Workforce for AI Trust Act
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
Focuses on developing the workforce needed to build, audit, and govern trustworthy AI. Likely funds training, standards expertise, and federal AI talent.
Model-rated AI relevance 85%.
Sponsored by
Zoe LofgrenDemocratCAData as of: bills Sep 9, 2026 · votes Sep 11, 2026 · statements Sep 9, 2026. What changed
Progress
Introduced
Jun 18, 2026
Reported by committee
Jun 25, 2026
Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became law
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Latest action · June 25, 2026
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
Recorded votes
Floor votes carry every member's position; committee tallies carry totals only.
What members said
Releases that cite this bill first, then releases on the same topics.
Lofgren convenes experts on AI in agriculture and water, arguing Congress must be proactive and back responsible AI innovation with necessary guardrails and workforce protections.
Source ↗Sanders would permanently ban superintelligent AI and pause advanced AI development until a new federal regulator sets safety rules.
Source ↗Harrigan backs bipartisan monitoring of self-improving AI through NIST while stressing the bill imposes no new mandates and won't impede innovation.
Source ↗Jacobs introduces bipartisan legislation creating a DoD-wide AI incident and vulnerability reporting program to make military AI safer and more accountable.
Source ↗Whitesides introduces the Self-Improving AI Monitoring Act to give federal evaluators visibility into frontier labs' automated AI R&D and reduce superintelligence risk.
Source ↗Trahan touts endorsement of her bipartisan FRONTIER Act, which would impose binding federal safety frameworks, third-party audits, and incident reporting on frontier AI developers.
Source ↗Scott urges passage of his Safeguard Kids Act to fund AI literacy and counseling in schools so children are protected from AI's risks while America keeps innovating.
Source ↗The Kids Online Safety Caucus co-chairs call for sweeping congressional legislation so that 'adults, not algorithms, raise our children,' saying the Meta settlement is no substitute for regulation.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-09-09T02:09:45.522Z