Exclusive: House lawmakers push tax credit for AI skills

• Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) is co-sponsoring the bill with Gottheimer, who is one of the co-chairs of a new House Democratic AI policy commission.

What's inside: The AI Workforce Training Act would give businesses a tax credit equal to 30% of qualified AI training expenses for employees.

• It would be capped at $2,500 per employee per year, with adjustments for inflation.
• Workshops, certificate programs, and courses on prompt engineering, data literacy, machine learning fundamentals or AI ethics would count as qualified training expenses under the legislation.
• Wages paid to employees while attending training and costs of developing or providing in-house AI training would also be eligible.

What they're saying: "This bipartisan bill will help workers build critical AI skills, boost productivity, and strengthen our economy — all while keeping the United States at the front of the pack," Gottheimer said.

The bottom line: Protecting and upskilling workers is a rare point of bipartisan agreement on AI policy.