HR8196-119

In Committee

Workforce Data Quality Initiative Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Apr 6, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Workforce Data Quality Initiative Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Education, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H8B869ACA3B3548A3B8B09EB42C525A09: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Workforce Data Quality Initiative Act of 2026.
  • Section HA3937337F9894C0DBE3BB30B94A829E4: 2. Workforce data quality initiative Section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3172(a)(2)(A)) is amended by— striking ,...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Workforce Data Quality Initiative Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Education, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, Workforce Data Quality Initiative Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Education Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
workers, employers, and labor regulators:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 6, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Apr 6, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 6, 2026

Mr. Baumgartner introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Education Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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