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HR 9334 Cleared committee

Expands National Science Foundation fellowships and workshops for interdisciplinary teams working on trustworthy artificial intelligence, and directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to publish a reference framework describing AI jobs and the skills they require.

Official title: Workforce for AI Trust Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 18-JUN-2026
Referred 18-JUN-2026
Approved by committee 25-JUN-2026
Key points
  • Allows the National Science Foundation to fund graduate and postdoctoral fellowships for students from across disciplines, including social sciences and the humanities, working on trustworthy AI.
  • Allows the Foundation to fund workshops that bring together multidisciplinary teams, and directs it to include social science, ethics, legal, and linguistic perspectives on AI merit review panels as practicable and appropriate.
  • Directs NIST, in consultation with the Department of Labor and the Office of Personnel Management, to develop and publish within one year a common lexicon and set of tasks and skills for AI work.
  • Directs NIST to support AI workforce education and careers in managing AI risk, including testing and evaluation, and to provide technical assistance on federal AI scholarship and hiring gaps.
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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in House, 18-JUN-2026).

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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Cosponsors · 2
■ 1 R■ 1 D
1 Democrat
1 Republican