Lawmakers propose to establish AI guardrails for VA in FY27 funding

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) leaves a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on February 03, 2026 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Proposed amendments to the fiscal year 2027 funding bill for the Department of Veterans Affairs include several measures seeking to limit the use of decisional or unapproved artificial intelligence tools by the agency. 

The House Rules Committee is set to hold a hearing on the VA funding proposal and proposed amendments Tuesday afternoon. The FY27 funding package passed out of the House Appropriations Committee last month. 

Separate proposals offered by Reps. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., and James Walkinshaw, D-Va., specifically call for additional oversight of VA’s uses of AI to ensure they are being deployed appropriately. Although both proposed amendments may not make it into the final funding package voted on by the full House, they signal lingering lawmaker unease about the VA’s ...