Congress orders study of how AI affects people over 65.

What it does

The bill tells the Department of Health and Human Services to pay for a study. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will study how AI affects older adults. The study will look at good things like friendship and health help. It will also look at bad things like scams, fraud, and false health facts. The study will give ideas on how to keep older adults safe and protect their data. A second part sets up research at the National Institute on Aging. This research will share what works best.

Who it affects

Older adults age 65 and older will gain from this research. The study may help shape future rules about AI and health and money.

One thing to notice

The bill asks for a study before making new rules. This gives AI makers time to help shape what gets studied.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

3 cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrats.

• Jun 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
• Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

3 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 4 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $5,993,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 103 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 61% of bills with any report.

Mark Kelly, who sponsored the bill, received $48,750 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• American Medical Association — $5,643,000 in 2 reports
• American Psychological Association Services Inc.(fka American Psychological Assn — $340,000 in 1 report
• The Alliance for Secure Ai Action — $10,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — A group of experts that studies big questions and gives advice to the government.
• National Institute on Aging — A government office that studies how people age and helps older adults.
• fraud — A trick to steal money or facts from someone.
• data — Facts and numbers about a person, like their name and health facts.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.