The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of more than 240 national civil and human rights advocacy organizations, and the undersigned civil rights and civil society organizations write to you regarding the need for civil rights protections to be the foundation of any comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) legislation. Specifically, we urge the House Democratic Commission on AI and the Innovation Economy (Commission) to support meaningful safeguards (mandatory bias testing, privacy and data protections, and strong enforcement and remedies), the codification of disparate impact liability, the exclusion of any preemption language, and policies that ensure workers and communities most affected by AI-driven economic disruption have equitable access to reskilling resources, workforce development programs, and pathways into the jobs AI will create.
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