House members introduce the AI Tax and Work Protection Act (H.R. 10044), an excise tax on AI tokens. Recorded for the United States on 6 August 2026. Afterwards the instrument is recorded as proposed. In practice: No obligations; a proposal to watch in the economic-transition tracker.
H.R. 10044 would tax large AI companies on the value of the tokens their models process or on AI-service revenue, whichever is higher, with a rate that rises automatically as unemployment climbs, and would create a Work Protection Administration in the Department of Labor to fund jobs. Introduced by Representatives Sara Jacobs, Greg Casar and Valerie Foushee. Recorded from secondary reporting; confirm on Congress.gov.
No obligations; a proposal to watch in the economic-transition tracker.
H.R. 10044, AI Tax and Work Protection ActCongress.gov · 6 Aug 2026
AIPolicyTracker (2026). “House members introduce the AI Tax and Work Protection Act (H.R. 10044), an excise tax on AI tokens” [AIPT-CHG-0144, record version 1, verified 8 October 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0144 (accessed 12 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Cite the official text alongside it: H.R. 10044, AI Tax and Work Protection Act, Congress.gov, https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10044.
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