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Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., attends a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Feb. 4, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

House bill seeks AI workforce tax credits, agency-led outreach

The AI Workforce Training Act would amend the federal tax code and task the departments of Commerce, Labor and Treasury with leading a campaign to inform companies.

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SEC Chair Paul Atkins, arrives to testify before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on Feb. 12, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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State Department CIO Kelly Fletcher, left, speaks during AI Talks in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2024, while State CAIO Matthew Graviss looks on. (Scoop News Group photo)

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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle met with World War II veterans, 100-year old Paul Robins and 99-year old Eddie Desmond, aboard the Battleship USS New Jersey Museum and Memorial in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class (SW/AW) Joe J. Cardona Gonzalez).

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Maxime Thouy, a Massachusetts native, infantry Marine with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, shouts orders during a company supported attack as part of Integrated Training Exercise 1-26 at Range 400, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 26, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Damian Oso)

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East-Coast-based U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) participate in a special operations forces exercise off the coast of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Nov. 3, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Bailey Wyman)

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Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., listens as Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol on May 15, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

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Staff Sgt. Neil Wegley, 155th Explosive Ordnance Disposal team lead, conducts measurements on a simulated unexploded ordnance during an exercise, Feb. 7, 2026, at the Nebraska National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jeremiah Johnson)

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In this photo illustration, the OpenAI “ChatGPT” AI-generated answer to the question “What can AI offer to humanity?” is seen on a laptop screen on February 03, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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A U.S. Marine with III Marine Expeditionary Force familiarizes himself with maneuvering drones during the Marine Corps Attack Drone Competition on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 7, 2025. During a two-week period, the Marine Corps Attack Drone Team trained and certified 3rd Marine Division Marines as attack drone operators, attack drone instructor, and payload specialist instructors, increasing the Division’s lethality and capacity of trained and certified attack drone operators and instructors. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joaquin Dela Torre)

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A pair of Ray-Ban Meta 2nd generation smart glasses is seen on display during the Meta Connect Developer Conference at Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California on September 27, 2023. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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