical Scope

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

No technical scope terms identified.

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions artificial intelligence and machine learning as emerging technologies used in workforce development systems. It does not specifically define or distinguish between AI models, AI systems, or specialized categories like frontier AI, general purpose AI, or foundation models. The focus is on practical applications of AI in workforce programs rather than technical AI classifications.