$100 million per year authorized for 2027–2029... authorizes NSF to make competitive grants... authorizes the NSF to award scholarships and fellowships... directs NSF to designate up to 8 regionally diverse 'Centers of AI Excellence'... requires the Secretary of Labor to establish an AI Workforce Research Hub.
Authorize federal funding for AI education, scholarships, workforce research, and regional centers of AI excellence.
Occurrences
TITLE II—WORKFORCE; Subtitle A—AI Education and Capacity Building.
TITLE IIWORKFORCE
Evidence
Axios reported that Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan rolled out a discussion draft of the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act. The draft was described as a starting point, and it included expanded funding ideas for AI literacy, education, and research, but it was not yet a enacted federal authorization.
AP reported that Congress has stalled on federal AI regulation while states continue to act, and noted that a recent bipartisan House AI draft had met criticism. That points to no completed federal authorization for the funding promise in the current lookback window.
Assessments
Jay Obernolte helped introduce a discussion draft for an AI bill that mentioned funding ideas, but the evidence shows it was only a draft and Congress had not enacted any federal authorization for AI education, scholarships, workforce research, or regional centers of AI excellence. That makes this a serious legislative attempt that did not deliver the promised outcome.