What happened
In the reporting window, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) published a press release (S.5518, the Make AI Work for Americans Act) highlighting broad support from former officials (Gina Raimondo, Gene Sperling, Bharat Ramamurti) and national organizations (National Action Network). The bill would establish a dedicated federal trust fund — funded by AI companies profiting from the technology — to support AI-displaced workers through training, National Service jobs, entrepreneurship and expanded unemployment benefits.
Why it matters
Part of the in-window wave of AI-labour-policy proposals that would impose costs/contributions on AI companies benefiting from automation; builds momentum toward a federal AI workforce-transition funding mechanism as AI deployment accelerates.
Action needed
AI employers should track the Make AI Work for Americans Act; if enacted it could impose AI-linked contributions to a workforce transition trust fund and new disclosure/training obligations.