Bill would fund fellowships to train workers on trustworthy AI
In markupH.R. 9334Latest action
Sponsor: Zoe Lofgren · Representative · CA
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Official title: Workforce for AI Trust Act
119th Congress
Topics: AI & technology
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The Workforce for AI Trust Act would fund AI-safety fellowships and direct NIST to create standardized AI job skill frameworks.
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What does this do?
HR 9334 lets the NSF fund graduate and postdoctoral fellowships across fields like computer science, social science, ethics, law, and humanities to study AI safety and trustworthiness. It also allows NSF to fund workshops, training, and certification programs, and requires grant review panels to include people from diverse disciplines. Separately, NIST must build a standardized framework describing AI jobs, skills, and knowledge, similar to existing cybersecurity frameworks.
Who does it affect?
Universities, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers could receive new federal funding; federal agencies and private employers would gain clearer AI job standards, developed with input from the Department of Labor, the Office of Personnel Management, and industry and labor groups.
Why does it matter?
The bill does not regulate AI technology itself but shapes who gets trained and funded to work on it, and how AI jobs are defined and standardized across government and industry.
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedJun 18, 2026
- House committeeYou are here · Jun 25, 2026
- House vote
- Senate
- The president's desk
Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the president.
Latest action: — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.