To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose each instance in which the Secretary uses artificial intelligence to interact with a covered individual, and for other purposes.
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose each time the Secretary uses AI to interact with a covered individual.
Model-rated AI relevance 80%: It sets a direct transparency rule for government use of AI. (claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026)
Sponsored by
Tom BarrettRepublicanMIData as of: bills Oct 22, 2026 · votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026. What changed
Progress
Introduced
Sep 16, 2026
Reported by committee
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became law
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Latest action · September 16, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
What members said
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Barrett introduced bills to require human review of VA benefit claims decisions and mandate VA disclosure of AI use to veterans.
Source ↗Clarke reintroduced legislation requiring disclosure when generative AI is used in political advertising to protect election transparency.
Source ↗Ocasio-Cortez and colleagues urge the FAA to pause its AI air traffic management tool until safety testing, oversight, and accountability questions are answered.
Source ↗McClain Delaney and colleagues urged the FAA to pause its AI air traffic tool until safety testing and oversight questions are answered.
Source ↗Murray and Wyden criticized the Trump administration's AI-driven Medicare prior authorization pilot for denying seniors care and called for it to end.
Source ↗Schiff calls for enforceable federal guardrails and bipartisan oversight of frontier AI, rejecting voluntary industry commitments.
Source ↗Beyer and colleagues urge the FAA to pause its AI-enabled SMART air traffic management tool until safety testing, implementation, and oversight questions are answered.
Source ↗Van Hollen joins colleagues demanding the FAA pause its AI air traffic tool and provide transparency on safety testing, training, and oversight before deployment.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-10-22T14:48:01.167Z