AI Tax and Work Protection Act

(a) In general. Subject to the availability of funds in the trust fund established under title II, the Director shall establish a grant program to award funds to eligible entities on a competitive basis to create employment opportunities for individuals under section 402.

(b) Criteria for awarding grant funds

(1) Priorities. In awarding grants under this title, the Director shall—

(A) give priority to eligible entities that plan to use such grant funds to create jobs to be filled by permanent and full-time employees; and

(B) in the case of eligible entities that plan to use such grant funds for functions typically performed by State governments or units of general local government, give priority to eligible entities that are State governments or units of general local government.

(2) Additional criteria. In awarding grants under this title, the Director shall take into consideration—

(A) any recommendations of the advisory committee established in section 404; and

(B) any information, including reports provided pursuant to section 405, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the impacts of artificial intelligence on the labor market.

(c) Application. To be eligible to receive a grant under this title, an eligible entity shall submit to the Director an application—

(1) at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director may require; and

(2) which shall include such assurances as may be necessary to ensure that such entity has the policies described in subsection (e).

(d) Interagency task force. The Director shall establish an interagency task force to assist the Director in reviewing any applications submitted under subsection (c), which shall include Federal agencies selected by the Director.

(e) Additional requirements for eligible entities. To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall be required to have each of the following policies with respect to any employee hired using grant funds awarded under this title:

(1) Collective bargaining. A collective bargaining agreement, or written policy, not to prevent employees from exercising the rights guaranteed to employees under section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 157).

(2) Notice requirement. Policies that require—

(A) the posting and maintenance of notices that contain information regarding the rights of such employees under the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) in any workplace of an eligible entity in which employees described in section 402(c) work;

(B) that such employees are provided with notice and information regarding the benefits and pay required for each job created under this Act in section 402(d) at the start of employment; and

(C) such eligible entity to recognize the exclusive representative selected by the employees in the case that more than 50 percent of the employees indicate the desire to be represented by such exclusive representative.

(3) Local hiring. Policies that provide a preference for hiring employees in the same metropolitan area as the site of employment, as determined by the eligible entity, consistent with applicable Federal law and subject to rules issued by the Secretary of Labor.

(4) Limitation. An eligible entity that is a tribal government shall not be subject to the requirements of this subsection.