S3877-119

In Committee

Investing in Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Feb 12, 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

The bill expands a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: A 2019 Government Accountability Office report found that while there are many Federal employment and training, adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term automation means a device, process, or system that functions without continuous input from an operator, including—, and expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 4. Grants to improve training for workers impacted by automation From the amounts appropriated under subsection (g) and beginning in fiscal year 2026. It relies on reporting requirements, compliance mandates, appropriations, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Environment and Education.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Expands a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: A 2019 Government Accountability Office report found that while there are many Federal employment and training...
  • Adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term automation means a device, process, or system that functions without continuous input from an operator, including—...
  • Expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 4. Grants to improve training for workers impacted by automation From the amounts appropriated under subsection (g) and beginning in fiscal year 2026...
  • Expands a appropriation provision: 5. Expansion of worker training services Section 134(d)(1)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(d)(1)(A)) is amended— in clause (xi), by striking and...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: A 2019 Government Accountability Office report found that while there are many Federal employment and training, adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term automation means a device, process, or system that functions without continuous input from an operator, including—, and expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 4. Grants to improve training for workers impacted by automation From the amounts appropriated under subsection (g) and beginning in fiscal year 2026.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Education

Primary Purpose

The bill expands a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: A 2019 Government Accountability Office report found that while there are many Federal employment and training, adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term automation means a device, process, or system that functions without continuous input from an operator, including—, and expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 4. Grants to improve training for workers impacted by automation From the amounts appropriated under subsection (g) and beginning in fiscal year 2026.

Policy Domains

Environment Education

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 12, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …

Feb 12, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Feb 12, 2026

Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Warnock) introduced the following …

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
Environment Education
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"automation" §id661afa098d3348cdb87a1e992847e9c6

a device, process, or system that functions without continuous input from an operator, including— advanced technologies, such as— data collection, classification processing, and analytics

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